Dassault Systèmes today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE) to collaborate and leverage technology including Dassault Systèmes 3DEXPERIENCE Platform and Digital Manufacturing suite to achieve higher levels of academic excellence. The MoU will deepen the existing relationship between NITIE and Dassault Systèmes. It will also make NITIE an Academic Certification Partner under the Dassault Systèmes Academic Certification Partner Programme.  

The collaboration between NITIE and Dassault Systèmes will create a new benchmark for ‘technology enabled industrial engineering and management education’ in the areas of industrial engineering, industrial management including operations management, manufacturing management, project...

Consulting, technology and outsourcing services company, Capgemini, has named Nicolas Aidoud as its A/NZ CEO.

Aidoud succeeds Deepak Nangia, who will move to take on the role of chief customer officer for Asia-Pacific and the Middle East and assist the executive chairman in expanding Capgemini’s footprint in this region. Prior to this appointment, Aidoud served as CEO for Prosodie-Capgemini, a subsidiary of the Capgemini Group, for three years.

As CEO of Prosodie-Capgemini from 2013 to 2015, Aidoud led the commercial synergies with the group and was instrumental in boosting Prosodie-Capgemini’s international development. More recently, he was...

Hexagon AB, a provider of information technologies for industrial applications, has acquired Forming Technology Inc. (FTI). The company offers manufacturing software solutions designed to reduce development time and material costs of sheet metal components.

Founded in 1989 and based in Burlington, FTI serves original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and suppliers in the automotive, aerospace, electronics, and appliance industries with sheet metal design, simulation, feasibility and costing solutions.

“Closing the manufacturing feedback loop to enhance quality and productivity is an integral part of our solutions strategy,” said Ola Rollén, president and CEO of Hexagon. “Combining FTI’s CAE technologies and knowledge of automotive sheet metal...

We are pleased to share that Cisco has completed its acquisition of Jasper. With the acquisition, Jasper forms the new IoT Cloud Business Unit within Cisco. This is exciting news as – together with Cisco – we remain committed to enabling enterprises, service providers and ecosystem partners to rapidly build and scale IoT service businesses that drive new revenue.

Jasper was founded over a decade ago to help enterprises realize the power of IoT. To deliver on this vision we partnered with the best mobile operator groups in the world, representing over 100 mobile networks. And today...

The modeFRONTIER International Users' Meeting 2016 is fast approaching and ESTECO has given a hint at what attendees can expect by announcing three keynote speakers from prominent organizations: Bob Tickel from Cummins, Mario J. Felice from Ford Motor Company and Stan Przybylinski from CIMdata are set to take the stage in Trieste (Italy) on May 17th-18th. 

With more than 25 years’ experience in the design and development of IC engines and 15 years’ in analysis-led design tools and methods, Bob Tickel has been at Cummins since 1988, where he currently holds the position of Director of Structural...