CIMdata Commentary

Key takeaways:

·     Talisen Technologies, Inc. and The Boeing Company are jointly developing a next generation OEM/Supplier collaboration solution.

·     The solution focuses on three product development areas: communication of upfront requirements, interactive collaboration during product design, and collaboration during product servicing.

CIMdata recently had the opportunity to interview Mr. John Stevens, SVP Aerospace & Defense, Talisen Technologies (www.talisentech.com), and Mr. Neil Lichty, Senior Technical Specialist, The Boeing Company, about their combined efforts to...

Bentley Systems, Incorporated announced the launch of the initial public offering of 10,750,000 shares of its Class B common stock. The shares of Class B common stock to be sold in the offering will be sold by existing stockholders of Bentley. The selling stockholders expect to grant the underwriters in the offering a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 1,610,991 shares of Class B common stock from the selling stockholders. The estimated initial public offering price is between $17.00 and $19.00 per share. Bentley has applied to list its shares on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the...

Infor announced significant global success for its CloudSuite solutions, which can help customers recognize time-to-value faster and can help them become more agile, resilient and competitive. Industry-specific applications developed for sectors such as manufacturing, healthcare, distribution, public sector, retail and hospitality have contributed to Infor now having more than 14,000 customers in the Infor Cloud. Recent customers include Burton Snowboards, Frederick County (Maryland), Midwest Wheel Companies, Cloetta, Saarioinen, and Auckland Transport.

Infor is focused on delivering end-to-end functionality in the cloud, with an increase of more than 200 percent in on-premises customers upgrading to the cloud and 112...

AVEVA launched  AVEVA Select, a new program and name designate giving partners full access to AVEVA’s comprehensive software portfolio. The new AVEVA Select program is designed to help customers accelerate their digital transformation agendas by leveraging the breadth of the AVEVA software portfolio across its install base.

The AVEVA Partner Network today boasts over 5,000 members providing opportunities for Alliances, Systems Integrators, Distributors, Solution Providers and Technology Partners to participate in the AVEVA community. With programs designed to suit every product and solution specialization and industry, AVEVA Select...

Altair announced the acquisition of Ellexus, a leading input/output (I/O) analysis tool, which helps customers find and address issues quickly, improving speed accuracy and cloud readiness.

The Ellexus software products, Mistral and Breeze, are used for I/O diagnostics, optimization, and dependency detection by HPC administrators of large enterprises. Altair plans to integrate them into the storage aware scheduling functionality of Altair PBS Works™.

"Altair continues to expand its reach and capabilities for HPC environments to support important modern workloads including for data analytics, AI...

Accenture has agreed to acquire SALT Solutions AG (“SALT Solutions”), a technology consultancy headquartered in Würzburg, Germany. The firm implements and maintains IT systems for production, operations and logistics at leading German automotive, manufacturing, consumer goods and chemicals companies. The acquisition will help Accenture build cloud-based industrial internet of things (IoT) platforms that speed up and optimize clients’ production and logistics and enable them to reduce quality and waste issues along the entire supply chain.

SALT Solutions will join Accenture Industry X, which helps clients improve how they operate factories and plants. SALT Solutions brings...

Wipro Limited will provide commercial engineering services for the Open Network Edge Services Software (OpenNESS) toolkit globally.

Open Network Edge Services Software (OpenNESS), is a Multi-Access Edge Computing (MEC) software toolkit that was developed by Intel and allows developers to create and deploy applications at the network edge or on-premise edge locations. This open source distribution fosters application innovation, and developer engagement with the ecosystem to create 5G and edge solutions. 

The engineering services for OpenNESS builds upon an ongoing collaboration between Wipro and Intel on innovative 5G and edge solutions that utilize Intel’s FlexRAN software...

Located in Barcelona, CAATEEB is Spain’s largest association of surveyors, technical architects, and building engineers, and a leading authority on building engineering in the country.

According to the agreement, GRAPHISOFT distributor and exclusive training center SIMBIM will provide official training and BIM manager certification programs based on Archicad. As part of the joint collaboration, SIMBIM and CAATEEB will organize Archicad-themed professional seminars through monthly and quarterly activities benefiting CAATEEB members and other BIM professionals in the region.

In a separate agreement, young members of CAATEEB — or any company that hires a young member — can...

Oracle today announced that Xactly, a leading provider of cloud-based sales performance management software, will be using Oracle Cloud Infrastructure as its primary cloud provider to run its flagship Incent SaaS application and accelerate its global expansion. 

As part of the multi-year agreement, Xactly will migrate the majority of its business critical-workloads from private cloud to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure for improved elasticity and exceptional price-performance capabilities.

Additionally, Oracle and Xactly have entered into a strategic partnership to jointly market and sell solutions. By delivering its Incent Suite on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, Xactly will provide its customers...

The manufacturing industry is undergoing a significant transformation; fueled by the power of additive manufacturing solutions. 3D Systems’ customer, ACS Custom, a UK-based digital production house for custom hearing protection, in-ear monitors, and other communication devices has revolutionized their workflow with 3D Systems’ Figure 4 direct digital solution. ACS Custom’s bespoke solution – comprised of Figure 4 PRO-BLK 10, Figure 4 Standalone, 3D Sprint software, and application engineering services – is accelerating its product development cycle for enhanced time to market and competitive advantage. As a result...