Omnify Software, a leading provider of web-based Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) software for discrete manufacturers, today announces that it is holding its 2016 Global Customer Conference May 11-13, 2016 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in San Francisco, CA.

The Empower '16 Conference brings together Omnify Software manufacturing customers, technical staff, and technology and business partners throughout North America and Europe. The conference has been described by attendees as one of the best conferences they attend with educational presentations and enlightening guest speakers describing how Omnify Empower PLM is enhancing their product development and business processes.

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The Electronic System Design (ESD) Alliance, an international association of companies providing goods and services throughout the semiconductor design ecosystem will host an open forum, "More than Moore -- Enabling the Power of System Scaling," to identify high-priority, industry-wide activities that will enable widespread adoption of system scaling technologies. The ESD Alliance is forming a system scaling working group representing manufacturing and design areas to address practical solutions and seeks community input on direction and priorities.

Tuesday, May 17, from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. A short networking session will precede the open discussion. Food and beverages will be served...

One of the world's leading automation companies, KUKA Aktiengesellschaft and Infosys have announced plans to jointly develop solutions.

The partnership aims to develop a software platform that will allow customers to collect, evaluate and utilize data for improving their own processes. Germany-based KUKA will work to extend the connection of machines with the Cloud by establishing an Industry 4.0 Cloud Platform. These software and services will be developed by a new subsidiary of Kuka, connyun. The name connyun is derived from the English word "connect" and "yun", the Chinese term for cloud.

"We want to offer our customers access...

IBM and SAP SE are partnering to accelerate plans across both companies to modernize clients’ analytical systems and processes for big data.

"We’re formalizing a complementary set of capabilities to simplify and speed outcomes for clients evolving to become cognitive enterprises,” explained Bridget van Kralingen, senior vice president, IBM Global Business Services.  The companies plan to co-innovate solutions that increase customer value through cognitive extensions, all enabled with SAP Business Suite 4 SAP HANA (SAP S/4HANA) software, available on-premise and in the cloud.

"SAP S/4HANA is the reimagined suite of core business applications that has once...

Atos today announced that it has signed an exclusive three-year partnership agreement with ClickFox to improve its managed services through greater use of automation and robotics. With ClickFox, Atos is able to gather evidence-based insights for addressing service enhancement across its global operations by determining highest-value opportunities for robotics process automation.

"In the new digital world, our focus at Atos is to orchestrate the complexity of legacy technology and digital services under one unified view, supported by service analytics to deliver new levels of quality, agility and savings through automation," said Michel-Alain Proch, Group Senior Executive Vice President, CEO...

Oracle today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Textura, a leading provider of construction contracts and payment management cloud services for $26.00 per share in cash. The transaction is valued at approximately $663 million, net of Textura’s cash.

Textura’s cloud services process $3.4 billion in payments for over 6,000 projects each month, helping keep projects on time and under budget while reducing risk for developers, contractors and subcontractors. Textura offers its cloud services in a consumption model preferred by the engineering and construction industry whereby the companies involved pay based on project activity....

OpenText today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire ANXeBusiness Corp. (ANX), a leading provider of cloud-based information exchange services to the US Automotive and Healthcare industries. ANX is expected to be integrated into the OpenText Business Network, a portfolio of cloud solutions and software designed for efficient, secure and compliant supply chain and business collaboration between organizations. 

Complementing OpenText’s existing B2B integration solutions, ANX is expected to strengthen OpenText’s industry presence and reach in the Automotive and Healthcare industries through strong customer relationships and targeted business partner collaboration solutions. With ANX, OpenText anticipates it will continue...

CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces that Gail Bakewell, a Program Manager at Edwards Lifesciences will make a presentation at PLM Road Map™ for the High Tech and Medical Device communities.

In her presentation, “Big Bang Commitment to Go-Live,” she will share the readiness preparation and organizational support that is required to support a Big Bang PLM roll out to a global population of over 2,000. Program governance, business community participation, training and communication, count-down to go-live, and post go-live support will be discussed.

Ms. Bakewell joined Edwards Lifesciences...

ITC Infotech, a global scale full service provider of technology solutions, has completed implementation of PTC’s FlexPLM 10.2 for UK based University of Huddersfield for its Fashion and Textile Buying Management course. ITC Infotech is also providing PLM training and assistance to the University’s lecturers, to enable faster adoption and deeper understanding of the technology platform.

The academics use PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) to teach the key stages of apparel product development within their course, thus providing opportunities to develop creative business skills and an understanding of the fashion and textile sector for the next generation of industry...

For the past two years, Arena has released innovation after innovation, including the Arena Quality, Analytics, Scribe, Projects and Demand modules. While any size company can benefit from these solutions, Arena’s intense focus on developing a broader, integrated, highly advanced set of capabilities was aimed at expanding its reach deeper into larger global enterprises. In Q1 2016, the number of enterprise deals grew 53 percent from Q1 2015 to Q1 2016, and for the first time, enterprise deals accounted for more than half of new customers for the quarter.

“This quarter, Arena passed a key milestone: the majority...