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Infor®, the industry cloud company, announced that MMI Hotel Group, a fast-growing hotel management company, has selected Infor Hospitality to provide hospitality management and pricing solutions for its expanding independent property base. Set to implement these new applications at select properties, MMI will have access to cloud-based tools that will allow its teams to better serve guests and achieve competitive positioning through dynamic pricing strategies. Infor will provide MMI with easy access to valuable incoming data that can quickly be turned into action, allowing teams to better track guest preferences, simplify reservations and provide consistent quality and services.

“We want to...

Wipro Limited, a leading technology services and consulting company, has announced that it has been selected by Mazda Motor Logistics Europe to deliver next generation managed services for its entire application landscape.

Mazda is currently transforming itself into a more centralized organization with harmonized business processes and standardized business capabilities, resulting in reduced cost and complexity. This strategic relationship with Wipro will help industrialize Mazda IT, digitize processes, and further enable agile DevOps ways of working while infusing state-of-the-art tools to drive automation.

Alex Janssens, Vice President, IT & Supply Logistics, Mazda Motor Logistics, Europe said, "Mazda was looking for a partner...

PTC to host its premier annual in-person event May 15-18, 2023

PTC announced the return of its annual LiveWorx®, premier event focused on digital transformation for manufacturers. The LiveWorx 2023 experience will return in person, hosted in the heart of Boston's Seaport Innovation District at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, May 15-18, 2023. The event will welcome thousands of participants from the world's leading manufacturers and product companies, as they explore a new era of product lifecycle innovation. Registration is now open at liveworx.com/register.

"Over the years, PTC has aspired to bring its extended ecosystem together for information, education, and inspiration,"...

Innovation leader Lectra, supports brands, retailers and manufacturers through connected industrial equipment and cutting-edge solutions led by state-of-the-art software to facilitate the digital transformation and Industry 4.0 transition of fashion, automotive and furniture companies, and today announced the completion of its first annual ideation Conference since acquiring Gerber Technology in June 2021. The three-city tour, which hit major cities from coast to coast, began in New York on November 9th, followed by Mexico on November 17th, and Los Angeles on December 8th providing expert insight and commentary on ways to fuel the fashion industry forward as brands and retailers continue...

Lantek, leader in software for the sheet metal industry is delighted to announce the opening of a direct sales office in Australia. Covering both Australia and New Zealand, Lantek’s new direct sales and support team is building on the over 20 years of success of its former Australian dealer to expand the market, bringing its latest software developments to tube, structural steel and sheet metal manufacturers.

Headed by John Salisbury, who brings over 20 years of experience in the sheet metal industry, the objective is to offer first class sales and support to the over 180 Lantek users in the region...

Hexagon AB, a global leader in digital reality solutions combining sensor, software and autonomous technologies, today announced a 100 MUSD investment in Divergent Technologies Inc., a pioneer of green manufacturing technologies with the first modular digital factory for the automotive industry.

Divergent has developed an alternative production process to traditional vehicle manufacturing called DAPS® (Divergent Adaptive Production System) that addresses economic and environmental challenges head-on. DAPS is a fully integrated software and hardware solution, creating a complete modular digital factory for complex structures. The patented process combines AI-optimised generative design software, additive manufacturing (3D printing) and automated assembly to build lightweight...

Accenture announced its membership in the Corporate Affiliate Program of the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI), an organization dedicated to guiding and building the future of artificial intelligence (AI).

“Serving as an inaugural member of the Stanford HAI Corporate Affiliate Program amplifies our commitment to human-centric responsible AI that aligns with our value system and helps to achieve business and societal outcomes,” said Lan Guan, global lead of Cloud First Data & AI at Accenture. “Our collaboration with Stanford HAI is key because it enables Accenture to stay abreast on the latest AI research. Specifically, we can continue to...

This survey seeks input from PLM professionals regarding their data governance journey.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, USA 16 December 2022—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces the launch of a new survey on the data governance experiences of PLM Professionals.

Many companies are currently undergoing digital transformation programs, and CIMdata believes that product companies undergoing digital transformation need to have a solid PLM strategy and implementation. The core of that is data governance.

CIMdata defines data governance as “the organization and implementation of policies, procedures, structures,...

New Solution Optimizes Full-Lifecycle Model Risk Management to Allow Businesses to Satisfy Regulatory Requirements and Increase Operational Efficiency

MathWorks today unveiled Modelscape, a set of multi-platform products that offer senior managers operating in highly-regulated industries an efficient workflow for creating, documenting, validating, deploying, and managing models and associated data. Businesses can use Modelscape to reduce risk by improving their organization’s Model Risk Management (MRM) lifecycle while maintaining regulatory compliance.

MRM was first outlined by the Federal Reserve and the Office of the Comptroller in the SR 11-7 Guidance on Model Risk Management, adopted in the European Central Bank’s Targeted Review of Internal...

IFS, the global cloud enterprise software company, today announced that European market leader in property damage restoration, Polygon International, has decided to upgrade its existing enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution to IFS Cloud as it looks to digitalize its operations and scale its technology platform to support its strategic growth plans.

Polygon is currently undergoing a business transformation and is focused on strengthening its market position through organic growth and targeted acquisition. To support this approach, the company needs enterprise software that will enable them to respond rapidly to market opportunities and shifting customer needs. This led to the purchase of...