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ANN ARBOR, Michigan, USA & STOCKHOLM, Sweden 10 May 2022—CIMdata, Inc. and Eurostep AB announce the sponsors for the upcoming PLM Road Map and PDT North America 2022 event. The participating sponsors are Accenture, Altium, Aras, Autodesk, Digital Enterprise Society, Intelizign, Jana, Processia – an Atos Company, PTC, and Siemens Digital Industries Software. The event will take place at The Marriott Tysons Corner, VA on May 24 and 25. “We are excited to have these key solution providers choose to sponsor our PLM Road Map and PDT conference,” stated Cheryl Peck, CIMdata’s Director of Marketing. “We are excited to be back in person and look forward to creating an environment where open collaboration and knowledge transfer can occur between all members of the PLM ecosystem.” As part of the PLM Road Map/PDT experience, sponsors participate in an online PLM Collaboration Café™, where they showcase a selection of their solutions. For more information

Bechtle AG announced the acquisition of PQR B.V. in the Netherlands. First established 32 years ago, the company is well-rooted in the market and centred on B2G customers with a portfolio focus on hybrid cloud environments. Bechtle is thus continuing to effect its acquisition strategy, which, for the IT System House & Managed Services segment, has also included locations outside of Germany, Austria and Switzerland since 2021. Utrecht-based PQR was founded in 1990 and employs 170 staff. Its system house business includes hardware and software resale, IT consulting and managed services, complementing perfectly the Bechtle Group’s current e-commerce business in the Netherlands, which concentrates on the Modern Workplace. PQR predominantly supports public-sector customers, but also those in private industries and achieved revenues totalling around 100 million euros in the last fiscal year. CEO Marijke Kasius and Managing Director Marco Lesmeister shall continue at the company in the same roles. The

NTT DATA Corporation ("NTT DATA" or the "Company") hereby announces that, in line with its plan to further grow NTT DATA's global business outside Japan, it has resolved at the Board of Directors meeting to combine the overseas business of NTT, Inc. ("NTT, Inc."), a wholly owned subsidiary of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation ("NTT") (the "Overseas Business Alignment") into the NTT DATA group's overseas business. 1. Background The environment surrounding society is changing drastically every day. Successful corporations are required to solve evolving social issues and contribute to the global environment, while also creating and enhancing economic value. In addition, social trends, from corporate activities to people's consumption and lifestyles, are ever-changing against a backdrop of technological advancements, and digital-related investments for business growth are accelerating in all industries. As we move toward the realization of a society in which various goods and people are connected to provide new value, technologies

HCL Technologies (HCL), a leading global technology company, announced it will acquire, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, a Bengaluru-based Quest Informatics Private Limited (Quest) - an aftermarket, Industry 4.0 and IoT company, in an all-cash deal. Quest currently serves more than 40 global leaders in the aftermarket space with its cloud-enabled aftermarket ERP, field services management, and digital parts catalog product suites. Aftermarket digital spending is one of the fast-growing segments in the transportation and manufacturing industries. "Quest will help expand HCL Technologies’ Industry 4.0 offerings into the fast-growing aftermarket space. Quest's suite of aftermarket solutions and products will be valuable to transportation and manufacturing clients globally in their digital transformation journey,” said Sukamal Banerjee, Corporate Vice President, Industry Software Division and IoT WoRKS™, HCL Technologies. “Additionally, Quest's existing customers will benefit through HCL Technologies' scale, reach and R&D prowess." "HCL Technologies' global reach and expertise combined with Quest Informatics' deep domain knowledge will

Sandvik has signed an agreement to acquire the mining related business of Schenck Process Group (SP Mining). SP Mining is one of the market leaders in screening, feeding and screening media solutions in the industry. The company will be reported in Stationary Crushing and Screening, a division in Sandvik Rock Processing Solutions (SRP). "I am pleased that we continue to execute on our shift to growth strategy by expanding our core offering in a profitable niche, as well as strengthening the aftermarket share within rock processing. This validates our strategy when forming the Sandvik Rock Processing business area, and it allows us to bring value to a larger part of our mining customers' value chain", says Stefan Widing, President and CEO of Sandvik. SP Mining is a global provider of high-capacity screening solutions, highly complementary to Sandvik’s offering, and with a strong aftermarket business which includes application support, screen refurbishment, product engineering

Google Cloud and SAP SE announced an expansion of their relationship, unveiling new integrations between Google Workspace and SAP’s flagship cloud ERP, SAP S/4HANA Cloud. These native integrations will allow customers to connect core SAP software designed for running all mission-critical processes in the cloud with the collaborative capabilities of Google Docs and Google Sheets to innovate how work gets done across the enterprise. SAP is a leading ERP software provider for enterprises. Its RISE with SAP solution provides a comprehensive set of products and services – including SAP S/4HANA Cloud – to help companies on their journey toward becoming intelligent and sustainable enterprises. Google Workspace enables teams of all sizes to connect, create and collaborate – to drive innovation from any device and any location. Built on the industry’s leading cloud-native communication and collaboration platform, Google Workspace brings together the apps loved by billions of people — Gmail, Chat, Calendar, Drive, Docs, Sheets,

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) hosted a visit today by An Tánaiste* and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Leo Varadkar TD at its Global Delivery Centre in Letterkenny, Co. Donegal in Ireland. One of the North West’s largest employers, TCS briefed Minister Varadkar and other visiting guests from IDA Ireland on its plans to further cement this Centre as a strategic hub to provide digital transformation, IT, and business services to clients in Ireland and across the world. During a brief tour of the state-of-the-art facilities at the TCS Letterkenny Global Delivery Centre, Minister Varadkar visited the newly opened digital innovation lab where TCS’ solution architects and designers will work closely with clients to ideate and build compelling customer experiences. TCS managers briefed the Minister on the company’s continued commitment to this Centre and future investment plans. These include building a cloud experience hub and a cyber security threat management centre

Expert in CAD and PLM automation has joined ITI to assist clients in adding digital trust to their business processes as they extend the use of 3D data through their supply chain.  International TechneGroup Incorporated (ITI), a Wipro company, and global leader providing reliable interoperability, validation, and migration solutions for product data and related systems, is pleased to announce the addition of Ryan Gelotte to its Services Team. Ryan brings over 20 years of industry experience analyzing and optimizing CAD and PLM-based business processes, most recently helping clients redefine engineering processes in support of Industry 4.0 and Model-Based Enterprise (MBE) initiatives. “We are excited to have Ryan join ITI,” stated Andy Chinn, Director, and Head of Global Sales for ITI. “There’s no doubt that with his reputation and qualifications, Ryan is an exciting addition to the ITI team and will bring great value to our clients as they build our CADIQ validation

Procore Technologies, Inc., a leading global provider of construction management software, today announced the opening of its new Asia-Pacific headquarters in Sydney. The continued investment in the region follows significant local demand, with business nearly doubling across Asia Pacific from 2020 to 2021. Five years since opening its first office in Australia, the investment in a new, larger space demonstrates Procore's ongoing commitment to Sydney as its regional headquarters. The company’s rapidly expanding local team continues to grow in response to sustained customer growth across APAC in 2021. To scale the business and meet the continued demand of the local construction industry, Procore has plans to create over 100 new jobs in ANZ. Tom Karemacher, vice president APAC at Procore commented, “As both the business and the team have rapidly expanded, we needed a flexible and collaborative new working environment that is built for true scale. Procore understands that most employees now

Red Hat Inc., the world’s leading provider of open source solutions, and Accenture (NYSE: ACN) have expanded their nearly 12 year strategic partnership to further power open hybrid cloud innovation for enterprises worldwide. The companies are jointly investing in the co-development of new solutions to help organizations more seamlessly navigate a multi- and hybrid cloud world, define their strategy, and accelerate their pace of innovation to get to value faster. With the combination of Accenture Cloud First and Red Hat OpenShift, organizations are better equipped to embrace the cloud continuum – a range of capabilities, from public to private to edge computing, all connected by modern networks and built with a zero-trust security mindset – to accelerate enterprise reinvention. A hybrid solution brings the public cloud benefits of innovation, speed, consumption and scale with private cloud advantages of regulatory compliance, performance and data gravity. “Organizations are increasingly turning to hybrid cloud to