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Altair has decided to suspend all new business in Russia and Belarus. We will pause all business with Russian customers affected by sanctions and will continue to comply with all export control restrictions and sanctions relevant to our operations as well as international standards of business and ethics. Altair will continue to support existing customers not subject to sanctions. To view the original press release, please click here. Search for Altair on CIMdata.com

iPoint-systems is happy to announce a strategic partnership with fors.earth, one of Germany's leading strategy consultancies specializing in sustainability. Together they support companies in achieving measurable positive impacts in their value chain with the help of a software-supported sustainability strategy. The collaboration enables them to offer a professional service and software portfolio for sustainable business and product development that makes the transition from strategy development to implementation as efficient as possible. iPoint and fors.earth bring their respective strengths to the partnership. While fors.earth has many years of experience in corporate and sustainability strategy as well as sustainability management, iPoint, as an expert in the field of product compliance and product-related sustainability, ensures practical and technical implementation with its IT solutions by creating transparency in companies' business processes and data. Structuring and linking products and services along a generic value chain is at the core of fors’ and iPoint’s joint approach. Together, they

The NTT Group* announces our intention to donate US $2.5 million to support humanitarian aid for Ukraine and neighboring countries where citizens are fleeing. Through the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and other organizations, this donation will be utilized to provide urgent support to protect the lives and safety of citizens in Ukraine and neighboring countries, including the establishment of evacuation centers, distribution of relief goods, and psychological care for children. In addition, NTT is making international calls to Ukraine free of charge and is accepting donations from customers to support humanitarian crisis response and relief efforts in Ukraine. NTT hopes that this emergency will be resolved as soon as possible and that peace in Ukraine and the world will be restored. We will continue to support the safety and security of all our employees and their families, our clients, partners and communities during this

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) announced the signing of a partnership agreement with the Institute of Technical Education (ITE) in Singapore to provide work experience and training opportunities for ITE staff and students aimed at developing and nurturing digitally-enabled skills and talent. The partnership agreement comes on the back of key findings from the 2021 World Economic Forum where many countries highlighted the need for governments and companies to equip citizens and employees with the relevant skills, as the world powers towards a digital future in a post Covid-19 pandemic era. The collaboration will provide internships, training and learning opportunities for ITE staff and students through established TCS initiatives such as the goIT program that is geared towards helping young people acquire the right skills to become digital innovators capable of solving real-world problems through design thinking and technology. TCS and ITE will initiate and explore new areas of collaboration, through joint events

ALICE Technologies and Align JV - a joint venture of Bouygues Travaux Publics, Sir Robert McAlpine, and VolkerFitzpatrick that is delivering the Central 1 (C1) portion of HS2 Phase One - today announced that the two organizations will be expanding their partnership on HS2, one of the largest infrastructure construction projects currently underway in Europe. ALICE Technologies' construction simulation and optimization platform helps general contractors worldwide leverage the power of AI to plan, bid and build their large-scale infrastructure and commercial projects more efficiently. A national high-speed railway linking London, Birmingham and the North, the HS2 network will ultimately carry more than 30M travelers each year. The C1 portion of HS2 Phase One that Align is delivering is 21.6km of high speed rail infrastructure and includes a 3.4 km viaduct that will support trains traveling at speeds up to 200 mph. Align initially came to ALICE Technologies with a goal of "pressure testing" their existing

Matterport, Inc., the leading spatial data company driving the digital transformation of the built world, announced that ID Plans, a commercial real estate (CRE) marketing and technology solutions provider, has helped property managers achieve up to 65 percent in cost and time savings by adopting Matterport digital twins.  Established in 1999 and based in Tampa, Florida, ID Plans has a nationwide client base with some of the top CRE firms in the country, including KIMCO and Phillips Edison. The company’s ID 360 product has a feature that uses Matterport digital twins to create immersive property experiences and identify new customer prospects captured from any device. From leasing to property management, whether it's retail, multi-family or logistics, ID Plans utilizes Matterport throughout the life of the building lifecycle.  “Finding a potential buyer or tenant for a commercial property often requires manual photography, detailed measurements and significant time and effort,” said Jordan Hearin, Chief

Dassault Systèmes announced that KLE Technological University, one of the premier engineering institutions of Karnataka, has selected the 3DEXPERIENCE platform to enhance their curriculum with research and project-based learning solutions. The university is offering several novel courses on modelling and simulation including product lifecycle management (PLM). These also include a theme-based mini project focused on the improvisation of an existing product where new market requirements are analysed, and new features and functionalities are incorporated and redesigned again in a collaborative environment offered by the 3DEXPERIENCE platform. Implemented by EDS Technologies on-site, the 3DEXPERIENCE platform will help teachers connect with students and enable them to collaborate and streamline learning activities with the latest pedagogical techniques. Students can acquire in-depth knowledge and preparation in domains, through this unique industry-like environment. “The curriculum enhancement demonstrates our commitment to establishing the groundwork for contemporary engineering education and improving student learning experiences. We believe in project-based learning, and this is a significant

Wipro Limited, a leading global information technology, consulting, and business process services company, and Pandorum Technologies, a biotechnology company working in the field of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, announced a long-term partnership. Together, the companies will focus on development of technologies that shorten time-to-market and maximize patient outcome during R&D and clinical trials of regenerative medicine. The partnership combines the Artificial Intelligence (AI) capabilities of Wipro Holmes with Pandorum’s expertise in regenerative medicine. The initial focus of collaboration will be on ‘bio-engineered liquid cornea’ and will expand across the product pipeline including lung and liver regenerative tissues. Wipro Holmes AI-based decision support solution will provide insights on the potential outcomes of specific formulations, apply advanced algorithms to predict and improve the efficacy of therapeutics, and help in clinical study design. The combined vision of Pandorum and Wipro is to build an AI system that learns from the multi-dimensional data coming out of

About this release Your experience with BETA products is elevating, as we elaborate on squashing bugs and further upgrade recently introduced features. The release of v22.1.1 in particular, encourages you to seamlessly integrate with v22.1.x series, taking advantage of increased functionality capabilities, as well as of fixes to recently detected issues. Known issues resolved in ANSA Modular Run Management The performance of Check build actions has been improved up to 70%, combatting unexpected delays tracked in previous versions. A duplicate transformation keyword would be written in the Simulation Run main file, in addition to the one written in the adapted Subsystem or Library Item, if the respective item was loaded upon defining the transformation. Data Management When trying to delete a Subsystem Group from DM, the contained Subsystems would also be erroneously deleted. Downloading an FE Representation for a Part through DM Browser would not update the "DM Update Status". Connections & Assembly When executing the Connectivity > Auto function on

We upgraded Cortona3D Viewer for iOS to make your work with 3D and 2D technical publications more comfortable. Cortona3D Viewer for iOS is an application that allows viewing RapidAuthor publications – procedures and catalogs from the native app. New rendering modes: outline selection and X-ray selection Starting from version 3.1, you can view 3D objects in Outline Selection mode and X-Ray Selection mode. Outline Selection mode allows you to select an item and view its invisible areas including the edge in different colors. X-Ray Selection mode allows you to select an item and make the rest of the items transparent. For example, it’s convenient to view how a shaft is located inside the assembly.  Support for zoom limits in procedures Now zoom limits in procedures are supported in the mobile app, so you can zoom in and zoom out without losing canvas. Weighted blended order-independent transparency (OIT) Weighted blended order-independent transparency is applied for rendering translucent