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BIM Track is pleased to announce the launch of BIM Track Mobile, a companion app to BIM Track’s cloud platform for BIM coordination, available as a free download for iOS and Android mobile devices. Keeping communication and collaboration between the field and the office on construction projects can be tricky. Historically, valuable information was scattered in SMS, email, in Microsoft team messages, or other platforms. This typically led to confusion, delays, and headaches. With BIM Track’s mobile app, job-site teams will now be able to quickly track tasks and questions assigned to them, while back in the office BIM Coordinators will be able to easily monitor action items in one place. With the tap of a finger on any iOS or Android cell phone, even when offline, field teams will be saving time and confusion.  With BIM Track Mobile, those on the jobsite can quickly capture information using their cell phone, and relay

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. announced that the Cadence® digital full flow achieved certification for the GlobalFoundries (GF) 12LP/12LP+ process platforms to advance the design of aerospace, hyperscale computing, AI, mobile and consumer applications. The certification confirms that the Cadence digital full flow has met all of GF’s accuracy, integration and quality of results (QoR) criteria specified for the 12LP/12LP+ process platforms, enabling mutual customers to reach power, performance, and area (PPA) goals faster and to deliver new products to market with shorter design cycles. The Cadence tools were optimized for the GF 12LP/12LP+ process platforms and certified using an industry-standard high-efficiency processor core. The certified tools include the Innovus™ Implementation System, Genus™ Synthesis Solution, Tempus™ Timing Signoff Solution, Voltus™ IC Power Integrity Solution, Quantus™ Extraction Solution, Litho Physical Analyzer (LPA) and Pegasus™ Verification System. The digital full flow provides additional benefits to GF 12LP/12LP+ users through the Cadence iSpatial technology, which allows a seamless transition from Genus physical synthesis

HCL Technologies (HCL), a leading global technology company, has launched its Kubernetes Migration Platform (KMP) to help organizations accelerate application modernization. HCL KMP is an automated solution that helps organizations migrate workloads from legacy on-premises and Cloud Foundry environments to modern Kubernetes-based platforms. KMP’s repeatable, reliable, and cost-effective approach enables organizations to reduce risk and complete migrations up to 120 times faster compared to manual alternatives. In addition, HCL KMP enables organizations to effortlessly move workloads between hybrid, multi-cloud environments built on different Kubernetes-based platforms, including; Google GKE, Microsoft Azure AKS, Amazon EKS, VMWare TKGI, Rancher, and Red Hat OpenShift. The platform offers organizations more freedom of choice, ensuring they are run on the most cost-effective platforms and helping to avoid vendor lock-in. “Enterprises have grown increasingly concerned with the operational costs of maintaining legacy Cloud Foundry environments in a cloud-native world,” said Kalyan Kumar, CTO and Head of Ecosystems, HCL Technologies.

IMAGINiT Technologies has released Clarity 2023, an enterprise level suite of products that further improves AEC firms’ competitive advantage with reliable process automation. Clarity performs the repetitive tasks required to put BIM Coordinators in control of their models as well as all related metrics and analytics. With Clarity 2023’s enhanced task reliability and monitoring, usability, integration and space programming, BIM Coordinators now have the ability to manage the automation of much larger projects than they did previously. “Ten years after the initial product launch, many customers have expressed that IMAGINiT Clarity is the equivalent of having several extra people on your team because on average AEC firms save over 200 hours per project, allowing employees to allocate their time to mission critical work,” says Bill Zavadil, president and chief operating officer, IMAGINiT Technologies. “In the past eight years alone, hundreds of Clarity customers, including the DLR Group, Leo A Daly and more than

At the RAPID+TCT Conference, Materialise (Nasdaq: MTLS), a global leader in 3D printing solutions, introduces Magics 26, the latest version of its industry-leading data and build preparation software. Magics 26 combines support for native CAD workflows with its existing mesh capabilities. This provides users with the best of both worlds, enabling them to boost productivity while maintaining quality by choosing the optimal workflow for each 3D printing project. CAD and Mesh Workflows, The Best of Both Worlds Mesh and CAD each offer unique benefits when editing and preparing files for 3D printing. CAD offers a higher resolution than mesh for part editing. Mesh offers a consistent file format that ensures quality and compatibility with today’s industry standard 3D printers, especially during build preparation. The mesh file format contains all of the information about the inside and outside of 3D models necessary to slice parts and begin 3D printing. “The way forward is to

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) has attained Department of Defense (DOD) Impact Level 5 (IL5) Provisional Authorization (PA) for additional services, including Oracle Autonomous Database and Integration Cloud. Now customers in the defense and intelligence community can benefit from a growing list of proven, secure cloud services to run their most demanding and sensitive workloads. “These new authorizations demonstrate Oracle’s commitment to deliver a cost effective, highly secure, and compliant cloud that is purpose built for the needs of the US government,” said Rand Waldron, vice president, Global Government Sector, Oracle. “Oracle offers cloud solutions to the government that give them access to the same services as commercial companies, multi-cloud options, and don’t increase the price based on their increased security and compliance requirements.” The OCI services newly covered by DOD IL5 PA authorizations include Oracle Autonomous Database on Dedicated Infrastructure; Autonomous Database on Shared Infrastructure; Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Data Catalog ; Oracle Integration Cloud; Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Logging; Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Service

Plataine, a leading provider of AI-based manufacturing optimization solutions, has extended its cloud-based automated Digital Thread technology, to help manufacturers working with composite materials, mitigate current global supply chain challenges and improve on time delivery. The Digital Thread delivers a holistic view of an asset or material across its entire lifecycle, and Plataine’s newest capabilities use cloud-based technology that enables manufacturers to log the complete genealogy of a product, stretching across multiple sites and organizations. This creates a holistic view – from raw material to finished part – available to anyone who has been provided with the credentials to access the information. Current supply chain challenges such as soaring raw material and transportation costs, and acute shortages of labor and components present unprecedented challenges to any manufacturer. Raw material manufacturers can now make a ‘Digital ID’ available for each material they produce, allowing all relevant stakeholders in the supply chain to access any approved information,

AECOM, the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, announced the next phase of Sustainable Legacies, its industry-leading ESG strategy that was launched one year ago to advance sustainability initiatives that deliver positive impact both at AECOM and in communities around the world. This strategy integrates four key pillars that will embed sustainable development and resilience across the Company’s work, improve social outcomes for communities, achieve net-zero carbon emissions and enhance its governance. Included in the Company’s updated strategy are more ambitious net zero targets that are among the first in the world to be approved by the Science Based Targets initiative. “As a purpose-driven organization, I am proud of our teams’ progress to lead the industry as an ESG firm and how we continue to challenge ourselves with even more ambitious initiatives and targets included in our Sustainable Legacies strategy,” said Troy Rudd, AECOM’s chief executive officer. “Alongside our Board of Directors and Executive Leadership

Peter Bilello continues his series on the critical elelements of digital transformation with the “how”, “why”, and benefits of digital twins. Learn more by reading the article at engineering.com or by following the link: https://www.engineering.com/story/striving-toward-the-benefits-of-digital-twins?postID=362344

Schneider Electric, the leader in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, launched their Universal Automation Discovery Packs program in the U.S., giving innovators the opportunity to explore the benefits of universal automation. Through this program, experts from all aspects of the industry, including OEMs, system integrators, end users, distributors, academics, and others can receive a free license to explore this next-generation automation system for themselves. Universal automation is a disruptive technology based on the IEC61499 standard for interoperability and portability that decouples hardware and software by addressing one of the industry’s largest challenges to innovation — single-vendor lock-in. By having the opportunity to explore this new technology before leveraging it for commercial projects, innovators can better understand how the platform can support their organizational goals and improve operational efficiency. “Today’s industry is changing faster than ever before, requiring both new solutions that offer greater flexibility and higher productivity, and a