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TECHNIA announced that they have entered into a strategic partnership with B. Braun - an international leader in medical products, systems and services to the global healthcare market. This partnership will leverage digital applications and practices to enable B. Braun to improve their product offering, efficiency, quality and collaboration in their supply chain while securing regulatory compliance. Under the business agreement, TECHNIA will deliver a Product Lifecycle Management solution to more than 13,000 users at B. Braun, enabling digital continuity between PLM, ERP and CRM. The PLM solution uses Dassault Systèmes’ industry solution experience “License to Cure” based on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform. The “License to Cure” industry solution experience is augmented by TECHNIA’s software and delivered by our world leading Life Sciences consulting team. “It’s an honour to be selected by B. Braun to be their global PLM partner. B. Braun is a true leader in the healthcare business and

Wipro Limited announced the launch of advanced cloud Security Operations Centre (SOC) services using Microsoft Azure Sentinel. As part of this integration, Wipro will offer managed cloud SOC services with built in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Orchestration capabilities for rapid threat detection and response for its clients across hybrid cloud environments. In addition, AI based capabilities of Wipro HOLMESTM will be used to measure the risk factors against compliance standards. Apart from a large pool of skilled and experienced cyber incident responders and threat hunters, Wipro’s Security Intelligence service will bring in the following differentiators: Proprietary use-case creation framework with industry specific use-case libraries Periodic service self-assessment on Log sources, use-case efficacy; benchmarking these facets to      Lockheed Martin Kill chain and MITRE framework Wipro Limited announced the launch of advanced cloud Security Operations Centre (SOC) services using Microsoft Azure Sentinel. As part of this integration, Wipro will offer managed cloud SOC services

Altair has enabled Santa Clara, Calif.-based Inphi Corporation (NYSE: IPHI), a leader in high-speed data movement interconnects, to realize significant cost savings and speed up design using Altair Accelerator™. The advent of modern internet applications such cloud, big data, streaming video, artificial intelligence, Internet of Things and more, has made demand for high-performance microelectronics more pressing. As a result, hyper-efficient workflow management and performance optimization tools are essential to compete. Inphi selected Altair Accelerator from among the competition for its superior performance and Altair’s reputation for excellent customer service. “The performance optimization benefits provided by Altair are significant in the semiconductor space, specifically regarding license utilization and scheduling speed,” said Weikei Sun, associate vice president, engineering at Inphi. “Altair Accelerator’s scheduling speed is ten times that of the competitive solutions we have evaluated. Performant license-based scheduling enables our designers and engineers to explore more designs, faster, so we

­ Tata Consultancy Services published the findings of a commissioned research that revealed that German companies have sharply increased their investment in digitization and are focusing on change management and agile processes to drive their transformation initiatives. The study titled ‘Don't Panic! Keep Calm and Digitize’ focused on German companies having 100 or more employees, polling 953 senior managers and decision-makers responsible for digitization within their organizations. German companies are focusing on the necessary change management processes in addition to the use of new technologies in their transformation journey. According to the report, almost every second company (47 percent) uses change management methods to adapt to new structures and prepare the workforce, versus 36 percent in 2017. Among large companies with 500 or more employees, 57 percent rely on change management methods. In more than one third of the companies (35 percent), the change process is the responsibility of the digitalization

­ Tata Consultancy Services published the findings of a commissioned research that revealed that German companies have sharply increased their investment in digitization and are focusing on change management and agile processes to drive their transformation initiatives. The study titled ‘Don't Panic! Keep Calm and Digitize’ focused on German companies having 100 or more employees, polling 953 senior managers and decision-makers responsible for digitization within their organizations. German companies are focusing on the necessary change management processes in addition to the use of new technologies in their transformation journey. According to the report, almost every second company (47 percent) uses change management methods to adapt to new structures and prepare the workforce, versus 36 percent in 2017. Among large companies with 500 or more employees, 57 percent rely on change management methods. In more than one third of the companies (35 percent), the change process is the responsibility of the digitalization

Dassault Systèmes announced new milestones for its 3DEXPERIENCE Lab open innovation laboratory and accelerator program.  Furthering its mission to nurture disruptive innovations that positively impact society, Dassault Systèmes has extended the 3DEXPERIENCE Lab’s reach by welcoming new startups, incubator partners and fab lab partners into its global ecosystem. The announcement was made at the 3DEXPERIENCE Lab Rendez-vous event December 3 at the Atelier des Lumières digital art center in Paris. Fifteen new startups hailing from Belgium, China, France, India, South Africa and the U.S. have joined the 3DEXPERIENCE Lab accelerator program, where they can access the 3DEXPERIENCE platform to digitally develop transformative projects that contribute to one or more of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals to impact society, as well as benefit from mentoring and expertise.  Startups include: AgreenCulture (smart agriculture robotics), DAMAE Medical (device to detect skin cancer), FEops (patient-specific simulations for heart interventions), Gyrolift (new mobility solution), Inali (affordable

­Accenture has acquired Apis Group, a privately held Australian consultancy with deep industry expertise providing strategic advisory, digital design and delivery services to government organisations. This acquisition will bring additional capacity and further strengthen Accenture’s services to government and health clients in Australia.   Headquartered in Canberra, Apis Group was founded in 1999 and employs more than 120 professionals. The firm works with some of Australia’s largest federal public service organisations, providing strategic advisory services, project management, business and digital design services. The diverse team has extensive experience working on service delivery reform initiatives, including social services, health, aged care, education, employment and environment sectors, with a track record of helping government shape and deliver major transformation programs. “Apis Group’s extensive experience working with public service organisations complements Accenture’s established credentials across government,” said Louise May, who leads Accenture’s Health & Public Service practice in Australia and New Zealand. “Apis Group’s talented

National Instruments Corporation and Cadence Design Systems, Inc. Announced a system innovation strategic alliance to create an integrated design to test flow, leveraging reusable data and test IP from electronics design and verification to validation and production test for electronic system and semiconductor companies. This strategic alliance builds upon the broad-ranging collaboration that National Instruments (NI) and Cadence initiated in 2018 to improve the overall semiconductor development and testing of next-generation wireless, automotive and mobile integrated circuits (ICs) and modules. Through the strategic alliance agreement, NI and Cadence expect the joint development of technology, methodology and intellectual property to streamline electronics development. The objective is to provide customers with a seamless flow from pre-silicon development to post-silicon test, leveraging design, verification and analysis data between Cadence and NI technologies. The collaboration is anchored in analog, mixed-signal and RF integrations around the Cadence® Virtuoso® and Spectre® platforms, and physical data from the NI LabVIEW

Infosys announced the launch of its Cyber Next platform-based offerings, powered by Microsoft Azure Sentinel. These offerings will help enterprises enhance security monitoring, management, threat detection, and response services. The Microsoft Azure Sentinel is a cloud-native Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), Security Orchestration, Automation and Response (SOAR) solution that detects, prevents and responds to data threats across the enterprise. With Azure Sentinel’s advanced AI and security analytics features, this strategic partnership with Microsoft will significantly boost Infosys’ threat detection and response capabilities. These offerings will help Infosys enhance its Cyber Next Platform to deliver a comprehensive Managed Security Solution to its clients. This includes round-the-clock monitoring, lifecycle management and incident investigations, coupled with real-time threat intelligence for SIEM data enrichment. This will be delivered via a globally distributed network of Cyber Defense Centers, staffed with platform experts and skilled security analysts. Infosys’ extensive security operations, managed security service capabilities,

  Continuing the ethos of powering a successful digital ecosystem which is smart and fully connected, Hexagon have just released the latest NCSIMUL CAM simulation package from their Production Software portfolio. It includes a number of important enhancements to both high-end machining verification, and the module which automatically converts CAM and NC programs to different machines. The three main topics which developers have focused on in this latest release are:  Optipower Interface enhancements 4CAM. Helping manufacturers bring their factories in line with the Industry 4.0 philosophy of smart production, NCSIMUL 2020.1 introduces an additional parameter to NCSIMUL Machine. Optipower complements the Optitool module by adding the necessary power and torque to remove material. Technical Director Philippe Legoupi says it is used as a limitative parameter, which optimises the program and limits the power, so that risks of breakage are avoided. “It takes into account the type of material, the chosen tool,