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Schneider Electric, the global leader in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, announced Grid to Prosumer, an end-to-end approach to DER management to maximize the connection and value of renewable energy, energy storage and electric vehicles. Grid modernization is increasingly about managing supply and demand at the grid edge, spanning both sides of the customer meter. It requires new ways to engage, plan and design, optimize and maintain, analyze and automate, all with a stepwise, coordinated approach. Schneider Electric’s new Grid to Prosumer approach helps manage the lifecycle of DER management with simple to complex workflows and use cases that optimize DER across energy market needs, grid constraint requirements and prosumer priorities. Schneider Electric has also expanded its EcoStruxure Grid portfolio for Grids of the Future with strategic partners AutoGrid for flexibility services and Virtual Power Plants, and Uplight for prosumer engagement and demand-side management. With this continued focus toward solving the challenges the industry

 PDF CIMdata Highlight Aras, a mindshare leader in the enterprise product lifecycle management (PLM) software market, recently announced that they had acquired a controlling interest in XPLM, a Dresden, Germany based provider of PLM integration connectors and related services. XPLM is well-known to CIMdata and is considered to be a very capable supplier delivering integration solutions to many of the leading companies within the PLM marketplace and other enterprise solution markets. XPLM provides a broad and capable suite of integrations that are deployed in PLM implementations including MCAD, ECAD, CAE, MBSE, ALM, PDM, ERP, quality assurance, and other systems to manage core digital thread data. XPLM has connectors for the front-end of the lifecycle including requirements management and CRM. The deal size was not disclosed. According to Aras, XPLM will remain a separate business with no changes to XPLM’s staff or business model. XPLM will operate as a completely independent company and treat Aras no

A team of undergraduate students – Ashley Ho and Julia Pepper from New York University, Kaiji Uno from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, and Polina Yakubova from Baruch College – has won the annual U.S. Accenture Innovation Challenge. This year’s nonprofit partner is the Challenged Athletes Foundation (CAF), providing opportunities and support to people with physical challenges so they can pursue active lifestyles through physical fitness and competitive athletics.   Student teams developed proposals to help CAF scale its High School Adaptive Sports Program to introduce more middle and high school students with physical disabilities to the value of physical activity and being part of their school track and field teams. The winning team was a collaborative effort by students from the three schools and their proposal was selected following three rounds of competition during the winter semester. Nearly 700 students applied to participate in the Challenge and 47 student teams from

May 18 is International Museum Day, an annual day sponsored by the International Council of Museums, which this year is exploring the potential of museums to bring about positive change. Matterport, Inc.’s digital twin platform is enabling museums to digitally transform their spaces, helping them increase access to the world of art, culture, and history. With a digital twin, museum operators can create powerful virtual learning experiences that increase access to those who cannot spend the time or money to travel, and in some cases introduce new revenue opportunities. Since March 2020, almost 7.3 million people have visited museums virtually using Matterport. In honor of International Museum Day, here are three iconic museums using Matterport to create virtual experiences to engage with and educate more people around the world.  George Eastman MuseumFounded in 1947, the George Eastman Museum located in Rochester, New York is the world’s oldest photography museum and one of

Sage, the leader in accounting, financial, HR, and payroll technology for small and mid-sized businesses SMB, unveils its first global marketing campaign following its brand refresh in April. The new campaign is designed to reflect the changing needs of its SMB customers worldwide and bring the brand refresh to life.  Representing Sage’s new purpose—to knock down barriers so everyone can thrive—the campaign shows how this starts with customers. It focuses on real life customers and the confidence and control that Sage software can deliver through simplicity and insight with a human touch to help business flow. The campaign launches with two 30” hero films created by VCCP London featuring Sage customers Laura Rose, CEO, Equestrian Rose Ltd and Joanne Halsall, Head of Finance, Crow Wood Leisure. Customer stories are elevated through playful character animation, set within a black and white world. The customer voices are connected using the iconic Sage green flow—a representation of how

Rockwell Automation, Inc., the world’s largest company dedicated to industrial automation and digital transformation, announced MESNAC Co., Ltd. as the first Platinum Partner to its Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) Partner Program, in Asia-Pacific. MESNAC is one of the world’s top three high-tech enterprise groups concentrated in the field of rubber machinery. Rockwell Automation works with OEMs across the globe to design, develop, and deliver innovative equipment with Rockwell Automation solutions. In late 2020, Rockwell Automation evolved its OEM Partner Program globally, establishing levels of participation based on need and output. First established in 2010 as the Machine and Equipment Builders Program, the OEM Partner Program now includes almost 3,300 manufacturers worldwide. “We are excited to welcome MESNAC as our OEM Partner within Rockwell Automation’s OEM Partner Program,” said Scott Wooldridge, president, Asia-Pacific, Rockwell Automation. “Participation in Rockwell Automation’s partner ecosystem enables MESNAC and Rockwell Automation to deliver integrated solutions based on our advanced technologies, IT/OT convergence,

Infosys, a global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting, announced it has been selected by Backcountry, a premier online retailer of outdoor gear and apparel, to deliver a seamless and secure digital experience making it even easier for customers to pursue their outdoor passions. Backcountry also uses Google Cloud to fuel its data-driven transformation and help optimize business outcomes with analytics and real-time insights. As the spring and summer seasons ramp up and more consumers embrace outdoor activities, Backcountry will be prepared for a surge of activity with its agile, cloud-driven business model and ability to identify security risks proactively – preventing any disruption to operations and strengthening protection of customer data. Leveraging Infosys Cobalt and Google Cloud Platform, Backcountry has embarked on a cloud-driven transformation journey to enhance the customer experience and improve its security posture in an increasingly turbulent cyber landscape. Infosys’ Cyber Next platform offers Backcountry real-time visibility

Infor, the industry cloud company, announces that Åbro Bryggeri, Sweden's oldest family-owned brewery, has chosen Infor CloudSuite Food & Beverage to help achieve its ambitious growth goals after a procurement process in which three suppliers participated. This is part of Åbro Bryggeri'stransformation to a modern business system.  “We have developed our ERP system in-house for many years, and saw that the competence to maintain the solution risked disappearing and that operating costs would increase,” says Björn Ainemo, CFO at Åbro Brewery. “So we started looking for a new suitable standard solution on the market that we could grow with, and Infor stood out because the solution was configured for our industry and suited many of the tasks we wanted to solve. With Infor, we also get more B2B functions we do not have today in a complete solution instead of independent digital islands.” Infor was one of three suppliers that Åbro Bryggeri evaluated.

Propel Software announced its product value management (PVM) platform to help companies create and capture maximum value from product operations. The platform brings product and commercial teams together to expand revenue growth, improve quality, decrease costs, and increase customer satisfaction. While legacy solutions address historical business challenges, Propel’s PVM platform is the only single-platform solution that enables collaboration across the whole product lifecycle, prioritizing today’s customer and market trends.  To represent the breadth of its solutions extending far beyond cloud-based Product Lifecycle Management and Quality Management solutions, Propel has changed its name from PropelPLM to Propel Software Solutions. By providing real-time data, cross-functional workflows, and contextual collaboration, PVM allows product and commercialization teams to work in parallel and speed up traditionally siloed business processes. It is ideal for companies looking to shorten product innovation and go-to-market cycles, create resilient supply chains, and build responsive teams that can quickly adjust to changing customer

Synopsys, Inc. and Analog Devices, Inc. announced their collaboration to provide model libraries for DC/DC ICs and µModule® (micromodule) regulators with Synopsys' industry-leading simulation tool, Saber, part of Synopsys' virtual prototyping solution. With this new library in the Saber system-level simulation system, powertrain designers for products such as electric vehicles, avionic machines, instrumentation equipment and supercomputers can perform accurate multi-domain simulations with precision and speed, accelerating the design process and time-to-market. "With robust and reliable Saber modeling for our power ICs and µModule devices, system designers can confidently rely on our services, focusing their attention on the rest of their complex designs involving field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), processors, memory, sensors, and data converters," said Afshin Odabaee, business development director for µModule Power Products at Analog Devices. "Collaborating with Synopsys enables us to deliver a powerful simulation solution based on Saber's integrated environment for simulation and modeling, allowing our customers to accelerate their time-to-market." From developing an electric vehicle's powertrain or charging system,