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PROS®, a market-leading provider of SaaS solutions optimizing shopping and selling experiences, announced B Braun Medical Inc. (B. Braun) has selected PROS Smart Price Optimization and Management to advance its global business strategy by incorporating AI-powered pricing into its strategic initiatives. PROS real-time dynamic pricing will provide more visibility into market dynamics, improving how B. Braun forecasts and optimizes prices to deposition competitive offerings and drive revenue profitably on a recurring basis. Today’s rapidly changing market conditions have perpetuated the need for businesses to quickly and more frequently execute personalized, market-relevant pricing adjustments across all channels to maintain margin and revenue profitability. B Braun, a global pharmaceutical and medical device company headquartered in Melsungen, Germany, faced this same problem and selected PROS Smart Price Optimization and Management Advantage to provide the speed and agility needed to execute pricing adjustments at scale—allowing them to optimize prices faster and more accurately. With PROS, B. Braun ensures pricing strategies can be

Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the infrastructure engineering software company, announced the availability of integrated workflows for lifecycle assessment (LCA) and embodied carbon calculation capabilities in the Bentley iTwin platform to support the sustainable-development goals of infrastructure projects. This integration is a result of Bentley’s collaboration with One Click LCA Ltd.–the world’s leading construction sector lifecycle assessment and environmental product declaration software. The software can be used for buildings, infrastructure, renovations, construction products and materials, and portfolios. The One Click LCA platform is used in over 100 countries by manufacturers, consultants, designers, contractors, and investors to decarbonize the entire construction value chain. The partnership is a natural step in Bentley’s strategy for empowering its users to achieve sustainable development goals (SDGs), particularly addressing climate action and decarbonizing infrastructure. Infrastructure digital twin solutions will be an essential enabler and accelerator of carbon transparency and disclosure use cases, and the adoption of digital twin solutions will help accelerate

Infor, the industry cloud company, today announced that Serge Blanco has chosen Infor CloudSuite Fashion, an ERP solution specifically designed for the fashion, textile and luxury industries, as part of a project to overhaul its information system and implement a true omnichannel customer journey. With 160 employees — half of whom work in boutiques — the Serge Blanco brand, which belongs to the family group LBY from Toulouse, has been dressing men for 30 years. The brand offers a complete wardrobe for men who break the lines and codes of fashion to create their own style. It is inevitably unique. Serge Blanco defends comfort to allow everyone to feel good, comfortable and free to move forward, to move, to launch themselves. With its experience and original values, in 2020 the brand became the official dresser of the biggest French rugby team, the Stade Toulousain, signing a collaboration with an exclusive collection. Patrick Silvestri, information

Guardhat, the platform of choice for frontline worker connectivity and safety, announced the release of the first industrial-grade solution for worker condition monitoring. The solution includes a variety of wearable sensors and software for real-time monitoring and event-based alerts to help prevent injury or even death from exposure to heat, gas, radiation, noise, over-exertion, or worker-specific health issues. Over exertion and exposure to harmful substances or environments together cause more than a third of all workplace injuries, according to the National Safety Council. Heat exposure and stress incidents are on the rise, and the U.S. Department of Labor is developing the first federal standard to better protect workers. Today, most of these risks are managed via PPE (personal protection equipment), regularly scheduled breaks, the buddy system, static sensors, audits and inspection and the like.  The ability to monitor and respond to internal worker conditions and relevant environmental conditions, as they pose risk to

Sage, the leader in accounting, financial, HR, and payroll technology for small and mid-sized businesses, announced the launch of Sage Intacct Manufacturing in France. This offers new industry capabilities for French customers specializing in the discrete manufacturing vertical and looking to drive business transformation with modernized processes, and anytime access to data, on any device Production and operations management for discrete manufacturersSage Intacct Manufacturing is a purpose-built cloud-native production and operations management solution. Powered by deep functional capabilities, it simplifies complex business processes through industry best practices and guided workflows that make it easy to manage key processes across: Procurement – buy and put-away Manufacturing – make and assemble Distribution – sell and distribute Inventory and warehousing Resourcing and skills management “We continue to expand the Sage Intacct family of products, outside of core financials, with industry-specific features and customer-focused solutions,” said Dan Miller, Sage’s EVP of Sage Intacct. “As our customers lead the acceleration of digital transformation, Sage is

Trimble announced the introduction of the latest versions of its Tekla® software solutions for constructible Building Information Modeling (BIM), structural engineering and steel fabrication management: Tekla Structures 2022, Tekla Structural Designer 2022, Tekla Tedds 2022 and Tekla PowerFab 2022. With the introduction, Trimble continues to advance the constructible process, which offers significant improvements in construction productivity, efficiency, and quality. The latest Tekla software supports sustainable construction and offers more automated and connected workflows across all project phases and stakeholders. “Tekla software continues to transform the way the construction industry works,” said Michael Evans, senior product director at Trimble’s Structures Division. “Our product development focuses on delivering solutions that make building information more easily available, constructible and shareable to all project stakeholders across the industry to optimize both human resources and materials. Through continuous enhancements, in-product intelligence and expanded support for sustainable construction, our software development keeps us firmly among the most

BearingPoint and IFS announced that they have formed a joint venture named Arcwide. The new firm will be formally launched in April 2022. Arcwide expands the successful and well-established partnership between BearingPoint and IFS uniting technology innovation and professional services to help companies accelerate value realization. Arcwide will provide IFS Cloud deployment and professional and technology services to business leaders in Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Switzerland, and UK, and across sectors. With the aim to provide a single unified experience to customers from the point of purchase of IFS Cloud to the identification and realization of value, Arcwide will help solve complex business challenges for decision makers accountable for their business’ growth. The new company’s services will include value assessment, scoping and deployment, managed services and services associated with business transformation such as training and change management. BearingPoint is IFS Platinum service partner and 2021 winner of the IFS Growth

BISTelligence, a leading supplier of manufacturing AI analytics solutions and services for high-tech and industrial manufacturers announced that it has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Adapdix, a leading provider of edge automation software that combines autonomous control with its innovative DataMesh technology to create substantial manufacturing efficiencies and major cost savings for manufacturers. BISTelligence will sell and support Adapdix’ solutions throughout the Asia-Pacific region. Based in Seoul, South Korea, BISTelligence has established a significant footprint in APAC built over 21 years. The company’s strong customer base, deep business relationships, and proven technology expertise in developing AI analytics solutions for high-tech and industrial customers provides a significant advantage for Adapdix. Based in Silicon Valley and founded in 2015, Adapdix offers edge computing-based solutions that integrate AI/ML technologies to create a fast, secure, and scalable platform for data collection, integration, and autonomous control on the edge at millisecond speeds. “We are delighted to

DXC Technology, a leading Fortune 500 global technology services provider, has appointed Raymond August as President, Insurance Software and Business Process Solutions, reporting to Mike Salvino, DXC President and CEO, effective March 7, 2022. August will lead the development and growth of DXC’s insurance software and insurance, banking and horizontal business process services (BPS). He will focus on capitalizing on DXC’s leading position in insurance to help customers accelerate and sustain revenue growth, build and operate their digital core, and transform their operations. Revenue for these businesses is currently included in Applications and Business Process Services. Beginning in the first quarter of FY23, DXC intends to report these businesses together as a separate component of DXC’s Global Business Services, underscoring our commitment to the insurance software and BPS markets. “This move highlights our management focus and drive to capitalize on our industry-leading position in these attractive growth markets,” said Salvino. “Ray is a proven, results-driven leader

Honeywell and Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions (DESS), a nonregulated commercial brand of Duke Energy, announced an agreement to jointly develop and deliver comprehensive energy resiliency solutions to targeted markets across the United States. The strategic alliance will strengthen energy security, focusing on communities with pressing resiliency needs, and develop scaled solutions to lessen the impact of power outages and other grid disruptions related to climate change.  Extreme weather, which can cause power outages, is becoming more frequent.1 In 2020, U.S. electricity customers experienced just over eight hours of electric power interruptions, an average of nearly 20 minutes more power interruptions than in 2017 and the most since electricity reliability data collection began in 2013.2 The municipal microgrids created by Honeywell and DESS will help cities continue to provide essential services during these types of outages. Using this technology, communities will be able to properly power water distribution and wastewater treatment plants or community centers so that citizens