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DXC Technology, a leading Fortune 500 global technology services provider, has been awarded a multiyear contract to enhance and modernize mission-critical IT systems for DIRECTV, America's leading video entertainment provider. DXC will deliver IT outsourcing services to enhance program management and modernize DIRECTV's infrastructure, enabling the delivery of new and innovative entertainment experiences to its customers.  The agreement is part of the major expansion of a customer relationship that has spanned more than 25 years. The comprehensive, integrated technology effort will support back-office operations, enhance automation and security, retire legacy systems, and reduce costs. The resulting improvements will support the reliability of DIRECTV's billing and customer relationship management systems and the consolidation of data centers with planned migration to the cloud. "Our work with DXC Technology is helping us modernize and simplify our infrastructure to bring DIRECTV innovative solutions while optimizing our costs and meeting aggressive timelines," said Jennifer Tillson, Chief Information Officer, DIRECTV. DXC

Aspen Technology, Inc., a global leader in industrial software, announced that a leading Japanese chemical producer, KH Neochem Co., Ltd. (TSE 4189) has selected Aspen DMC3TM advanced process control software with patented adaptive process control to accelerate the digital transformation journey across its network of plants. Hideo Kurokawa, Corporate Officer, Head of Production Planning and Engineering, KH Neochem said: “KH Neochem has chosen to standardize on Aspen DMC3 software, following a competitive review, to achieve operational excellence by automatically calibrating models to changing operating conditions in the company’s plants. With the deployment of Aspen DMC3, KH Neochem can accelerate towards the autonomous chemical plant with simultaneous process optimization and testing technology.”  Lawrence Ng, Vice President of Sales, Asia Pacific Japan, Aspen Technology, added: “We are pleased that KH Neochem has chosen Aspen DMC3TM to both achieve increased productivity and mitigate process variability in specialty chemicals. With the acceleration of digitalization, capital-intensive companies can focus on achieving

PROSTEP, the leading vendor-neutral integration, migration, data exchange, and consulting solutions provider for PLM various industries, extends its expertise to provide data interoperability between systems. PROSTEP’s OpenPDM, a highly advanced, vendor neutral, industry standard integration platform, provides automated integration between PLM system SIEMENS Teamcenter and Manufacturing Execution System (MES) from iBASEt, Solumina, by automatically syncing items and bill-of-materials (BOM). OpenPDM streamlines Purdue’s IN-MaC implementation of PDM and MES tools in their laboratory preparations for upcoming integrations and allows for future PLM systems such as Teamcenter to easily integrate into Purdue’s existing ecosystem.  The solution will be deployed at Purdue’s Indiana Manufacturing Competitiveness Center (IN-MaC), which houses the Intelligent Manufacturing Testbed. “We created the Testbed to conduct research around the application of digital technologies to the transformation of manufacturing methods and tools”, says Dr. Nathan Hartman, Dauch Family Professor of Advanced Manufacturing and Co-Executive Director of IN-MaC. Showcasing next generation digital solutions

IBM and SL Green Realty Corp., Manhattan's largest office landlord, announced that SL Green is leveraging IBM sustainability software to help advance their company's environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategy. SL Green will use software from Envizi, an IBM Company, to better understand and report on its environmental initiatives, identify opportunities for greater efficiency and further drive sustainability across its extensive real estate operations. As the largest owner of office real estate in New York City, SL Green is focused on effectively managing its portfolio of Manhattan commercial properties, with interest in more than 70 buildings totaling 34.9 million square feet. In the face of climate change and quickly evolving societal challenges, SL Green is committed to a broad set of sustainability initiatives and goals – from environmental efforts such as optimizing energy, water and waste management, to sustainable development of new properties, and programs to benefit the health and safety of both tenants and the local community. In

CareAR, a Xerox company, has entered into a strategic collaboration with Infosys, a global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting, and will work together to fast-track enterprises’ exploration of the metaverse enabled by the Infosys Metaverse Foundry. This engagement will also accelerate clients’ service experience transformation across key industries, through CareAR’s service experience management (SXM) platform comprising CareAR® Assist, CareAR® Instruct and CareAR® Insight applications. These applications provide instant real-time visual guidance and instructional content through smartphones, tablets and wearable devices that enable enterprises to leverage AR to drive efficiencies such as lower resolution times, reduced customer downtime and improved customer outcomes. “At CareAR, our mission is to make expertise accessible with live visual AR interactions, instructions and intelligence to drive game-changing business outcomes that deliver significant operational efficiencies, reduce costs and create optimal customer and employee experiences,” said Sajeel Hussain, Chief Revenue Officer at CareAR. “The operating model and innovation vision of Infosys is in full alignment with CareAR’s vision of reinventing the

Dassault Systèmes, the H. HARTMANN Institute – the first private radiotherapy center in France and part of ELSAN – and the Rafaël Institute today announced the launch of the VORTHEx project, the world’s first radiotherapy room simulated entirely in 3D. The projects leverages cutting-edge technologies to support patients during their illness and improve their well-being during treatment by allowing them to experience their treatment virtually before starting it.  The VORTHEx project’s room is a virtual twin of a new room at the H. HARTMANN Institute of Radiotherapy and Radiosurgery, which is located near the medical offices and treatment rooms of the Franco-British Hospital in Levallois-Perret, France and is equipped with the latest Cyberknife robot from the company Accuray. 3D simulation accurately recreates the technical aspects and procedures of the treatment including the room, the robot arm, the position of the patient, and the conditions and steps of the sessions. The virtual experience, which can be integrated easily

FARO® Technologies, Inc., a global leader in 4D digital reality solutions, announced the election of Yuval Wasserman as Chairman of the Board of Directors, effective May 26, 2022. Mr. Wasserman joined the FARO Board of Directors in December of 2017 and has served on all Board committees, including most recently as Chairman of the Talent Development and Compensation Committee. "I'm pleased to have an executive with Yuval's broad experience of successfully driving long-term profitable growth in global technology companies, most recently as the President and CEO of Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. where he led a nearly 7 fold increase in market capitalization, to share in the leadership of FARO," commented Michael Burger, FARO Chief Executive Officer. "I also want to thank John Donofrio, who has been FARO's Chairman since 2019, for his partnership and leadership. John's deep experience with FARO over the last 14 years has been invaluable as we have sought to transform FARO into a leading 4D

Informatica, an enterprise cloud data management leader, today announced the 2022 Innovation Award winners. Now in its 22nd year, the awards honor customers' success in driving data-led digital transformations and intelligent data innovations. The Informatica Innovation Awards recognize customers implementing projects that are not only strategic and measurable but align with the Informatica values of We DATA: Do Good, Act as One Team, Think Customer First, and Aspire for the Future. The six categories encompass initiatives around master data management, analytics and AI, cloud data warehousing and data lakes, customer 360, data cataloging, data engineering, data governance and privacy, data strategy and other data-driven digital transformation projects. Informatica chose the winners based on their vision, creativity and leadership, and how they are driving their data-driven digital transformation with the support of Informatica solutions. The nominations were judged on multiple criteria, including transformational impact, creativity and innovation, leverage and scope, complexity, and environmental or

Schneider Electric, the global leader in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, and ETAP, the industry and technology leader in power system design and operation, announced the integration of EcoStruxureTM Power Operation with ETAP Operator Training Simulator (eOTSTM) and ETAP Power System Monitoring & Simulation (PSMSTM) enabling model-driven power system training and predictive analysis for operators and engineers. This unique integration allows all EcoStruxure Power Operation systems to connect with ETAP Electrical Digital Twin on a continuous real-time basis. With this connection, operators can create and understand power system behavior during various real-world or plausible operating scenarios. New operating procedures may be designed & validated against contingencies utilizing their familiar EcoStruxure Power Operation human-machine interface without the risk of affecting actual operations – all thanks to the underlying ETAP eOTS simulation and analysis platform "A lack of power system intelligence can have huge financial impacts," said Sophie Borgne, SVP Digital Power

Oracle announced that Inspirage is the winner of the Game Changer Award for SCM Service Delivery in the 2021 Oracle Change Agents Partner Awards. The award recognizes Inspirage for its excellence in helping customers use Oracle Fusion Cloud Supply Chain and Manufacturing (SCM) to meet critical business objectives such as accelerating innovation, driving digital transformation, and increasing sustainability.  Inspirage was also named as a finalist in three other categories: The Change Agent Award for Best Use of Oracle Cloud in Supply Chain, The Summit Award for Excellence in Process Standardization and Innovation, and The Inclusivity Award for Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion in Finance and/or Supply Chain.  Inspirage, known for digital enablement across enterprise systems and a member of Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN), has an extensive, award-winning history of customer success with Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications advisory and implementation services. As an Oracle partner, Inspirage pivoted early and invested heavily in accelerators, programs, training,