Oracle Corp founder and Executive Chairman Larry Ellison said his database company is expanding its cloud-computing offerings, bringing Oracle into more direct competition with Amazon.com Inc.

"We're prepared to compete with Amazon.com on price," said Ellison in a webcast presentation on Monday, after announcing that Oracle would offer online storage and capability for customers to run their applications entirely in Oracle's cloud.

The expansion is a major new step for Oracle, which is shifting its traditional database and customer relationship management businesses to the cloud.

"This is a really big deal," said Ellison, who stepped aside in 2014 as chief executive of the company.

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Adlib continues to build on its leading position in the global market for Advanced Rendering by expanding into Australasia. With a team on the ground to support our partners and customers, led by Jeff Brand, Territory Manager, Adlib will be able to address both high level content management strategy and technical demands at an expert level. A key part of this expansion is the establishment of a strategic partnership with Astral Consulting Services.

With its unparalleled enterprise-grade, automated document transformation technology, Adlib has been working with Australian organizations and key partners for some time, including Astral. Astral helps customers manage...

CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm announces the release of the CIMdata 2015 Executive PLM Market Report. This report provides an executive-level view of CIMdata’s comprehensive analysis of the PLM market, with summary charts on the overall market and on specific PLM solution segments (including the chart below). It also includes perspectives on current trends in the PLM industry and how they may affect current suppliers and investments.

Based on CIMdata estimates, the PLM market grew 8% in 2014 to $37.6 billion. “The PLM market grew strongly in 2014, with all PLM segments up for...

Synopsys, Inc. and United Microelectronics Corporation ("UMC") today announced an expanded collaboration to include Synopsys DesignWare® Embedded Memory IP and the DesignWare STAR Memory System® test and repair solution on UMC's second 14-nanometer (nm) FinFET process qualification vehicle (PQV). The PQV provides additional silicon data, enabling UMC to further tune its 14-nm FinFET process for optimal power, performance and area. This PQV follows the successful tapeout and silicon bring-up of the first UMC 14-nm FinFET PQV containing Synopsys DesignWare Logic Libraries and utilizing the StarRC™ parasitic extraction tool.

"Our expanded collaboration with UMC demonstrates our mutual goal to help designers...

Cadence Design Systems, Inc.  and Applied Materials, Inc. today announced the companies are collaborating on a development program to optimize the chemical-mechanical planarization (CMP) process through silicon characterization and modeling for advanced-node designs at 14 nanometer (nm) and below. The program allows design teams to predict the impact of CMP on both functional yield and parametric yield, and for manufacturing teams to boost planarization performance, which is increasingly critical for advanced FinFET architectures.
The Cadence® and Applied Materials joint development program is focused on front end-of-line (FEOL) and wafer-level CMP modeling. Applied Materials can use the Cadence CMP Process Optimizer,...

NGC Software today announced that Dutch LLC, a global, multi-brand designer of premium contemporary apparel, is implementing NGC’s Extended PLM software, which combines fashion PLM and Supply Chain Management (SCM) into a single seamless solution. Dutch LLC is the parent company for sought-after contemporary fashion brands JOIE, Equipment and Current/Elliott.

Headquartered in Los Angeles, California with offices in New York, Dutch, LLC boasts an impressive portfolio defined by its covetable designs, unique origins, and utmost commitment to quality and craftsmanship. Under the leadership of CEO Jack Schwefel, coupled with creative direction from CCO Serge Azria, Dutch, LLC maintains a clear-cut...

Infosys today said it has completed the implementation of Smart Oilfield Services (OFS) Solution for SAP ERP at FTS International (FTSI), the largest private well completion company in North America. 
Within 14 months, Infosys helped FTSI implement 15 SAP modules across 20 locations for over 1,400 users, enabling the company to improve its operating metrics and to leverage an upgraded IT platform for future growth, the company said. 
FTSI has grown rapidly since its inception. Its IT infrastructure, based on a series of legacy systems, required an overhaul to manage that growth and avoid keeping the company's operations in silos,...

The so-called Hybrid Manufacturing, is nothing more and nothing less than the blend of subtractive and additive manufacturing processes. This is news today because an increasing number of high-profile machine tool manufacturers that are bringing to market hybrid CNC multi-tasking machines combining  traditional CNC machining with additive manufacturing on the same machine.

Over 60% of the leading CAM manufacturers across the world have integrated  MachineWorks' Software Development Toolkit (SDK) to drive their CNC simulation and verification seamlessly inside their CAM applications. 

Now that the demands of the market are expanding to include 3D printing simulation functionality in a CNC environment, both CAD/CAM...

On the 4^th and 5^th of July, ITC Infotech will hold a two day Hackathon on Internet of Things (IoT).

“The event provides an opportunity to IoT startups, developers, professionals, students to present solutions to business users and confirm ideas through live simulations of real business scenario,” said Sushma Rajagopalan, Chief Executive, Infotech.

She also added that, the company will provide intellectual capital for mentoring budding innovators and hand over tools to develop ideas to prototypes using disruptive technology.

Also, at the venue, the Hackathon will have a 30 hour prototype building contest using IoT kits which is provided by the company.

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Infor has announced its new Micro-vertical Specialisation Program for the Infor Partner Network (IPN), an initiative designed for partners to showcase unique strengths and capabilities with Infor solutions in specific niche markets.

By awarding micro-vertical credentials, Infor is confirming that the partner organisation is knowledgeable and prepared to help customers optimise their use of Infor applications in a particular market such as power generation or prepared foods manufacturing.

As part of the program's pilot, eight partners were awarded specialisation designations in 15 different micro-verticals at the Infor Americas Partner Summit earlier this year. The application process is now open to...