Tata Consultancy Services announced an expansion of its long-term partnership with Phoenix Group, Europe’s largest life and pensions consolidator, to drive the growth and transformation of the Standard Life business and meet the future needs of its customers, workplace clients and their advisers.

The expanded partnership will result in the digital transformation of Standard Life’s pensions and savings operations onto the TCS BFSI Digital Platform, powered by TCS BaNCSTM. This will expand the overall scope by a further 4.2 million policies, taking the total number of policies managed by Diligenta, TCS’ regulated subsidiary in the UK, on behalf...

Synopsys, Inc. announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire certain IP assets from eSilicon. This acquisition will expand Synopsys' DesignWare® Embedded Memory IP portfolio with TCAMs and multi-port memory compilers, as well as its Interface IP portfolio with High-Bandwidth Interface (HBI) IP. The acquisition will also add a team of experienced R&D engineers to further scale Synopsys' IP development in the most advanced process technologies to address customers' evolving design requirements in growing markets such as AI and cloud. The remaining entirety of eSilicon, including its ASIC business and...

From accepting and programming any CAD file to Dynamic Motion roughing and precision finishing, Mastercam 2020 Lathe gives you a variety of options to turn all your parts exactly as you need them. Mastercam 2020 Lathe features new 3D tooling, filters for inserts and holders, improved chuck jaw definitions, and much more.

3D Tooling
3D Tooling has many usability improvements, such as the new 3D tool icons in the tool lists to help distinguish between 3D and non-3D tools in the Lathe Tool Manager, and the new stop-on-contact functionality when mating insert to holder. Mastercam 2020 allows...

PTC announced that Stellar, a leader in the design, build, and maintenance of industrial refrigeration facilities, has implemented PTC ThingWorx®, Vuforia®, and Kepware® products to power its Maintenance Advisor and Predictor (MAP) solution. Stellar’s MAP solution is designed to enable its industrial refrigeration customers to achieve greater value and energy efficiency.

Stellar has a 30-year record of excellence in industrial refrigeration for food processing plants and cold storage facilities. To continue delivering high value to its customers,...

New Generation Computing (NGC) today announced that renowned fashion designer Nicole Miller is upgrading to NGC’s Andromeda PLM.

An iconic American brand with international reach, Nicole Miller saw an opportunity to further streamline its product development workflow and gain better visibility across its supply chain as the company expands the brand into new markets and categories. To support these initiatives, Nicole Miller will upgrade to NGC Andromeda PLM.

“After six successful years working with NGC, it was an easy decision to upgrade to Andromeda PLM to support our growth plans,” said Estelle...

Altair released its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2019.

“Software product revenue grew over 21% from a year ago, as we continued to execute on our vision to provide truly differentiated simulation, data analytics and high-performance cloud computing solutions that enable our customers to compete more effectively in a connected world,” said James Scapa, Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Altair. 

“Our core simulation and optimization technologies performed well during the quarter and we are highly encouraged by strong demand for our SimSolid product, which has...

DXC Technology announced it has acquired the outstanding shares of Virtual Clarity, a leading provider of IT-as-a-Service (ITaaS) transformation advisory services with a decade of experience in solving large scale IT modernization and application migration challenges for clients in the world’s most demanding, mission-critical environments. 

The acquisition of Virtual Clarity further positions DXC as a leading provider of IT modernization services for applications and infrastructure and strengthens DXC’s ability to assess, design and manage transformations to cloud.

“I am excited to welcome Virtual Clarity’s talented team to...

SAP SE announced that the SAP Analytics Cloud solution received 17 top rankings in The BI Survey 19, the voice of the BI and analyst community.

The survey, conducted by industry analyst firm BARC and one of the largest of its kind, continued to show top rankings and leading positions of SAP Analytics Cloud across four peer groups, including large international business intelligence (BI) vendors, integrated performance management products and data discovery–focused products.

“The results of The BI Survey 19 show...

Accenture announced the opening of the Tokyo studio for Fjord, design and innovation from Accenture Interactive. The launch marks the first Fjord design studio in Japan. By introducing the capabilities of the world’s largest design and innovation consultancy in the local market, Accenture Interactive strengthens its commitment to unlocking Japan’s innovation potential through the power of human-centered experiences.
 
Founded in 2001, Fjord became part of Accenture Interactive in 2013. With more than 1,200 designers in 33 studios worldwide, Fjord is a global leader in strategic design and innovation. The...

OpenBOM announces that its CEO and co-founder, Oleg Shilovitsky will make a presentation and lead the discussion entitled “Is Cloud-Based PLM Systems the Answer to a Connected Supply Chain?” at PI PLMx San Diego at the Paradise Point Resort in San Diego, California on 11-12 November. Mr. Shilovitsky’s presentation will take place on day 2 of the event afternoon as part of a focus group discussion about digital transformation in the PLM industry.

SaaS PLM software is rapidly moving from the early days’ concept to the mainstream software paradigm. SaaS PLM software is capable to deliver a new...