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Private and Public Volumes Focus on Detailed and Overall PLM Market Results. ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 14 September 2017—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm announces the release of the CIMdata 2017 China PLM Market Analysis Report. This two-volume report provides detailed information and in-depth analysis on the People’s Republic of China’s (“China”) rapidly-evolving PLM market for calendar year 2016. The public and private reports discuss the major PLM trends and issues, PLM purchase investments in software and services, PLM adoption in various industry sectors, and market growth forecasts that pertain to China; an important and quickly expanding economic region. The private volume also provides insight into PLM market dynamics within the region and the revenue performance of the leading PLM solution providers operating within it, both China-based and international PLM solution providers headquartered elsewhere. The private volume reports on revenues attributable to various PLM solution providers in

Educational webinar will show the business value of managing the relationship of data and processes between the core enterprise software solutions of PLM and ERP. ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 14 September 2017—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces an upcoming free educational webinar, “Creating Value When PLM and ERP Work Together—ERP is PLM’s Most Important Customer.” The webinar will take place on Thursday, October 12, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. (EDT) and will last for one hour. The product development lifecycle is supported by a number of solutions that allow the data relevant to product design, production planning, production, and in-service operations to be organized and stored so that each of these areas can be optimized and enhanced. PDM and ERP are core enterprise software solutions used to define, plan, produce, and support a company’s products. Each solution is necessary for a company to maximize speed, quality, and

Accenture will host a conference call at 8:00 a.m. EDT on Thursday, Sept. 28, to discuss its fourth-quarter and fiscal year 2017 financial results. A news release containing these results will be issued before the call. To participate, please dial +1 (800) 288-8961 [+1 (612) 332-0718 outside the United States, Puerto Rico and Canada] approximately 15 minutes before the scheduled start of the call. The conference call will also be accessible live on the Investor Relations section of the Accenture Web site at www.accenture.com. A replay of the conference call will be available online at www.accenture.com beginning at 10:30 a.m. EDT on Thursday, Sept. 28, 2017, and continuing until Thursday, Dec. 21, 2017. A podcast of the conference call will be available online at www.accenture.com, beginning approximately 24 hours after the call and continuing until Thursday, Dec. 21, 2017. The replay will also be available via telephone by dialing +1 (800) 475-6701 [+1 (320) 365-3844 outside the United

Mevea is pleased to invite you to attend a seminar where world-class experts are presenting the possibilities, practical examples and benefits of using Digital Twin throughout the whole product lifecycle for supporting the product development, sales/marketing, training and customer service. Today’s machinery is moving with exponential speed to becoming smart and connected and at the same time changing the world of machine builders and users. Repeating the old ways of working is not enough to be successful in the future, instead bold changes and new approaches are needed. One fast-growing approach is the use of Digital Twin – a physics-based, virtual twin of a physical product able to simulate in real-time its behaviour and use – to design, validate, train and optimise the products virtually. The Digital Twin concept is also rapidly replacing the traditional product development and training simulators. Mevea will organise the seminar focusing on Digital Twin and

Zendesk, Inc. announced today the appointment of Hilarie Koplow-McAdams to its Board of Directors. Koplow-McAdams brings deep global enterprise software sales expertise to Zendesk, having formerly held executive leadership positions at New Relic, Salesforce, Intuit, and Oracle. “I’ve been a fan of Hilarie for many years,” said Mikkel Svane, CEO, founder & chairman, Zendesk. “She’s joining the Zendesk Board of Directors at a time where her enterprise sales experience is particularly relevant, and I anticipate that this, coupled with her curiosity and strategic thinking, will have a great impact.” Koplow-McAdams is currently on Tableau Software’s Board of Directors, and her prior leadership roles have included chief revenue officer at New Relic, president of global sales at Salesforce, vice president of sales at Intuit, and senior vice president at Oracle. She holds an M.A. in Public Policy from the University of Chicago and a B.A. in Sociology from Mills College. “I

Wipro Limited consulting and business process services company, announced that it has won the Citrix Partner of the Year – India, award. The award is in recognition of Wipro’s efforts in delivering best-in-class work-place digitalization solutions, in line with customers’ evolving needs during the calendar year 2016.   The award recognizes the top performing Citrix partner in India, based on their contribution to revenue, year-on-year growth, strategic wins, sales engagement and technical certifications.   Wipro’s global experience in delivering end-to-end IT solutions complements the Citrix technology portfolio. Wipro and Citrix are working together to deliver an end-to-end, standardized and integrated portfolio of work-place digitalization services such as Workspace-as-a-Service, application delivery, virtualization, mobility, network delivery and file sharing solutions to enterprises.   Kiran Desai, Senior Vice President, Global Infrastructure Services, Wipro Limited said, “This recognition demonstrates Wipro’s leadership position in the work-place digitalization space, driven by desktop virtualization and application virtualization technologies,

Wipro Limited today announced the launch of an Automotive Center of Excellence (CoE) in Timisoara, Romania. This CoE will help Wipro deliver innovative embedded software solutions for its global and European clients. This engineering center in Romania is part of Wipro's global delivery network that offers best-in-class engineering and IT services. The company plans to hire experienced technology professionals and engineering graduates from top universities in Romania, to work across technology domains such as in-vehicle infotainment, cluster display, telematics, connected cars and Advanced Driver assistance Systems (ADAS) Currently, Wipro has development centers in Bucharest and Timisoara. In order to accommodate the increasing workforce, Wipro has expanded the office space to 12,000+ square metres in Bucharest and 3,000+ square metres in Timisoara. Anita Ganti, Senior Vice President and Global Head, Product Engineering Services, Wipro Limited said, "Our Center of Excellence in Timisoara is located close to some of our top clients in

Infosys today announced that it will open its North Carolina Technology and Innovation Hub in Raleigh. This innovation Hub is expected to hire 2,000 American workers by 2021. Towards its plan of hiring 10,000 jobs over 2 years, the company has already hired close to 1,200 American workers. The new hub, which will open in early 2018, will occupy 60,000 square feet in a new facility in Raleigh and has the capacity to house 500 workers representing another step forward in the company’s previous announcement to hire American workers in the country. The company plans to hire the first 500 workers in Raleigh innovation hub within two years, with the remainder to be hired in the state by 2021. “Innovation, technology, and education are part of who we are as North Carolinians, and along the course of this project, Infosys leaders have found that to be the case every step

Infor today announced a new global technology partnership with Planixs to extend capabilities for human capital and financial management. Via this collaboration, customers will have access to extended real-time solutions that support compliance with the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS 248) intraday reporting regime, and drive business benefits in the areas of intraday cash management, funding and liquidity risk.  Infor is also able to extend the footprint of Infor CloudSuite HCM by integrating new strategic workforce planning applications from Planixs, aligning an organization's workforce to current strategies, while keeping business, regulatory, organizational and financial requirements at the forefront. Infor's industry-specific CloudSuite solutions help organizations simplify complex deployments and efficiently manage the diverse needs of a business with high-value extension applications and industry-driven solutions that work together beautifully. "Organizations operating in the financial services industry need to optimize strategies, quickly support global growth and expansion, and have the technology infrastructure in place

Flowserve Corporation announced that David Wilson has been appointed as president, Industrial Products Division (IPD). Wilson succeeds Tom Pajonas, executive vice president, Global Operations, and interim president, IPD, who announced his year-end retirement plans earlier in the year. Wilson is a veteran of the flow control industry, most recently serving as president of the industrial segment for SPX FLOW, Inc. His leadership experience spans more than 20 years and includes a broad range of business responsibilities, including in-country leadership in both Asia and Europe. “David brings a phenomenal background in the industrial products and flow control space where he has successfully led his businesses through challenging environments in diverse geographies,” said Scott Rowe, Flowserve president and chief executive officer. “I am pleased David is joining our leadership team. I have no doubt that his experience, industry knowledge and passion for results will drive growth, efficiency and operational excellence through the