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Cyncly, the leading global provider of software and content solutions that help make amazing spaces for living, announced it is now offering 3CAD, a leading furniture design and manufacturing solution, to customers in North America. 3CAD is a highly customizable visual configure, price, quote (vCPQ) solution that enables manufacturers of closets and storage, commercial furnishings, home furnishings, and kitchen & bath to connect every step of the design, sales and production process. Cyncly is focused on helping manufacturers streamline the sales-to-production process in a single platform. With 3CAD, as a customer visually configures and prices a product online, their order is seamlessly processed and managed all the way through to CNC machines for manufacturing. One connected platform ensures full visibility of orders, enabling manufacturers to speed up sales and manufacturing of their products and succeed on three metrics most important to their success: Growth in sales: Realistic 3D configuration bring products to life

Flexxbotics, delivering workcell digitalization for robot-driven manufacturing, announced advanced robot machine tending connectivity compatible with the complete line of Brother CNC machines. With Flexxbotics next generation machining environments using robotics with Brother equipment achieve higher yields, greater throughput and increased profit per part. Flexxbotics’ patent-pending FlexxCORE technology enables robots to securely connect and communicate with Brother machinery in the smart factory to provide more powerful, flexible and open robot connectivity than previously possible. Flexxbotics is compatible with Brother’s CNC-D00 Controller and NC Controller and robot compatibility is enabled by Flexxbotics for the entire range of Brother SPEEDIO machine tools including the best selling S series, as well as, R series, W series, P series, U series, F series, M series and H series. “We understand the need for the robots to work with the latest state-of-the-art CNC machines, as well as, older equipment that manufacturers already have in their plants,” said Tyler Modelski, CTO & Co-founder

HCLTech, a leading global technology company, has enhanced its digital experience solution, Advantage Experience, with generative AI (GenAI) capabilities to help enterprises transform their marketing landscape. HCLTech’s Advantage Experience helps enterprises accelerate marketing automation and campaign launches, increase customer experience platform efficiency and lower the cost of ownership of marketing ecosystems. The solution combines marketing technology with GenAI capabilities, enabling enterprises to curate hyper-personalized experiences, improve product discoverability and design and integrate customer experiences into MarTech platforms faster and seamlessly. “Technology innovation and marketing creativity converge in HCLTech’s Advantage Experience AI to transform engagement with audiences. It leverages the potential of GenAI to give enterprises a competitive edge in a dynamic digital landscape by helping them maximize the value of their resources for marketing campaigns and interventions,” said Sadagopan Singam, Executive Vice President, Global Head of SaaS & Commercial Applications, Digital Business Services, HCLTech. With its full-stack application development and engineering expertise and decades

HCLTech, a leading global technology company, announced the launch of an Electronic Design Automation (EDA) solution in partnership with NetApp, to enable enterprises in the semiconductor industry to accelerate large EDA implementations in the hybrid cloud to significantly reduce their time-to-market, enhance the overall quality and improve the reliability of their products. With HCLTech’s new joint offering, clients can leverage NetApp’s Design Anywhere solution to streamline the entire semiconductor design process, from concept to manufacturing, with improved scalability and flexibility. Enterprises can harness the power of hybrid cloud to efficiently manage growing data volume and workflow complexities. HCLTech will support clients running large EDA projects by optimizing their IT environments, managing infrastructure orchestration and scheduling for EDA workloads along with associated services. HCLTech will also deliver the EDA solution in various consumption models as per client requirements in partnership with NetApp. “We are thrilled to collaborate with NetApp to unlock the power of hybrid

Kubotek Kosmos, a leader in engineering and manufacturing geometric software technology, announced the 6.0 major release of its CAD/CAM software interoperability products: Validate, Revision, Convert, and View. These CAD file utility programs utilize proprietary Kubotek Kosmos modeling technology to support transfer of precise CAD data across the manufacturing supply chain. Version 6 updates support for major CAD files, improves performance, and adds capabilities for Product Manufacturing Information (PMI) data used in Model Based Definition (MBD) workflows. The new software is available for customers to download immediately. Updated CAD File SupportTo ensure customers are prepared for any CAD files sent to them, reading of 3D CAD files across all Kubotek Kosmos software programs has been updated to support new versions of eight major MCAD file formats: Autodesk Inventor 2024 Dassault Systemes (DS) CATIA V5 R2024x DS SolidWorks 2024 DS Spatial ACIS 2024 PTC Creo 10.0 Siemens Digital Industries Software (SDIS) NX 2306 SDIS Solid Edge 2024 SDIS Parasolid V36 Version 6

Xometry Inc., the global AI-powered marketplace connecting enterprise buyers with suppliers of manufacturing services, introduced enhanced features for its Teamspace enterprise collaboration software designed to further expedite procurement on its marketplace. “We’re consistently evolving our cloud-based software to make it even easier for engineers, managers and purchasing executives to accelerate their custom manufacturing projects on our AI-driven marketplace,” said Brendan Sterne, Xometry’s Chief Product Officer. “From the procurement desk to the shop floor, Xometry is delivering an expanded set of capabilities that allow greater collaboration and strengthen supply chains.” The new Teamspace functions include: Additional collaboration tools, making it even easier for engineers to collaborate more effectively with managers and purchasers. Specifically, users can mark their quotes as ‘ready for review,’ ‘review approved’ and ‘ready to order,’ driving seamless collaboration among users. Enhanced order management features including the ability to copy and share orders, and download key documents including certificates, inspection reports, packing slips and more; Enhanced quote summary histories, which will enable users

Accenture has made a strategic investment, through Accenture Ventures, in Sanctuary AI, a developer of humanoid general-purpose robots that are powered by AI and can perform a wide variety of work tasks quickly, safely and effectively. “AI-powered humanoid robots are essential to reinventing work and supporting human workers as labor shortage is becoming an issue in many countries and industries,” said Joe Lui, Accenture’s global advanced automation and robotics lead. “Sanctuary AI’s advanced AI platform trains robots to react to their environment and perform new tasks with precision in a very short time. We see huge potential for their robots in post and parcel, manufacturing, retail and logistics warehousing operations, where they could complement and collaborate with human workers and automate tasks that traditional robotics can’t.” Sanctuary AI’s general-purpose robot PhoenixTM, recently recognized as one of TIME magazine’s “Best Inventions of 2023,” can perform a multitude of work tasks. For instance, at a Mark’s retail

Aurigo Software, the leading provider of capital planning and construction management software for infrastructure and private owners, announced the appointment of former Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) Secretary, Yassmin Gramian, to its Industry Strategy Group. The group advises public agencies across North America on business and technology strategies to support the $1.2 trillion bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) that was passed in November 2021. Yassmin joins as Aurigo’s Industry Lead Advisor for Transportation. She will assist Mike Tooley, former Director of the Montana Department of Transportation (DOT), who heads the Industry Strategy Group. As part of the group, Yassmin will be joining Jennifer Cohan, former transportation secretary of Delaware DOT, David Woolridge, former Chief Information Officer of Nevada DOT, and Tim Pratt, former technology leader of the City of Lincoln, Nebraska. “As former PennDOT secretary, Yassmin has an insider’s view on the needs of public agencies and how technology can

Centric Software®, the Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) market leader and Bizcaps Software, the Product Information Form (PIF) management provider are pleased to announce their partnership to drive efficiency and compliance through automated information transfer capabilities for product development. Centric Software provides the most innovative enterprise solutions to plan, design, develop, source, price and sell food & beverage, cosmetics and consumer products to achieve strategic and operational digital transformation goals. The Bizcaps PIF Manager™ is a secure, web-based portal and repository to easily manage the setup, storage, search and sharing of PIFs directly with customers and suppliers. As the first licensed online PIF portal solution incorporating the Electronic Food Data System of the Australian Food and Grocery Council (AFGC), PIF Manager supports food suppliers and their customers across Australia, New Zealand, Asia, the UK, the USA and South America. A PIF contains all the product information like ingredients, nutrition, labeling, certificates and regulatory

Computer Guidance Corporation, the leading developer of cloud-based ERP solutions for the construction industry, announced receipt of its annual System and Organization Control (SOC) SOC 1 Type II and SOC 2 Type II attestation engagement reports for the eCMS Hosting Service system that was designed and implemented throughout the period January 1, 2023, to December 31, 2023. The trust services reports provide independent validation that Computer Guidance Corporation’s security, availability, and confidentiality controls operated in accordance with the American Institute of Certified Public Accountant (AICPA) applicable Trust Services Criteria (TSC) as a result of an examination of the description of a service organization’s system and the suitability of the design and operating effectiveness of controls involving a number of factors such as security, availability, and confidentiality outlined in the audit report. The audits reviewed several processes and procedures that have been implemented by Computer Guidance to proactively manage the cloud environments that