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Aras, which provides the most powerful low-code platform with applications to design, build, and operate complex products, announced it has invested in XPLM, an industry leading provider of open, vendor independent connectivity solutions. This investment ensures the industry continues to have a strong, independent provider to deliver the innovation, features, quality, and level of expertise the market requires today and into the future. “As a long-time digitalization expert to our many partners and customers, we know the importance of continuous investment to maintain our technology leadership in open connectivity solutions as the pace of innovation continues to increase,” said Karl Wachtel, Managing Director at XPLM Solution GmbH. "With Aras we found a partner that shares our vision for the future, and understands the necessity for independence, confidentiality, and neutrality that our business requires to protect intellectual property and maintain our trusted relationships.” The rapid pace of change in engineering and manufacturing is

Water security has never been more urgent. With the global population set to hit 8.5 billion by 2030, pressure is increasing on the world’s limited supply of freshwater. By 2030, the global demand for water will have exceeded sustainable supply by 40%. In addition to immediate and dire consequences to people’s health and food production, a lack of access to clean water can limit economic growth by up to one-third, as well as have adverse effects on natural biodiversity and social fabrics. Governments and businesses must bring freshwater to the forefront of their strategies, and innovation will play a key role in their success. To drive the freshwater conservation and management agenda, leading global conglomerate, HCL has partnered with UpLink, the open innovation platform of the World Economic Forum that connects highly-promising start-ups with the partners and funding they need to scale. Through a $15 million investment over five years, HCL will help accelerate

Hexagon AB, a global leader in digital reality solutions combining sensor, software and autonomous technologies, announced the acquisition of Vero Solutions, an Italian distributor of Hexagon’s VISI CAD CAM software for the mould and die industry. VISI is a dedicated solution for toolmakers and offers a unique combination of applications including surface and solid modelling, and comprehensive 2D, 3D and 5D machining strategies. Founded in 2012, Vero Solutions is the largest reseller of Hexagon products in the Italian market, supporting VISI customers across the territory with sales and services as well as offering the complementary PEPS and MACHINING STRATEGIST solutions. Headquartered in Strambino and with an additional office in Marcon, the business employs 18 people, who will continue to support Hexagon’s production software portfolio in central Europe as part of the company’s direct organisation. “The acquisition of Vero Solutions is a positive step for our VISI customers in Italy and Central Europe,”

iPoint-systems is excited to announce a new partnership with leading international engineering, architecture and management consulting firm Ramboll. Together, Ramboll and iPoint offer companies technical, process, and systemic compliance and sustainability expertise from a single source. iPoint and Ramboll bring their respective strengths to the strategic partnership. With this partnership, the Reutlingen-based software company iPoint expands the international reach and on-site presence of its consulting services. The globally active Danish consulting firm Ramboll provides experienced and well-connected experts in life cycle assessment and product life cycle analysis (LCA). For its part, Ramboll is expanding its digital solutions and services offering with iPoint's leading cross-industry software solutions in product compliance, sustainability, and circular economy. Measuring, continuously improving, and reporting sustainability performance along complex value chains in particular poses significant challenges for companies. In this context, companies are increasingly looking for innovative, digital technologies for their sustainability management.  “Digital technologies can support and accelerate

In recent years, Greece has proved to be an outstanding operational base for major technology companies, which have entered the market to complement and extend their operations in Europe, mainly thanks to the availability of excellent IT talent and highly skilled people. NTT DATA believes Greece is a source of real added value to its business, while further demonstrating its commitment to young talent worldwide. The company aims to seek out great young talent, to invest in their training and development, to bring them into large-scale strategic projects, while also partnering on original research with major universities. The disembarking of the IT consultancy will also contribute to Greek market development, helping in post-COVID economic recovery, while also creating added value in digitization services delivered internationally, with Greece as an important international base. To achieve that, NTT DATA is committed to hiring the best talent, with the goal of recruiting more than 100

PTC announced expanded roles for two members of its executive team, both effective immediately. Long-time PTC executive and current president of PTC's Velocity group Mike DiTullio will take over as president of the company's larger Digital Thread group. In addition, PTC's current Chief Strategy Officer Catherine Kniker will expand her charter in a newly formed role as Chief Strategy and Sustainability Officer. Troy Richardson, who has served as president of PTC's Digital Thread group for the past year, will leave the company after a period of transition. "As a proven leader at PTC over the past 24 years, Mike DiTullio has consistently demonstrated an ability to drive success, helping build the businesses that make up our Digital Thread group to the level of performance we enjoy today," said Jim Heppelmann, president & CEO. "Over the past year leading the Velocity group, Mike has been steeped in our cloud-native businesses and he will carry his SaaS and general management knowledge to

Synopsys, Inc., a recognized leader in application security, has entered into a distribution agreement with Arrow Electronics, a Fortune 102 value-added distributor, to offer Synopsys Software Integrity Group's award-winning portfolio of application security testing solutions to security resellers throughout North America. Synopsys is a six-time Leader in the Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Application Security Testing, a three-time Leader in the Forrester Wave™ for Software Composition Analysis, and a two-time Leader in the Forrester Wave™ for Static Application Security Testing. By partnering with key solution providers across the globe, the Synopsys Software Integrity Group helps customers build trust in their software. These partners resell and deliver joint Synopsys solutions and services, integrate them into DevSecOps workflows, and help ensure an optimal customer experience. Working with an authorized Synopsys solution provider partner helps ensure a streamlined procurement experience, peace of mind, and smooth execution of security, cloud migration and digital transformation projects. Arrow aggregates the world's leading technologies and services to

ActCAD announces the release of its new version 1331 for ActCAD 2022 Professional, Standard and Prime Versions. This is a general maintenance release of 2022 version. Below is a list of improvements: Updated latest ODA dwg libraries Fixed the issue of last command not repeated on Enter Fixed reply to email address in feedback system Fixed the dynamic tooltip disappear issue Fixed ribbon tool is not updated when editing an array using the properties pane Fixed sheetsetmanager Publish to PDF wrong order Fixed entprop text notification on entity selection Fixed .NET selection retention issue after redraw Fixed no space errors in PLK language interface Fixed DWG to PDF to have option to open created PDF document Fixed crash issue while changing data order Fixed the issue of toolbars disapperance Fixed the issue of Print style reading issue Fixed certain error with QSAVE command Fixed some issues of PLANESURF Fixed hatch issues very small contour closed objects Fixed the issue MLeader is always created with text left justified Fixed

Blackline Safety Corp. ("Blackline" or "Blackline Safety"), a global leader in connected safety technology, today announced it has partnered with Access Technology Group, a Dutch innovator in digital shutdowns and turnarounds, to integrate Blackline’s G7 EXO portable area gas monitors with Access Technology’s VISICS Digital Confined Space Monitoring system. “Blackline Safety has over 1,000 customers around the world and through this partnership we are now able to link our equipment and live stream gas readings to the VISICS platform to support the new best practices of confined space monitoring and deliver even more value to our customers,” said Brendon Cook, Chief Partnership Officer, Blackline Safety. Confined spaces are challenging working environments. Identifying the hazards involved then taking proactive steps to prevent them and minimize risks is paramount. Minimizing risks starts with knowing who’s inside a confined space, for how long, and monitoring the atmospheric conditions within it. The VISICS system takes information from workers’ badges and communication

Sage announced the availability of Sage Intacct 2022 Release 2. Building on its leading subscription billing solution for SMBs, Sage Intacct Release 2 adds support for evergreen subscriptions. Evergreen Subscriptions In today's competitive market, many SaaS and subscription businesses grow by offering a variety of billing models to meet varying customer needs. As businesses grow their blended subscription models, SMBs have long struggled to reconcile customer needs with the challenges this causes the back office. With Release 2, Sage Intacct supports customers in SaaS businesses to easily bill auto-renewing subscriptions, report, and forecast billing and revenue. Sage Intacct now handles 300+ product-led growth, usage, evergreen, enterprise, and hybrid billing models as part of its solution – making it the only accounting vendor to support hybrid subscription models. This enables customers to: Manage billing and revenues in perpetuity, including all future up-selling and down-selling, cancellations, and recurring billing cycles. Eliminate the need to manually aggregate, integrate,