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SAP today announced its financial results for the second quarter 2017 ended June 30, 2017. Financial Highlights Second Quarter 2017 SAP’s fast growth in the cloud continued in the second quarter. New cloud bookings grew by 33% (33% at constant currencies) in the second quarter and reached €340 million. Both IFRS and non-IFRS cloud subscriptions and support revenue grew 29% yearover-year (27% at constant currencies) to €932 million. IFRS and non-IFRS software revenue was €1.09 billion, up 5% year-overyear (4% at constant currencies). New cloud and software license order entry2 grew by more than 20% year-over-year in the second quarter. IFRS and non-IFRS cloud and software revenue was €4.76 billion, an increase of 9% (8% at constant currencies). SAP’s “predictable revenue”, i.e. the total of cloud subscriptions & support revenue and software support revenue, was 63% of total revenue. IFRS operating profit was down 27% to €926

Wipro Limited and Ramot, the Business Engagement Center at Tel Aviv University (TAU), today announced a partnership for joint research in emerging technologies. TAU is Israel's largest institution of higher learning which is home to over 30,000 students studying in nine faculties, over 125 schools and departments across the spectrum of sciences, engineering, humanities and the arts. The partnership envisages the creation of joint research capability at TAU, supported by Wipro to pursue core as well as applied research in fast-developing technologies in the Artificial Intelligence (AI) space. "Wipro has a strong tradition of investing in innovation, and collaboration with academia for advanced research and development is a key element of our innovation programs. We are excited to partner with Tel Aviv University to jointly develop innovative IP in core AI technologies that will help us build advanced and differentiated solutions and services for our customers," said K.R. Sanjiv, Chief Technology

Keysight Technologies, Inc. today announced that effective immediately, Satish Dhanasekaran will succeed Mike Gasparian as president of the Communications Solutions Group. Gasparian, who has chosen to retire, will remain as an advisor through the end of the year to assist with the transition. Keysight also announced the addition of Marie Hattar to its executive team as Chief Marketing Officer (CMO). Dhanasekaran, who is currently vice president and general manager of the Wireless Devices and Operators solution unit within the Communications Solutions Group, has held a variety of leadership roles throughout his 21 years in the communications ecosystem. He has managed solution conception, development and go-to-market strategies of design and test solutions for the wireless industry, and has sponsored the company’s participation in standards bodies, collaborations and consortia that define wireless technology innovation. He has held a variety of leadership roles at Agilent Technologies and Keysight, initially joining the company in

Jelastic announced new partnership with Linevast, a German hosting service provider. "Our partnership with Linevast is aimed to broaden Jelastic presence on the German market, providing simplicity, scalability, and high-quality cloud hosting services for developers. We believe this alliance will help Linevast to meet evolving requirements of their customers reducing complexity during application development and lifecycle management," commented Ruslan Synytsky, Jelastic CEO and Co-Founder. Linevast stopped their choice at Jelastic PaaS due to an overwhelming pack of providing benefits, such as: a great number of managed containers, support of Docker containers, built-in marketplace with more than 100 available applications, out of the box integration of most popular billing systems, multi-datacenter management, built-in metering, monitoring and troubleshooting tools. "We provide only the best products to our clients all over the world and searched for a PaaS-Solution that meets our high quality demands in terms of scalability, high availability and competitive performance. With

Cogiscan Inc. today announced that it has partnered with iBASEt, Inc. to offer an integrated solution that automates data collection and verification processes at the production line for manufacturers of complex electronic assemblies.  iBASEt is a leading provider of software solutions to complex, highly regulated industries, such as aerospace and defense, medical devices, nuclear, industrial equipment, electronics, and shipbuilding.  Products built by these high-tech industries have an increasing number of electronics components and manufacturers are increasingly interested to integrate production equipment to the Manufacturing Execution System (MES) for automated control and data collection to save time and minimize errors. iBASEt and Cogiscan are strategically working together to achieve quicker integrated solutions where manufacturers leverage the combined experience from both vendors in their different area of expertise. Cogiscan provides deep domain expertise with the integration of electronics assembly and inspection equipment and a wide library of machine interfaces to

In a move to provide organizations with more comprehensive scientific informatics capabilities, Accenture has completed its acquisition of LabAnswer, a leading U.S.-based research and laboratory informatics technology consulting firm. The acquisition, which was first announced on June 1, 2017, enhances Accenture’s ability to apply digital technologies to revolutionize scientific and laboratory processes across a variety of industries and spanning the entire product lifecycle. It also coincides with the launch of Accenture Scientific Informatics Services, which combines LabAnswer’s scientific and laboratory informatics expertise with Accenture’s strategic and business consulting capabilities, industry platforms, innovation approach and global scale. Leveraging digital technologies such as automation, artificial intelligence, Internet of Things, analytics and cloud, in combination with a fundamental redesign of the scientific user experience, Accenture Scientific Informatics Services helps organizations better capture, manage, integrate and analyze complex scientific data. This can improve the discovery and manufacturing of new products, improve quality, ensure compliance, reduce time to

CIMdata Executive Consultant, Dr. Keith Meintjes, recently shared his views on Simulation-Driven Test.  He summarized his point-of-view in the following quote:  "Ask a half-dozen of your colleagues, including your managers, 'What is the biggest benefit of doing simulation?' It is highly likely that the answer you will get is 'To reduce testing.' As you might guess, I think this particular, restricted view of the role of simulation is wrong. Not only that, it can be counterproductive and harmful."-Dr. Keith Meintjes, CIMdata  Learn more by reading the full blog post at: http://www.cimdata.com/en/resources/cimdata-blog/item/8517-simulation-driven-test-a-path-to-smart-testing  Don’t forget to share your own views with Keith!

Propel, a cloud PLM software company built for the Participation Economy, released its latest annual survey of global manufacturing companies showing that the usage of cloud apps is now substantially higher in 2017. Survey respondents now feel that the cloud is paying off strategically with higher productivity and increased business agility. With modern cloud solutions like Propel helping drive closer customer engagement, manufacturing companies are now seeing the highest increase in adoption in their Engineering and Operations departments. The 2017 Propel Manufacturing Cloud Survey involved over a hundred respondents at the recent Salesforce Manufacturing Summit, and it revealed major shifts in enterprise cloud adoption compared to last year’s study. Survey highlights include: Cloud adoption is booming: About ⅔ of survey respondents have been using cloud apps for over 5 years - a 2x increase from 2016. Similarly, approximately ½ of respondents used 5 or more enterprise cloud apps -

NGC Software today announced the latest release and general availability of its next-generation Andromeda® Quality Control solution for fashion retailers and brand owners. This Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution helps companies identify product quality problems on the factory floor where issues can quickly and easily be resolved, reducing chargebacks and returned inventory. NGC’s latest Andromeda Quality Control release provides a solution for quality management and compliance testing throughout the supply chain. It features integration with legacy PLM, ERP and logistics solutions, multilingual online and offline functionality, and geolocation of factories and auditors. The cloud-based solution allows internal, third-party or factory-certified auditors to conduct multiple audit types, produce comprehensive inspection reports, and create corrective action plans. All of the information collected on the tablet is uploaded to the Andromeda Cloud Platform, resulting in real-time reporting and failure notification. The system automatically generates corrective action plans that bring the quality assurance process full circle. Product Testing is

MachineWorks Ltd will be exhibiting brand new features at the largest International Machine Tool Show, EMO Hanover this September, 18th - 23rd in Hall 27 stand number B73. To read about all of the new features to be displayed, please click here. Search for MachineWorks on CIMdata.com