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MongoDB, Inc. announced the expansion of its product leadership team with two executive appointments. Pablo Stern will join the company as Chief Product Officer, AI and Emerging Products, and Ben Cefalo, a longtime MongoDB product leader, has been named Chief Product Officer, Core Products. Jim Scharf continues in his role…
Infosys, a global leader in AI-first business consulting and technology services, announced a strategic collaboration with OpenAI to help enterprises transform software development and modernization with OpenAI’s frontier AI models and products like Codex. Through this collaboration, Infosys will combine OpenAI’s technology with Infosys Topaz Fabric, its purpose-built, composable and open agentic services…
Infor, the Industry Cloud Complete company, and Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS) announced new and enhanced industry-specific AI agents built natively on AWS, enabling manufacturing and distribution enterprises to deploy industry-specific AI agents that reason, plan, and act across complex business workflows. The collaboration addresses discrete and process manufacturing's AI…
Accenture and Google Cloud announced a significant expansion of their partnership, with the launch of a first-of-its-kind program focused on helping enterprises drive AI-powered reinvention and business value faster and at scale. Through the Gemini Enterprise Acceleration Program, Accenture and Google Cloud will bring together thousands of AI-skilled engineers, forward…
Wednesday, April 22, 2026

What's New in Planera: April 2026

Trace Exactly What's Driving Your Milestone On a complex, phased project where a missed milestone means liquidated damages, the question "what's actually driving this date?" needs a direct answer. Inspect Path has always shown the full network of connected elements, but that view includes a lot of activities that aren't…
At Hannover Messe 2026, Siemens has announced significant expansions to its Industrial Edge ecosystem, accelerating data and AI integration and releasing enhanced cybersecurity functionalities. These enable a seamless integration of IT and Operational Technology (OT) environments, optimize processes and reduce operational disruptions. “Siemens Industrial Edge is evolving into a comprehensive platform that…
Modelon, a leader in cloud-native, physics-based system simulation software, announced an artificial intelligence (AI) assistant integrated into Modelon Impact, its flagship platform for system simulation. The AI assistant will help engineering teams get started easier, generate results faster, enable more collaboration, and achieve higher productivity in their daily work. The…
New capabilities accelerate simulation review, improve communication with operators, enhance machining strategies, and introduce practical AI assistance inside the CAM workflow Faster program verification: simulation rewind is now up to 30 times faster, allowing programmers to review complex machining sequences without losing momentum Clearer shop-floor visibility: interactive 3D simulation recordings can be shared through…
Agiloft, the global leader in data-first contract lifecycle management (CLM), announced Agiloft Astra™, a contracts AI platform built for legal, procurement, sales, and finance, which illuminates contract data to create actionable decisions, designed to help enterprises unlock the full business value of their contracts. The platform introduces a free tier, giving teams a way to get started…
Simulations Plus, Inc. (“Simulations Plus” or the “Company”), a global leader in model-informed and AI-accelerated drug development that advances biopharma innovation, announced a funded research collaboration with Lonza Group AG (“Lonza”), a leading contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) dedicated to serving the healthcare industry, and the U.S. Food and…
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