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Accenture has signed a strategic agreement with the Commercial Bank of Dubai (CBD) to drive its technology transformation program and further enhance its market-leading banking services to personal and business customers.

Accenture will set up a development center of excellence (COE) to optimize CBD’s IT platforms and incorporate best-in-class technologies to enhance the customer experience. The COE, powered by hyper automation and generative AI solutions, will augment CBD’s IT efficiency and productivity across the software development lifecycle to world-class levels.

Ali Imran, chief operating officer, CBD, said, “At CBD, we are focused on leveraging our DNA of innovation to augment user experiences...

OUTSCALE, a Dassault Systèmes brand, announced today, it has received the ANSSI security visa, SecNumCloud 3.2, for maximum protection of sensitive data.

In June 2023, Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne announced through the "Cloud at the Center" Doctrine, the obligation for "digital services of administrations to be hosted on a SecNumCloud qualified Cloud by ANSSI and protected against any extracommunity regulation”.

A major step in the compliance of public actors, this measure provides guarantees of security and sovereignty to citizens’ data with confidence. Today, holding the SecNumCloud 3.2 qualification, OUTSCALE becomes the first Cloud operator aligned with the "Cloud at the Center" Doctrine...

Continental today announced a collaboration with Synopsys to accelerate the development and validation of software features and applications for the Software-Defined Vehicle (SDV). This new collaboration integrates Synopsys’ industry-leading virtual prototyping solutions for virtual Electronic Control Units (vECU) within Continental’s Automotive Edge (CAEdge) cloud-based development framework. The result is digital twin capabilities for software development that help automakers accelerate software development and speed up their time to market.

“The Software-Defined Vehicle requires working on hardware, software, applications, and validation in parallel, all while maintaining the highest level of quality and safety,” said Gilles Mabire, CTO at Continental Automotive. “Synopsys’ virtual ECUs...

From 01 January 2024, Bechtle will introduce a new management level with Marijke Kasius becoming Vice President for the Bechtle Group companies in the Netherlands. The 39-year-old was previously CEO of PQR B.V. headquartered in Utrecht, leading the company together with Marco Lesmeister. A specialist in hybrid cloud solutions, PQR joined the Bechtle fold in May 2022. The company will continue to be headed up by a two-person team with Marc van Rinsum taking over the reins as co-Managing Director also on 01 January 2024. Marc van Rinsum was formerly Managing Director of Fondo—an IT service provider that became a...

We at Hexagon AB are deeply saddened by the passing of Melker Schörling.

Melker not only leaves behind an enduring legacy through his business endeavours but he was also a person who had an impact on all of us who had the pleasure of working with him.

Ola Rollén, Chairman of the Board of Hexagon AB: “Melker acquired the controlling stake in Hexagon in 1998 and became Chairman in 1999. I first met Melker in 2000, my strongest memory from that first meeting was when he said: “I invest in people, a good person will make a good business.” He taught me...

Infor^®, the industry cloud company, today announced that INETEC, a provider of technology for nondestructive examination, has migrated to Infor CloudSuite Industrial Enterprise, a cloud solution powered by Amazon Web Services (AWS) and designed specifically for manufacturing companies. The company expects to improve its operations around the globe as well as to reduce its IT administration overheads. The solution has been deployed in collaboration with IPL Consulting, a regional Infor channel and implementation partner, and launched into production in October 2023.

Headquartered in Croatia, INETEC offers innovative robotics and software for nondestructive examination, mainly for nuclear power plants, with products and...

Cadence Molecular Sciences (OpenEye)—a business unit of Cadence Design Systems—will provide OpenEye’s molecular design software to power the open-science AI-driven Structure-enabled Antiviral Platform (ASAP) Discovery Consortium in support of an innovative effort to rapidly develop antivirals to prevent future pandemics.

John D. Chodera, PhD, a lab head at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC), directs the researchers and software scientists building the computational chemistry infrastructure to support ASAP.

“Dr. Chodera and the ASAP scientists working with him will have access to OpenEye tools to help support the ASAP Discovery Consortium and antiviral drug research,” said Anthony Nicholls, PhD, corporate vice president,...

Bricorama and Accenture have collaborated to develop ‘pAInt,’ a generative AI-powered shopping assistant that helps customers with their painting projects. Available on bricorama.fr, ‘pAInt’ has been designed to inspire and guide customers through each stage of their projects, from inspiration – by suggesting trending styles, to the purchase of materials, to best practice guides on the painting process itself. This new service enables the brand to offer its customers a unique online experience, and to accompany them to the successful completion of their ‘Do-It-Yourself’ (DIY) projects.

Generative Artificial Intelligence to enhance the customer experience

‘pAInt’ is a conversational tool that customers can...

Bechtle has signed a contract with Innovation Park Artificial Intelligence (Ipai) in Heilbronn and is now a member of the European flagship project for AI. Headquartered in neighbouring Neckarsulm, Germany’s largest IT system house not only intends to contribute its own AI innovations, but also leverage the platform to further bolster its network. Ipai aspires to become Europe’s most expansive ecosystem for applied artificial intelligence. “For us as a future-first IT partner, this collaboration with Ipai is both an opportunity and a commitment to playing an active role in the development of AI,” says Dr Thomas Olemotz, CEO, Bechtle AG.

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Atos Group, a global leader in digital transformation, today announced that it is strengthening its partnership network. As part of this, it has initiated a cooperation agreement with Onepoint, a key player in consulting for the major transformations of corporate businesses and government agencies.

With the objective to foster partnerships with service companies, the Group initiated the creation of a cooperation agreement with Atos’ reference shareholder Onepoint (in full compliance with the specific rules approved by the Board of Directors for this type of partnerships). Signed by Eviden, the Atos Group business leading in digital, cloud, big data and security, the...