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Ciudadela, a company of the TN&Platex Group, the largest textile group in Argentina, has selected Centric Software®’s Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solution. Centric Software provides the most innovative enterprise solutions to plan, design, develop, source and sell products such as apparel, footwear, sporting goods, furniture, home décor, cosmetics, food & beverage and luxury to achieve strategic and operational digital transformation goals. Ciudadela, founded in 1949, designs, develops, manufactures and markets more than 300 different items throughout Argentina with an impressive 90% brand loyalty: 9 out of 10 people who buy their products will buy them again in the future. Ciudadela was looking to improve the design, development, manufacturing and commercialization of its sock and underwear lines, from the moment the cotton leaves the field until the finished product arrives at store. The ambitious challenge of doubling the number of products and revenue every year translates into increasing complexity of processes and people. The company

The Shareholders of the London Market Joint Venture (XIS and XCS) - DXC Technology, Lloyd's and the International Underwriting Association (IUA), have announced a $465 million USD contract extension to ensure seamless continuity for the activities of London insurance market customers whilst DXC moves forward with the transformation of the market's IT systems. Following a previous agreement to build the digital platform that will underpin the London market's transformation, in the latest contract the parties have agreed on a set of services that will create the foundation to safely transition approximately 400 London market insurance companies over to the cloud-native digital platform running on AWS. The agreement includes provisions for operational resilience in line with new industry regulations. As the world's largest insurance centre, the London insurance market represents 7.6% of the global commercial (re)insurance market, employs 47,000 people across the UK, and makes up almost a quarter of the City of London's GDP, with its gross written

HCL Technologies (HCL), a leading global technology company, has signed an end-to-end IT services transformation agreement with the VELUX Group, the leading manufacturer of roof windows. “We are excited to partner with the VELUX Group on its transformation journey, helping the organization to stay ahead of the rapidly evolving global IT market,” said Pankaj Tagra, Corporate Vice President and Nordic & DACH Head, HCL Technologies. “The VELUX Group is one of Denmark’s most prestigious brands and we are committed to supporting its digitalization journey.” “We look forward to accelerating our global IT transformation journey with support from HCL Technologies,” says Jesper Frederiksen, Vice President IT and Digital Enablement, VELUX Group. “It’s essential that our growing global organization can operate with swift and seamless digital tools and capabilities.” HCL Technologies will deliver a cloud-first, user-centric digital transformation program for the VELUX Group, adopting business-driven automation to modernize its applications and infrastructure landscape. This will

 PDF Key takeaways: As cloud technology and software as a service (SaaS) delivery have evolved, CIMdata has observed a split in the Cloud PLM market, which we are labeling Gen 1 and Gen 2. First generation (“Gen 1”) SaaS PLM solutions were developed natively on hyperscaler platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, etc.) with multitenant capabilities focused on being deployable, upgradable, cost effective, but not necessarily configurable. A variant of Gen 1 is deploying an on-premises version of a solution in a cloud data center leveraging Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) via virtual machines. Gen 2 refers to second generation SaaS PLM solutions that have been built to leverage full capabilities of hyperscaler platforms usually via containerization. These solutions may be multitenant, but data is often single tenant providing flexibility of upgrade timing. Gen 1 benefits are maintained, but the flexibility of on-premises solutions, such as configurability/customizability, is often maintained enabling companies to maximize their return

Synopsys, Inc. announced the appointment of Luis Borgen and Marc Casper to its board of directors. Borgen most recently served as chief financial officer of athenahealth, Inc., a leading provider of network-enabled healthcare products and services. Casper is currently chairman, president, and chief executive officer of Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc., a global life sciences leader. "Luis and Marc are accomplished business leaders with operational and strategic experience and vision that will bring substantial value to the strong board we have at Synopsys," said Aart de Geus, chairman and CEO of Synopsys. "We are excited to incorporate their thinking and complementary perspectives as we scale Synopsys to $5 billion and beyond, delivering the next level of impact for the benefit of our customers, shareholders, partners and employees." Following a distinguished career in the United States Air Force, Borgen has spent the last 25 years as a corporate finance expert, including 12 years as a CFO in a variety of industries. Prior to

SEMI, the global industry association that unites the entire electronics manufacturing and design supply chain, announced that technology industry veteran and longtime SEMI member Joe Stockunas has joined SEMI as Americas President, reporting to Kevin Bauer, Chief Financial and Business Operations Officer. Stockunas will lead the SEMI Americas staff in increasing the value SEMI delivers to members, directing North America sales and services, and driving events and programs. He will also advocate for the microelectronics industry as part of the SEMI Global Leadership Team. “We’re thrilled to welcome stalwart SEMI supporter Joe Stockunas to the organization and look forward to his leadership in advancing the interests of our member companies in the Americas,” said Ajit Manocha, SEMI president and CEO. “Joe’s passion for the semiconductor industry will be a tremendous asset to SEMI as he works to help our members grow their businesses and seize new partnership and innovation opportunities.” “SEMI’s work to

3D Systems announced that management will present at the Stifel 2022 Cross Sector Insight Conference in Boston, MA on Wednesday, June 8, at 3:35 p.m. Eastern Time. A live webcast of the presentation will be available on the "Events and Presentations" section of 3D Systems’ website at https://investor.3dsystems.com/ and will remain available for replay for at least 30 days following the event. To view the original press release, please click here. Search for 3D Systems on CIMdata.com

PROS Holdings, Inc., a market-leading provider of SaaS solutions optimizing shopping and selling experiences, announced that company management will participate in the following investment conferences in June 2022. 19th Annual Craig-Hallum Institutional Investor Conference | VirtualStefan Schulz, CFO, and Belinda Overdeput, Director, Investor Relations Wednesday, June 1, 2022 | Virtual one-on-one meetings only Baird’s 2022 Global Consumer, Technology & Services Conference | InterContinental New York Barclay | New York, NYAndres Reiner, President and CEO, and Belinda Overdeput, Director, Investor Relations Tuesday, June 7, 2022 | Fireside Chat at 4:20-4:50 PM EDT Stifel 2022 Cross Sector Insight Conference | The InterContinental Boston Hotel | Boston, MAAndres Reiner, President and CEO, and Belinda Overdeput, Director, Investor Relations Wednesday, June 8, 2022 | Fireside Chat at 3:35-4:05 PM EDT A live webcast and archive of these conference events will be available on the Investor Relations page of our web site at http://pros.com. To view the original press release, please

Atos launches Nimbix Supercomputing Suite, a set of flexible and secure high-performance computing (HPC) solutions available in an as-a-service model. Atos’ Nimbix Supercomputing Suite includes two new offerings including industry-first federated supercomputing-as-a-service and dedicated bare metal services, providing customers with added agility for their compute-intensive workloads and expanded consumption models. As industry analysts have predicted, HPC in cloud computing will continue to grow at double-digit rates through 2025[1]. With the launch of Nimbix Supercomputing Suite, Atos provides customers around the world with one of the broadest HPC and supercomputing portfolios, from hardware to bare metal-as-a-service to the democratization of advanced computing in the cloud and across public and private data centers. Industry’s First Federated Supercomputing-as-a-Service The new suite offers the industry’s first federated supercomputing-as-a-service, Nimbix Federated, a novel approach for the federation of large-scale machines and clouds along with managed services to enable collaborative scientific computing. For the first time, both public and private infrastructure

Rockwell Automation, Inc. Chairman and CEO, Blake Moret, will present at Bernstein’s 38th Annual Strategic Decisions Conference on Friday, June 3, 2022. The fireside chat will be webcast beginning at approximately 8:00 a.m. EDT and will be available on the Rockwell Automation Investor Relations website at www.rockwellautomation.com/en-us/investors.html. To view the original press release, please click here. Search for Rockwell Automation on CIMdata.com