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Dassault Systèmes announced that it is showcasing the latest portfolio advancements of its mining flagship brand GEOVIA during the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) Convention 2024, on March 5 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre (MTCC), Room 206-D, in Toronto. GEOVIA solutions provide end-to-end virtual twin experiences focusing on the intersection of natural resources, infrastructure and urban planning. The GEOVIA solutions portfolio is transforming significantly to seamlessly integrate with Dassault Systèmes' 3DEXPERIENCE platform. This integration establishes a unified source of truth, empowering organizations to strengthen their resilience in a swiftly evolving landscape while securing a competitive edge across the entire mining value chain, spanning from pit to port. The latest advancements in the GEOVIA portfolio include the Strategic Mine Planner role and the Underground Mine Designer role, which are available now. The GEOVIA Strategic Mine Planner role complements the Pit Optimizer role, allowing users to develop a comprehensive strategic plan that is robust and

Fosfor, a product division of LTIMindtree, a global technology consulting and digital solutions company, at its Foton 2024 event, announced the launch of the Fosfor Decision Cloud (FDC). The FDC is a connected fabric that helps companies organize data to build automated, modular, trustworthy data transformation pipelines, build and deploy impactful AI applications, and harness the power of AI to make better business decisions, faster. Currently companies need to create their own collection of disconnected point solutions to facilitate the transformation of data into business insights. The Decision Cloud represents the next step in the evolution of formerly disconnected data and AI investments into a modern decision stack that augments the data-to-decisions journey using three new innovations: Fosfor AI: The GenAI-powered assistant that helps with frequent tasks across the data-to-decisions journey such as constructing data pipelines, generating ML model code, constructing natural language prompts, and curating data stories. Fosfor AI radically increases productivity

General Motors (GM), global automotive supplier Magna, and leading technology services and consulting company Wipro Limited, have teamed up to develop a B2B sales platform for buying and selling automotive software. The platform, called SDVerse, aims to revolutionize the automotive software sourcing and procurement process by providing a matchmaking platform for buyers and sellers of embedded automotive software. Unlike the traditional captive software development approach, SDVerse focuses on connecting automotive software buyers and sellers through a transparent and efficient digital platform. Sellers can list their software’s features and attributes, while buyers can easily search and explore the available software products through a comprehensive catalogue. Sales and purchases can be connected directly through the platform, offering a seamless experience for all participants. SDVerse is currently in development and expected to feature hundreds of automotive software products, and participants from across the automotive value chain are invited to join. In addition to the founding

HCLTech, a leading global technology company, announced the launch of HCLTech AI Force, an innovative GenAI platform that accelerates time-to-value by transforming the software development and engineering lifecycle, delivering greater productivity, improved quality and faster release timelines. The patented GenAI platform is built on Azure OpenAI and can be integrated with Microsoft GitHub Copilot, but is system agnostic. It offers a highly customizable suite of GenAI-based solutions that inject intelligence into every aspect of software development and engineering workflows to improve efficiency and developer experience. “We take great pride in spearheading the art of possible in AI and are thrilled to unveil this exciting innovation," said Vijay Guntur, President of Engineering and R&D Services, HCLTech. "This platform is a true game-changer and some of our pilots with clients in the technology and financial services industries have delivered extremely encouraging outcomes." Prioritizing responsible AI adoption, HCLTech AI Force integrates robust security and governance measures, fostering

Informatica is launching Informatica® Cloud Data Access Management (CDAM), a solution based on Informatica's 2023 acquisition of Privitar, an industry leader in comprehensive data access management products. Now integrated into the Intelligent Data Management Cloud (IDMC), Informatica’s flagship data management platform, this AI-powered solution is a key component of data access governance, leveraging IDMC's common metadata foundation. CDAM revolutionizes how organizations manage, share and use their data by ensuring compliance with policies and fostering customer trust. It integrates seamlessly with IDMC to offer secure and automated AI and analytics use cases. At the heart of CDAM's offering is the CLAIRE AI engine, which ensures automated sensitive data classifications at enterprise scale. With CDAM, data teams have universal, automated controls at their disposal to govern data access, ensuring data is not only secure and private but also readily available. Key Features Include: Intuitive policy authoring to simplify enterprise-wide data access management. Leverages CLAIRE AI Engine to automate

Coming with about 50 new features, the new release of Almacam software suite is the result of a half-year of research and development. It makes the process of nesting, cutting and the whole workflow of sheet metal and tube cutting FASTER and SAFER. Rosalinda Ferrandes, Product Head of Almacam, explains: “Our mission is to help machine builders and metal workers optimize their CAD-CAM production workflow. With this new version, we focused on enhancing the speed and efficiency of users’ day-to-day tasks and make easier for them to secure their environments. As usual, the priorities for this new version are based on our regular discussions with our partners and customers.” Strengthen security for continuous uptime machinesManaging risk in the era of Industry 4.0 and connected production is not an option. To ensure continuous production and data privacy, this new version strengthens the overall security of Almacam instances. Among all, metal manufacturers will be able to

Red Hat, Inc., the world's leading provider of open source solutions, and Tech Mahindra, a leading provider of digital transformation, consulting, and business re-engineering services and solutions, announced a collaboration to make it easier for telecommunications service providers to accelerate and manage 5G adoption and deployments across the hybrid cloud. Tech Mahindra’s Multi-mode Companion Cloud with Red Hat OpenShift running on Amazon Web Services (AWS) can support multiple network use cases, spanning RAN, edge computing, transport and 5G core, to extend capabilities across hybrid cloud environments with integrated automation and orchestration capabilities. As service providers adopt hybrid cloud to enable more highly available and reliable 5G services, compute resources and data are increasingly decentralized across core datacenters, at the edge and in the cloud. With this in mind, service providers are looking for ways to minimize the complexity that comes with managing and securing workloads across these diverse environments. Tech Mahindra’s Multi-mode

Accenture has acquired The Lumery, a Melbourne-based marketing technology (martech) consultancy that helps leading organizations deliver seamless customer experiences and transform their marketing services. The acquisition will strengthen the marketing transformation capabilities of Accenture Song—the firm’s tech-powered creative group—and add significant depth to its offerings in Australia, such as personalization, CRM and loyalty, testing and experimentation and automation. Businesses are urgently seeking ways to show up meaningfully for their customers across touchpoints. More than half of global consumers wish companies would respond faster to their changing needs and expectations. The acquisition of The Lumery reflects Accenture Song’s continued investment to help businesses in Australia respond to rapid changes in martech. Global spending on martech is expected to soar by 64% to $216 billion in 2027. Mark Green, Australia and New Zealand lead at Accenture Song, said: “There is great interest in using tech to understand Australian customers more deeply and to streamline, enhance and transform marketing and

Stratasys Ltd., a leader in polymer 3D printing solutions, announced it has acquired Arevo’s technology portfolio, including its Intellectual Property (IP) estate. Previously based in Silicon Valley, Arevo, Inc. ceased operations in 2023. The acquisition of the IP estate includes multiple foundational patents in carbon fiber printing, Z-strength improvement achieved by localized laser melting and roller compaction, in-situ and AI build monitoring, and hardware design. Adoption of this technology in Stratasys FDM® print systems enables Stratasys to extend its addressable manufacturing applications for its customers. Stratasys will be able to accelerate usage of FDM printing applications by eliminating customer adoption barriers associated with requirements for higher performing parts including strength and isotropy, more reliable and consistent builds, and improved system throughput for better parts economics. “The technology we’ve acquired allows for increasingly improved isotropy of physical properties in FDM parts, which opens up additional use for customers,” said Rich Garrity, Stratasys’ Chief Industrial

Aspen Technology, Inc., a global leader in industrial software, announced the implementation of its digital grid management solutions by Adani Electricity, a leading power company in India. AspenTech’s next generation SCADA system and its Advanced Distribution Management System (ADMS) have been incorporated into Adani Electricity’s new network operation center located in Hiranandani Powai to monitor and control in real-time an intelligent power grid that provides reliable, safe and secure service to its more than three million customers throughout Mumbai. With this implementation, Adani Electricity positions itself as a leader among the most advanced utilities in the region.  “Electrical grids around the world are at a crucial juncture. Increased consumer expectations, acceleration of the clean energy transition, evolving regulations and expanding cyber and extreme weather-related challenges are introducing new levels of complexity and unpredictability,” said Antonio Pietri, President and CEO at AspenTech. “AspenTech is pleased to partner with Adani and deliver the solutions that