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Accenture and Google Cloud are working with Eneva, a leading energy provider in Brazil, to use cloud, data, and AI technologies to optimize operations, better serve customers, and drive growth in a rapidly evolving market. Brazil's surging energy market, fueled by factors including growing consumer demand and investments in data centers and AI services, has established new requirements for modernized, flexible operations to provide resilient energy services to customers. As part of an ongoing collaboration, Accenture migrated Eneva’s infrastructure to Google Cloud to improve its access to data across the enterprise. This included Google Compute Engine and Google Cloud solutions for backup and disaster recovery. Integrating data from cloud operations with other exploration and production data sources is helping Eneva optimize asset management maintenance and scheduling, resulting in more reliable and better-performing equipment. This boosts employee productivity by enabling maintenance operators to complete tasks in half the time currently required, freeing them

Holy Technologies, a fast-growing German manufacturer specializing in sustainable and high-performance carbon fiber components, has selected Plataine, a leading provider of AI-based manufacturing optimization solutions, to support its transition into serial production with enhanced scheduling, traceability, and production control. Founded in Hamburg, Holy Technologies is redefining the future of carbon fiber manufacturing through its proprietary Infinite Fiber Placement (IFP) process. IFP is a fully automated robotic system that places continuous carbon fibers along a pre-calculated path, creating components with complex geometries and tailored mechanical properties, such as strength and stiffness. The technology achieves up to 30% lower weight compared to traditional methods. Using advanced automation technologies allows the company to make carbon fiber component production fast, repeatable and scalable. This breakthrough approach is particularly attractive for high-performance sectors such as automotive, aerospace, industrial machinery, and orthopedics. These industries rely on carbon fiber components because they are lightweight and strong, improving efficiency, reducing fuel

Cadence announced a significant expansion of its Cadence® Reality™ Digital Twin Platform library with a digital twin of NVIDIA DGX SuperPOD with DGX GB200 systems. The new model of NVIDIA’s high-performance accelerated computing platform will enable data center designers and operators to easily deploy the world’s leading AI accelerator in the buildout of AI factories. Cadence’s Reality Digital Twin Platform is the first and only solution that allows users to model AI factories and data centers with high accuracy to a specified service-level agreement—accurately accounting for constraints such as cost, space, energy, cooling and environmental impact—all before physical implementation. “Rapidly scaling AI requires confidence that you can meet your design requirements with the target equipment and utilities,” said Michael Jackson, senior vice president, System Design and Analysis, Cadence. “With the addition of a digital model of NVIDIA’s DGX SuperPOD with DGX GB200 systems to our Cadence Reality Digital Twin Platform library, designers can model behaviorally accurate

Hitachi Digital Services unveiled Hitachi Application Reliability Center Agents (HARC Agents), the company’s enterprise platform for trusted Agentic AI. The platform combines a full lifecycle of AI services – from concepting to deployment to optimization – to give customers a vital jump start on mission-critical innovations. A definitive demonstration of advanced automation and human-AI collaboration, HARC Agents enables Hitachi to equip enterprises with complex, scalable AI systems in 30% less time than typically required – significantly reducing time to value. HARC Agents is comprised of four primary AI resources: R2O2.ai: a framework for defining the development and deployment of scalable, enterprise-grade AI workloads in a reliable, responsible, observable, and optimal manner. HARC for AI: the Hitachi Application Reliability Center hosting professional and managed services that operationalize AI systems; ensuring they are always on, reliable, and cost optimized. Agent Library (new): a library of pre-built, interconnected agentic AI agents that jump-start more complex agentic AI solution development as

Global design and BIM software provider Vectorworks, Inc., is thrilled to announce the official release of Vectorworks 2026, empowering designers to cut through busywork and focus on bringing their best ideas to life. With a renewed emphasis on clarity, collaboration, and streamlined workflows, Vectorworks 2026 introduces a host of innovations that help architects, landscape architects and designers, and entertainment professionals boost productivity and push the boundaries of design. The 2026 release includes Vectorworks Architect, Landmark, Spotlight, Design Suite, Fundamentals, ConnectCAD, Braceworks, and Vision, with the English-language editions of this version now available. “At Vectorworks, we know that every project is an opportunity for creative impact. That’s why Vectorworks 2026 is designed to reduce manual adjustments, pursue bold ideas, and help you meet technical standards with ease,” said Vectorworks Chief Product Officer Darick DeHart. “Our customers want to design without limits, and this release is all about freeing up their time for

 PDF Takeaways Vietnam is rapidly emerging as a global hub for IT and engineering, rivaling established markets like China and India due to its skilled workforce, education system, and cost-effectiveness. Hitachi Digital Services’ Vietnam Delivery Center (VDC), founded 25 years ago, is the company’s second-largest delivery center with over 1,000 employees across Ho Chi Minh City, Da Nang, and Hanoi. The VDC’s services include OT-IT-AI integration, smart factory solutions, servitization, e-commerce, digital supply chain support, worker safety, and AI-based augmentation, delivered through systems modernization and integration projects. Hitachi and its VDC are well-positioned to help companies leverage rapidly evolving digital technologies and achieve global competitiveness. Over the last several years, Vietnam has increasingly drawn global attention for the rapid development of its economy and education system. CIMdata has taken note of how several of its industrial clients have established engineering and design centers in Vietnam and emphasized the competency and value they have enjoyed as a

This CIMdata educational webinar will examine how Artificial Intelligence is reshaping the simulation and analytics landscape. ANN ARBOR, Michigan, USA 11 September 2025—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global research, consulting, and education firm specializing in Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) and the Digital Transformation it enables, announces an upcoming free educational webinar, “AI in Physics-Based Product Performance Simulation: From Surrogates to Solvers.” The webinar will take place on Thursday, 9 October 2025, at 11:00 a.m. (EDT) and last for one hour. Physics-based simulation and analytics are central to innovative product design processes and validation of performance requirements throughout the entire product lifecycle. Yet, high-fidelity simulation models often require days or weeks to develop and solve, not to mention the cost of high-performance computing. Recent breakthroughs in artificial intelligence (AI) are transforming this landscape. From physics-informed neural networks to generative physics models and foundation models trained on large data sets, AI now enables simulations that are

AECOM, the trusted global infrastructure leader, announced the establishment of its Underground Infrastructure AI Innovation Centre in Singapore. This strategic investment, supported by the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB), underscores AECOM’s commitment to advance Singapore’s vision for smarter, more sustainable urban development by optimizing underground space. Led by digital professionals with extensive experience in urban planning and infrastructure, the Centre will focus on developing AI-powered solutions to improve data quality, enhance the mapping of underground utilities and safeguard underground space for existing and future developments. The Centre will also collaborate with institutes of higher learning and engage with infrastructure industry partners and relevant agencies to leverage AECOM’s digital solutions for learning and skill enhancement opportunities. “Infrastructure planning in dense urban environments like Singapore demands innovation,” said Jee Yi Ying, AECOM Singapore Managing Director. “The Underground Infrastructure AI Innovation Centre represents a bold step forward in how we harness digital tools to solve complex

Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the infrastructure engineering software company and Enactus, a global nonprofit advancing student innovation and entrepreneurship, announced the winning teams of the 2025 iTwin4Good Challenge. The international competition brought university student participants together from the U.S., Germany, Canada, the UK and Ireland (competing jointly), and Brazil to apply digital twin technology to solve real-world challenges, bridging the gap between academic learning and impactful infrastructure innovation. This year’s iTwin4Good competitors sought to harness the power of digital innovation to address critical sustainability challenges. From tackling waste and renewable energy to reimagining resource use, the projects demonstrated how the next generation of leaders is combining entrepreneurial thinking with cutting-edge technology to drive meaningful global impact. Following a highly competitive showcase, the winning teams include: The Winner, SiTESalvage from the UK & Ireland, addressed one of the largest sources of global waste: construction and demolition. With the World Bank estimating that more than 2.24

Eagle Point Software, the creator of the Pinnacle Series learning management system, is proud to announce a strategic partnership with Revizto, a leading integrated collaboration platform for the architecture, engineering, construction, and operations (AECO) industry. This collaboration will bring Revizto’s cutting-edge training courses directly into the Pinnacle Series platform, enhancing access to training for AECO professionals worldwide. By integrating Revizto’s training content into Pinnacle Series, Eagle Point Software is helping AECO teams unlock the full potential of Revizto’s collaborative technology. Revizto connects architects, engineers, contractors, and owners in a unified 2D/3D environment across the entire building lifecycle. “This partnership is for our users,” said Steve Biver, COO at Eagle Point Software. “Revizto’s training courses will now be available to Pinnacle Series users, offering practical guidance on integrating BIM workflows, enhancing team collaboration, and driving project success. This partnership marks a significant step forward in transforming BIM from a siloed specialist function into