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Schneider Electric, the global leader in the digital transformation of energy management and industrial automation, announced it is forming a new dedicated team in the United States called Schneider Electric Federal. The team will be led by Jay Owen, a 28-year company veteran, and will focus exclusively on providing the Federal Government with solutions to drive improvements in energy efficiency, resiliency, sustainability, and security of the nation’s infrastructure through digitalization and electrification. To help the Federal Government deliver on its priorities ranging from building energy savings platforms and diversifying power sources to making their installations and operations more efficient and resilient to climate change, among others, Schneider Electric Federal will: Design, deliver, operate, and maintain energy and sustainability solutions to support a vast array of electrification requirements Consult and provide solutions that capitalize on using data to identify waste, inefficiencies, leaks, and cyber risks. The visualization and interpretation of data enables infrastructure owners to improve

OpenBOM announced the newest update to its software. Updates to CAD integrations, OpenBOM Drive, and APIs are included in this update, among other changes. To read the full details go to the OpenBOM blog post https://www.openbom.com/blog/whats-new-in-openbom-june-2022 To view the original press release, please click here. Search for OpenBOM on CIMdata.com

Xometry, Inc., the global online marketplace connecting enterprise buyers with suppliers of manufacturing services, unveiled new digital sourcing tools on Thomasnet.com for enterprise buyers and a new cloud-based manufacturing execution system for suppliers, which will be open to third-party developers to build integrated applications. The new products are designed to bring buyers and suppliers even closer together and further accelerate the creation of locally resilient supply chains. At the company’s “Xometry Marketplace Summit: Powering Tomorrow’s Supply Chain,” Xometry CEO Randy Altschuler detailed how the popular Xometry Instant Quoting EngineSM, Job Board and financial services features from the Xometry Marketplace are now fully integrated into the Thomasnet.com platform. Tightly integrating the Xometry Marketplace and Thomasnet.com platform enables Xometry to scale its network of active buyers and suppliers more rapidly by putting the “buy it now” option in front of the more than 1.4 million Thomas registered users who generate millions of sourcing

The S&A market grew by 11.3% to $8.3 billion in 2021 ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 30 June 2022—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces the release of the CIMdata Simulation and Analysis (S&A) Market Analysis Report. This report expands on the S&A market analysis conducted as part of the CIMdata 2022 PLM Market Analysis Report Series. The well-known PLM MAR Series provides detailed information and in-depth analysis of the worldwide PLM market during the calendar year 2021. It contains analyses of major trends and issues; revenues of leading PLM providers; and revenue analyses for geographical regions, industry sectors, and historical and projected data on market growth. The 2022 S&A MAR is a 120+-page report containing over 50 tables and charts of data detailing the worldwide S&A market along a number of dimensions. It also includes an update on CIMdata’s S&A segmentation, a discussion of trends in

Accenture has entered into an agreement to acquire XtremeEDA, an Ottawa-based silicon design services leader. The company provides semiconductor engineering services for clients seeking custom silicon solutions used in consumer devices, cloud data centers, machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) computational platforms to enable edge AI deployment. The terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.  The acquisition of XtremeEDA will expand Accenture Cloud First’s capabilities in edge computing to help clients improve how they manage and use physical assets at or near the user and create new interactive, human experiences. “We believe silicon engineering has enormous potential to help organizations uncover new ways to differentiate and personalize experiences in the digital world,” said Karthik Narain, global lead of Accenture Cloud First. “Excellent, fit-for-purpose silicon design translates into real-time, seamless, accessible and completely user-centered experiences. The XtremeEDA team’s expertise will help us bring more specialized, high-performance and scalable compute capabilities to our clients as they utilize

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. announced it has extended its collaboration with Arm to accelerate mobile device silicon success using Cadence® digital and verification tools and the new Arm® Total Compute Solutions 2022 (TCS22), which includes the Arm Cortex®-A715 and Cortex-X3 CPUs and the Arm Mali™-G715 and Immortalis™-G715 GPUs. Through the collaboration, Cadence has delivered comprehensive RTL-to-GDS digital flow Rapid Adoption Kits (RAKs) for 5nm and 7nm nodes to help customers achieve optimized power, performance, and area (PPA) goals and improved productivity. In addition, Cadence has validated mobile reference platforms for the Cortex-A715 and Cortex-X3 CPUs and the Mali-G715 and Immortalis-G715 GPUs to jumpstart customer verification flows. Cadence Digital Flow for Arm Total Compute Solutions The Cadence integrated digital RTL-to-GDS RAKs that have been optimized for SoC development using the latest Arm TCS22 include the Cadence Cerebrus™ Intelligent Chip Explorer, Innovus™ Implementation System, Genus™ Synthesis Solution, Modus DFT Software Solution, Quantus™ Extraction Solution, Tempus™ Timing Signoff Solution and ECO Option,

Capgemini announced that it has received the 2021 Google Cloud Services Partner of the Year Award – Europe, Middle East and Africa. This is the 2nd time that Capgemini has been recognized by Google Cloud. Capgemini was recognized for the company’s achievements in the Google Cloud ecosystem, helping joint clients in the Financial Services, Retail, Automotive and Public Sectors to accelerate their cloud transformation journeys. With the right combination of Google Cloud solutions, Capgemini has helped clients to reinvent their legacy systems, become more data-driven, transform their employee and customer experience, thereby driving sustainable outcomes. Jean-Philippe Bol, Head of Operations Transformation and Industrialization, Executive Sponsor of the Google Partnership and Group Executive Board Member at Capgemini said, “As a Google Cloud partner, we continue to future-proof businesses across sectors by maximizing their cloud transformation investments, driving increased agility and fostering innovation. Together with Google Cloud, we are confident in our ability to drive long term

Infosys, a global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting, announced it won Microsoft’s 2022 Modern Endpoint Management Partner of the Year Award. Showcasing Infosys’ diverse and comprehensive capabilities through Infosys Cobalt across Microsoft Cloud, Infosys also announced it was named Finalist in 5 additional Microsoft Partner of the Year Award categories, including: Cloud Native App Development Analytics Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management and Intelligent Order Management (IOM) Dynamics 365 Sales Dynamics 365 Commerce As the winner of Microsoft’s Modern Endpoint Management Partner of the Year, Infosys displayed excellence in modern workplace and security transformation. Infosys, in collaboration with Microsoft, created an agile, intelligent, and intuitive modern workplace that supports 80,000+ users at scale for a German client that had recently undergone a corporate merger. Infosys developed a truly hybrid modern workplace for the organization, highlighting its unique ability to leverage the Modern Endpoint Management and Security capabilities of Microsoft 365. “Infosys and Microsoft have been longstanding strategic partners, and we

Enabling mutual customers to deliver specialized compute, high performance and high efficiency for mobile applications including laptops, smartphones, gaming and augmented/virtual reality, Synopsys, Inc. announced that its design, verification and IP solutions are optimized to deliver maximum performance-per-watt for the latest Arm®v9 architecture-based SoCs. Synopsys' leading EDA and IP solutions combined with the new Arm Immortalis™ and Mali™ GPUs and Arm Cortex®-A and Cortex-X CPUs address the specialized processing demands of high-performance computing applications, complementing the Arm Total Compute Solutions approach to SoC design. Early adopters of the new cores have successfully taped out multiple SoCs, achieving optimum power, performance and area (PPA) targets using Synopsys' solutions. "The growing demand for specialized processing, enhanced security and AI capabilities is driving demand for Armv9 architecture-based processors," said Paul Williamson, SVP and GM, Client Line of Business, Arm. "The long-standing collaboration between Synopsys and Arm provides the foundation for our mutual customers to confidently develop next-generation

Atos announced it has been awarded a 1.2 million euros contract by the NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCI Agency) to install and configure mission critical cybersecurity capabilities and systems at 22 NATO sites. Atos, number 1 worldwide managed security services provider, with a strong focus on resilience and mission critical assets, has also an extensive experience in supporting clients in the defense sector. The Group will put its expertise at the service of NATO to maintain the alliance's ability to defend and protect its critical infrastructure. Atos has a strong track record of collaborating with NATO NCI Agency, providing professional engineering services for design, deployment, and configuration of cyber secured mission critical infrastructure, in various projects covering the wide span of international NATO sites. This new contract covers the upgrade of two key cybersecurity systems of the NATO resilience strategy: the Network Intrusion Protection/Detection System (NIPS) and Full Packet Capture (FPC) system. During this project, Atos