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Accenture has agreed to acquire AOX, a German company specializing in embedded software for carmakers and their suppliers. The acquisition will enhance Accenture's capabilities to help automotive clients solve challenges they are facing in their transition to software-defined vehicles. AOX designs and develops the complex system architectures and high-performance software that…

Accenture announced the establishment of an AI Refinery Engineering Hub. The hub is designed to drive AI-led innovation and intellectual property development for the region and is supported by the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB). Building on its recently announced AI Refinery™️, the hub is an extension of Accenture’s Center for Advanced…

Aurigo Software, the leading provider of capital planning and construction management software for infrastructure and private owners, announced the appointment of Lara Lamparski as Senior Director of Sales. A veteran with over a decade of industry experience, Lara will focus on forming strategic partnerships with the company’s major customers and…

Autodesk, Inc. announced the appointment of Janesh Moorjani as the company's chief financial officer, effective December 16, 2024. Moorjani brings over 20 years of experience in the technology industry, with deep expertise in driving growth and efficiency at scale. Most recently, Moorjani served as CFO and COO of Elastic NV (NYSE: ESTC), the Search AI Company. Reporting…

As of 1 January 2025, Christian Speck, 54, will assume the newly created role of Vice President Switzerland at Bechtle. In this position, he will oversee the activities of Bechtle Schweiz AG, Bechtle Suisse SA, and Bechtle direct. The appointment establishes Bechtle’s third vice presidential position focused on national operations, following similar positions for…

Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence division in the Americas (“Hexagon”) announced its largest partnership expansion into Canada with a new agreement with Elliott Matsuura Canada Inc. Under this agreement, Elliott Matsuura will act as a Value Added Reseller and Authorized Service Partner for Hexagon’s metrology solutions portfolio. This partnership doubles Hexagon’s market penetration in…

PROS Holdings, Inc., a leading provider of AI-powered SaaS pricing, CPQ, revenue management and digital offer marketing solutions, announced the appointment of John Strosahl to its Board of Directors effective December 2, 2024. Strosahl joins the Board as an independent director. An accomplished executive, Strosahl brings to the Board more…

PTC announced that it has partnered with Microsoft and Volkswagen Group to develop a generative artificial intelligence (AI) copilot based on the PTC Codebeamer® application lifecycle management (ALM) solution. Codebeamer Copilot will support software development in physical products by enabling software engineers to create and manage product requirements more efficiently as…

Siemens and Eplan will make engineering and production processes for customers in machine and line building more efficient. This will be achieved by both companies significantly expanding data interoperability between their offerings. The automated interaction between Siemens’ Teamcenter X® software, TIA Portal, Eplan Electric P8 and Eplan Pro Panel makes…

SimScale GmbH, a pioneer in cloud-native engineering simulation, and Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence division announced a strategic partnership to transform how engineering teams deploy advanced structural analysis. The collaboration removes traditional accessibility barriers by delivering the advanced capabilities of Hexagon’s Marc nonlinear finite element solver as Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) through SimScale’s intuitive…