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OpenText™ announced the second generation of its advanced cybersecurity auditing technology debuting at the inaugural OpenText Security Summit 2024 on February 6. Today’s developers are dealing with more complexity and threats in multi-cloud environments. Security teams feel increasing pressure to tackle application security with more sophisticated tools and practices. Fortify Audit Assistant is OpenText’s solution for incorporating security at the very beginning of the software development lifecycle—at code inception—and building robust, secure, and reliable software systems. Fortify Audit Assistant levels up the accuracy and performance, increasing developer efficiency by reducing noise and false positives. In doing so, security teams can focus on the vulnerabilities that matter most. Triaging and validating raw static analysis results is one of the most time-intensive, manual processes within application security testing. Companies can’t afford to hire a team of human examiner experts in software engineering, computer science, and software vulnerabilities. Fortify Audit Assistant was created to automate security and

The software company's newest location can look back on a successful start One year after its foundation, the CADENAS site in Belgrade, Serbia, can look back on considerable success and growth. With now fourteen team members, CADENAS Serbia works closely with colleagues from Croatia, the USA, Italy and Germany, primarily in the field of component modeling. On January 1, 2024, the team moved into additional office space in order to be able to expand further. The office space is now twice as large as before. At the same time, work is underway to recruit new employees to strengthen the team in the area of mechanical modeling, but also to expand activities into the areas of electrical and BIM catalog design. In addition, plans are in the works for a joint program development team with colleagues in Croatia. "We are proud of what our team in Belgrade has achieved in just one year," says site

In a strategic move to accelerate business growth and enhance customer support, Cadmatic has established Cadmatic Japan Co., Ltd (Cadmatic Japan). The Sasebo-based joint venture company, co-owned with long-time Japanese partners NYK Trading and SEA Systems, began operations on 1 February 2024. The newly formed company will leverage and combine the expertise of Cadmatic and a specially selected local team from NYK Trading and SEA Systems, who have been integral to Cadmatic's business development in Japan. Leading the new company as Managing Director is industry veteran, Takashi Mihashi from NYK Trading. “The trend toward decarbonization is forcing Japanese shipyards to develop a variety of new ship designs. At Cadmatic Japan we are committed to providing 3D CAD software and PLM solutions to support our customers in achieving more efficient operations,” Mr Mihashi sheds light on some of the company’s goals. Cadmatic Japan Co., Ltd. will focus on serving the Japanese ship and plant design, engineering and

The Digital Twin Consortium® (DTC™) announced that SODA.Auto has joined the consortium to drive the use of digital twins in Software-Defined Vehicles (SDVs). SODA.Auto plans to collaborate with the consortium’s community to make vehicle development significantly faster and substantially more cost-effective, revolutionizing the way vehicles are designed and manufactured. “We see the digital twin as a core pillar, together with AI and SDV concepts driving forward our vision to tackle complex challenges in the automotive industry and to make it possible to build a vehicle in just a few clicks,” says Sergey Malygin, CEO at SODA.Auto. “Our journey with the Digital Twin Consortium is not just an alliance; it’s a fusion of ideas and aspirations.” “We’re excited to have SODA.Auto as a member of the DTC,” said Dan Isaacs, GM&CTO of the DTC. “Their experience in using digital twins for software-defined automotive applications will help us drive digital twin use in the automotive industry.” To view the

Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence division announces Flexxbotics and Zaptic winners of its third ‘Sixth Sense’ cohort. Both were chosen as winners following an intense program for the eight cohort participants that culminated with a pitching competition at the Sixth Sense Summit, at CodeNode in London yesterday. Acerta Analytics was named as the runner-up in Hexagon’s third cohort. A panel of distinguished judges from Hexagon’s corporate leadership team awarded Flexxbotics as a winner for its technology that provides workcell digitisation for ‘robot-driven manufacturing’. Zaptic joined the Flexxbotics team in the winner’s circle for its connected worker platform for manufacturing that digitises operations and accelerates operational excellence. The cohort winners will be given access to Hexagon's extensive resources for global expansion, including potential funding, worldwide office space, and the company’s comprehensive suite of products and services. Additionally, they will be showcased on Hexagon's cloud-based digital reality platform for manufacturing, Nexus, providing them visibility with world-class companies and the opportunity to connect

Informatica, an enterprise cloud data management leader, announced that it has achieved the Esquema Nacional de Seguridad (ENS) Certification for Spain. This significant milestone enables Informatica to propose its AI-powered Intelligent Data Management Cloud™ (IDMC) platform to public sector entities in Spain. The ENS Certification is a stringent security requirement for cloud companies seeking to work with the public sector in Spain. Informatica's IDMC platform has met these rigorous standards, as confirmed in December by third-party auditor BDO, a leading professional services and auditing firm in Spain. Informatica's IDMC platform is now a certified, secure and trusted cloud solution for data management for public sector organizations in Spain. “Securing the ENS Certification is a testament to Informatica's commitment to providing secure and trusted AI-powered data management solutions for all organizations, including those with elevated compliance requirements,” said Emilio Valdes, Senior VP, EMEA Sales at Informatica. “We are excited to help Spanish public

The PLM Green Global Alliance (PGGA) announces that a new focus theme on Product Life Cycle Assessment has been established to be led by PLM Green founding moderator Klaus Brettschneider. PLM Green’s mission is to educate, advocate, and collaborate across the boundaries of technical disciplines, different industries, and international borders to advance the use of Product Lifecycle Management strategies and technologies in the transition to a sustainable decarbonized circular economy. There are many applications of PLM that can contribute to this transition which PGGA has begun to study as referenced in PLM Green Examples. Due to the wide variety of these PLM use cases, the PGGA originally created four core topical themes on examining the application of PLM within Sustainability, Green Energy, Circular Economy, and Climate Change. Each special interest group is led by one or more volunteer moderators that presently includes Jos Voskuil from TacitIT, Klaus Brettschneider from LinxAS, Mark Reisig from CIMdata, Patrice Quencez from CIMPA PLM Services, and Richard McFall from

PraSaga Foundation is thrilled to announce the appointment of Frank Nitty as Sr. Advisor, Hip-Hop Culture and Community Advancement. Frank, a stalwart in the Hip-Hop Community since the early 90s and General in the West Coast Hip-Hop culture, brings a wealth of experience. He has been a driving force in unifying Hip-Hop’s diverse communities, protecting creators and their intellectual property (IP) while leading the movement for the Global Hip-Hop Culture into the Web 3 Decentralized world. Frank will collaborate with the PraSaga Entertainment industry leadership team, defining product market needs for SagaChain rights management, royalties, and creative asset authenticity platform. Frank will also contribute to the marketing and promotion of PraSaga Foundation and SagaChain Ecosystem to the Global Hip-Hop Community. Michael Holdmann, Founder & CEO of PraSaga, expressed enthusiasm, stating, “The opportunity to participate in the global Hip-Hop culture and support the advancement of its members is what PraSaga Foundation was founded for. Having Frank on board

We are pleased to announce that we have partnered with a new reseller in Germany - TECOSIM, a market leader in numerical calculation and simulation (CAE) and a provider of development processes and software, to promote pSeven and pSeven Enterprise products in German-speaking countries. TECOSIM will take on sales and first-level user support for innovative software solutions pSeven and pSeven Enterprise on the market of these countries. “Our aim is to offer customers from the automotive, aerospace and energy sectors and from other advanced industries efficient software tools that enable them to shorten their development times and improve product quality,” explains Laurent Chec, General Director of pSeven SAS. “With TECOSIM, we have by our side a strong partner with many years of experience in digital product development. Together, we want to expand our presence in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.” “Our collaboration with pSeven also brings us the opportunity to offer our customers an

Rockwell Automation, Inc., the world’s largest company dedicated to industrial automation and digital transformation, announced that Matheus Bulho is named senior vice president, Software & Control, effective April 1. He will report to Rockwell Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Blake Moret. In this role, Bulho will lead the operating segment that includes control and visualization software and hardware, information software, and network and security infrastructure. Bulho succeeds Brian Shepherd, who is leaving Rockwell in June to pursue other interests. “Matheus has a proven track record of driving operational excellence, leveraging focused investments to deliver differentiated offerings for our customers and profitable growth for the company. He is an expert on our software and hardware technology, and knows our culture and customers,” said Moret. “I’m excited to have his expertise on our leadership team.” Recently, Bulho served as vice president and general manager for the Production Automation business unit in the Software & Control