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The Nemetschek Group, one of the leading software providers for the AEC/O and media & entertainment industry and The B1M, construction’s leading video channel, today launched the global initiative “Construction Story of the Year”. The program aims to highlight the world’s most impressive and inspiring construction stories. It is looking for amazing projects, ideas or initiatives that show the best of the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry over the past twelve months. Its goal is to showcase the story that highlight the innovation of the construction industry and can serve as lighthouse project for its digital transformation. “Every build project is a unique creation, often pushing the limits of our capabilities and requiring new approaches. This award highlights and celebrates the innovative ways our industry overcomes challenges and improves the way we shape the built world,” says Don Jacob, VP Technology and Innovation, Build & Construct Division at the Nemetschek Group. “Construction isn´t

Uptake, a leader in industrial intelligence, announced today that it has completed its SOC 2 Type II audit, performed by KirkpatrickPrice. SOC 2 compliance demonstrates that software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications have the necessary controls and processes in place to protect data processed on their systems, and is a critical criterion for evaluating the security of software vendors. “The safety and cyber-security of industrial data and systems are critical for our customers and partners, and they’re core to our products and services,” said Linda Bartman, President, Uptake. “We’re committed to ensuring data entrusted to Uptake is secure and available for all of our customers’ objectives, including digital transformation and sustainability initiatives.” A SOC 2 audit provides an independent, third-party validation that a service organization’s information security practices meet industry standards stipulated by the AICPA. During the audit, a service organization’s non-financial reporting controls, including security, availability, processing integrity, confidentiality, and privacy, are tested. The SOC 2 report delivered by

Wipro Limited, a leading global information technology, consulting, and business process services company, is increasing its investment locally in Norway to help its clients capitalize on digital transformation. Within the next two years the company is looking to grow from 85 to 350 employees in Norway. “The increased local investment is part of our new operating model, which has identified the Nordics as one of the Strategic Market Units in Europe. As such, we are positioning ourselves as an innovation partner to businesses in the region,” said Vinay Firake, Senior Vice President & Managing Director, Nordics, Wipro Limited. The intention behind the new operating model is to empower local management to provide more in-depth local contact, decision making, and investment for the long-term benefit of local clients. Having a 95 percent locally hired workforce in Norway today, Wipro is determined to stay at this level in its new growth phase. “We firmly believe that

AlumierMD, the medical skincare brand, has selected Centric Software®’s Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solution. Centric Software provides the most innovative enterprise solutions to plan, design, develop, source and sell products such as apparel, footwear, sporting goods, furniture, home décor, cosmetics, food & beverage and luxury to achieve strategic and operational digital transformation goals. Founded in 2016, AlumierMD, with offices in the USA, Europe, and Canada, creates medical-grade skincare produced in a socially responsible way with a focus on educating customers on how to care for their skin. Daniel Eskin, Co-President of AlumierMD says, “We’re growing very rapidly. We sell exclusively to dermatologists, plastic surgeons, and medical spas who have the expertise to recommend our medical grade formulations. We have a wide range of products from home care to back bar—which means both products that patients use at home, as well as those that skincare professionals use for treatments in clinic, like chemical peels or masks,

Aras, which provides the most powerful low-code platform with applications to design, build, and operate complex products, announced that Ottobock, specialist for prostheses, orthoses, exoskeletons and wheelchairs, has reached the next level in the digitalization of its research and development (R&D) activities after a successful implementation of the Aras platform. The PLM capabilities of the Aras platform now provide the medical technology company in Lower Saxony, Germany, with greater innovative power, transparency, speed and – especially critical for medical products –greater safety. “With Aras, we have found a solution for our R&D activities that perfectly aligns with the high demands of the medical device industry”, says Erik Albrecht-Laatsch, Director of Engineering at Ottobock. “Not only does the system architecture and the upgradeability of the platform meet our needs, but we have a strong relationship with the Aras team who led us through the entire project without delay.”  PLM project becomes the benchmark

Infor, the industry cloud company, announced that Kaleida Health, the largest healthcare provider in Western New York, serving the area's eight counties, has selected Infor to assist in consolidating multiple organizations under one single enterprise and move its critical financial and supply chain applications to the cloud to create a more reliable, scalable technology platform. Infor’s cloud solutions specific for healthcare run on Amazon Web Services (AWS), and will help Kaleida Health remove workflow silos, gain efficiencies across departments, and improve knowledge sharing organization-wide after many successful mergers over the years resulted in disparate technology platforms. An Infor customer for almost 25 years, Kaleida Health decided to upgrade its entire health system to the cloud to replace aging technology and create a scalable system that would provide one source of truth, more tools for the modern workforce, and help the organization focus less on administrative burdens and more on the communities it serves.

Altair a global leader in computational science and artificial intelligence (AI), acquired Concept Engineering, the leading provider of electronic system visualization software that accelerates the development, manufacture, and service of complex electrical and electronic systems. Concept Engineering provides automatic schematic generation tools, electronic circuit and wire harness visualization platforms that provide on-the-fly visual rendering, and electronic design debug solutions. “Concept Engineering’s advanced, reactive visualization technology is a best-in-class solution to help organizations accelerate their designs that have specific design architecture requirements, as well as rigorous service needs,” said James R. Scapa, founder and chief executive officer, Altair. “Integrating this technology into our electronic system design suite will offer our customers comprehensive and fast visual representations of complex system models and debug capabilities for electronic systems.” Concept Engineering’s electronic system visualization and semiconductor design debug technology is available as a standalone solution and is also tightly integrated into more than 40 OEM design automation

Since its start in Luleå, Sweden in 2016, the NYC-inspired street food chain, Bastard Burgers, has been on a mission to go global. To support its rapid growth and expand its digital ordering capabilities, Bastard Burgers has chosen Oracle MICROS Simphony Cloud Point-of-Sale (POS). With Oracle’s help, the company now boasts 67 restaurants across Sweden, Norway, and most recently at The Bronx Brewery Taproom in New York City. Expansion plans include bringing tasty burgers to more communities across Finland this fall and then Central Europe. “We knew we needed to expand our approach to technology to match our ambitious goals,” said Simon Wanler, chief executive officer of Bastard Burgers. “Working with Oracle has enabled us to bring the quality burgers we pride ourselves on to thousands of new guests across multiple countries. Their technology helps us make our restaurants and teams more efficient and deliver a better customer experience.” Bastard Burgers knew

Plex Systems, a Rockwell Automation company and a leader in cloud-delivered smart manufacturing solutions, today announced a new modularization approach for its Smart Manufacturing Platform to enable accessibility and scalability for digital transformation in manufacturing. This approach, enabled by Plex’s innovative cloud-native platform, more closely aligns with customers’ needs as they build their smart manufacturing technology strategy, including a focus on flexibility, quick implementation, and ease of entry with a path to grow. With Plex, manufacturers can start their digital transformation in a number of ways. For example, they can initially implement quality management (QMS) or manufacturing execution (MES) systems – common entry points for most manufacturers – and from there add capabilities, such as production monitoring, asset performance management, or supply chain planning. With this approach, companies pick the starting point that best meets their needs and then can scale into additional connected solutions over time. Plex uniquely enables new

Infosys a global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting and Harvard Business Publishing, today announced their collaboration to empower India’s next generation, through Infosys Springboard, with critical digital and life skills made available free of cost. This is part of the continued efforts Infosys is making to empower 10 million plus people with digital skills by 2025 – a goal integral to Infosys’ ESG Vision 2030. Harvard Business Publishing turns provocative ideas influencing business – fueled by the latest thinking in Harvard Business School, Harvard Business Review, and world-renowned experts – into impactful and actionable skill-building and learning resources. Through this collaboration, student and young learners in India will now be able to access resources including select Harvard Business Review articles, videos, and podcasts, as well as 10 Harvard ManageMentor courses on topics such as Project Management, Change Management, Innovation and Creativity. “We are excited to team up with Infosys on