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Synopsys, Inc. announced the appointment of Rob Painter to its board of directors. Painter currently serves as president and chief executive officer at Trimble, a global technology company focused on transforming work for industries spanning agriculture, construction, geospatial and transportation.

"We are thrilled to welcome Rob to our Synopsys board of directors," said Aart de Geus, chair and CEO of Synopsys. "Rob is a visionary leader whose expertise in driving innovation and leading transformational growth by digitalization across the technology landscape will further accelerate our mission to help catalyze 'smart everything' solutions for the world. We already have an outstanding board...

The week-long celebrations will benefit over 3,000 artists across eight cities

Infosys Foundation, the philanthropic and CSR arm of Infosys, today announced the commencement of the second edition of its cultural festivals across eight cities in the country, in association with Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, to promote India’s visual and performing arts. Notably, this year marks 25 years of collaboration between the two organizations both of whom share a common vision and mission to preserve and promote the cultural heritage of India.

Aimed at preserving traditional folk and classical art forms, the second edition of the cultural festivals aim to provide a platform...

3D Systems, the leading additive manufacturing solutions partner, and Theradaptive, a biopharmaceutical company breaking new ground in targeted regenerative therapeutics, announced they have entered a commercial agreement naming 3D Systems as Theradaptive’s exclusive 3D printing partner. The companies intend to deliver a novel approach to promote bone and tissue growth using Theradaptive’s unique protein-based material-binding variants to coat 3D Systems’ 3D-printed medical devices. This solution has the potential to provide patients with an opportunity for improved healing and thus better outcomes.

Theradaptive's Founder, Luis M. Alvarez, Ph.D., conceived of the protein-engineering technology after witnessing extremity injuries that resulted in delayed amputations...

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Marks & Spencer (M&S) have won the Retail Partnership of the Year award at the Retail Systems Awards, for the loyalty platform co-created by both the partners.

The Retail Systems Awards celebrate excellence in the retail sector with a strong focus on technology innovation. TCS and M&S were recognised for their collaboration to build an in-house loyalty platform using the latest technology stack, an engineering-driven approach, and a cloud-first strategy to enhance customer experience. TCS and M&S created a modern, scalable, headless, microservice, and event-based architecture that meets current and future business requirements. The new solution...

Supporting the Public Sector with Security and Data Sovereignty

Oracle has decades of experience securing data and applications and with its security-first approach, customers have access to capabilities across a broad array of services that make highly secure implementations easy, cost effective, and fully integrated. Oracle Cloud for Australian Government and Defense enables customers to deploy applications that adhere to Australian data sovereignty and residency regulations for locally hosted sensitive data.

“Digital sovereignty has been a growing issue, with governments increased needs for control over their data, infrastructure, resources, and software. Increasingly, governments are engaging and partnering with trusted cloud partners to...

HammerTech, the world’s leading compliance, risk and safety software for the construction industry, today released impressive metrics as it inches towards its predicted unicorn status by addressing the most pressing needs of construction companies and workers worldwide. The company also shared details on its global expansion into the UK, Ireland and Canada, five years after entering the U.S. market.

“The increase in workplace injuries and accidents on construction sites is concerning. Our mission to help make sites safer is rooted in developing solutions that solve real problems for teams in the field while creating valuable insights to save time and make...

In sastema GmbH, Bechtle has acquired a specialist in Identity & Access Management (IAM), governance, risk and compliance management and information security. Founded in 2018, the IT company based in Hünfelden near Frankfurt/Main employs 21 staff and achieved revenues of 2.2 million euros in the last fiscal year. It will be fully integrated into the Bechtle IT System House Frankfurt and a new IAM Competence Centre established headed up by sastema managing director, Sven Almoril. In doing so, Bechtle Frankfurt is expanding its security portfolio to better serve its customers in the finance and insurance sectors. The Competence Centre’s services...

Accenture has completed the acquisition of Anser Advisory, an advisory and management company for infrastructure projects in the United States. The acquisition enhances Accenture’s ability to help companies and state and local public sector organizations complete large, long-term infrastructure projects more predictably and efficiently—projects that support growth for clients and have a positive impact on communities.

The move expands Accenture’s capital project capabilities and was first announced on June 21, 2023. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Anser Advisory’s services span advisory, compliance, and management services; with a rare mix of strategy expertise and hands-on know-how from working with owners’...

OpenText™, announces opentext.ai, the company’s vision and direction for AI. Opentext.ai is a new strategic approach to advance how customers can solve complex problems by applying Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Large Language Models (LLM) with their OpenText Information Management software. The company is announcing:

• ai – the company’s vision, strategy, and next steps for customers to leverage AI capabilities from OpenText. Please visit our website opentext.ai for more information.
• OpenText Aviator™ – a family of practical and trusted generative AI capabilities within our Information Management Cloud Editions for: content, experience, business network, IT operations, developer operations, and cybersecurity.
• OpenText Aviator™ Private Cloud –...

Wintershall Dea, one of the leading independent natural gas and oil companies in Europe that is now evolving into a leading gas and carbon management company, is working with IBM Consulting to establish an AI Center of Competence (CoC) while progressing multiple value-generating AI use cases that support an efficient energy production. Together, both companies maintain strong relationships with Microsoft as a technology partner: On the one hand, Wintershall Dea was already using Microsoft Azure for its data platform while IBM Consulting maintains a collaboration with Microsoft for delivering data and AI projects based on Azure.

Wintershall Dea has launched a...