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Altair has released the 2018 versions of leading electromagnetic (EM) simulation software FEKO®, WinProp®, Flux® and FluxMotor®. These electromagnetic solver tools, part of Altair’s HyperWorks®, The Platform for Innovation™, are widely used to accelerate the global design process for the automotive, aerospace, defense, communications, consumer electronics, energy, and healthcare industries. “We are excited by the latest release of our electromagnetic tools to support our customers as they move toward broad deployment of products relevant to e-mobility and communications, Industry 4.0 and the Internet of Things. The range of applications covers electromagnetic problems across the whole frequency range from DC into THz, integrated within Altair’s multiphysics modeling environment for multidisciplinary system optimization,” said Ulrich Jakobus, Senior VP for EM Solutions at Altair. The rich set of features in the 2018 release of the HyperWorks electromagnetic simulation solutions portfolio broadens functionality, simplifies workflows, and enhances the user experience. For example, a novel

Accenture has been selected by Saipem, a global leader in drilling, engineering and construction services, to help deliver its global digital transformation program. Accenture will lead the provision of IT Infrastructure, networking and telecommunications services and manage the evolution of Saipem’s key business applications. Under the terms of the five-year agreement, Accenture will support Saipem’s move to a new IT model, progressing its journey to the cloud, by leveraging cloud computing and network virtualization, and enabling adoption of the latest digital technologies to sustain and improve business performance. These technologies include big data and analytics, the Internet of Things, artificial intelligence, automation and cybersecurity protection. Accenture will manage the migration of the majority of Saipem’s servers to a Microsoft Azure public cloud platform and will build a private cloud for the remaining servers, delivering a global Infrastructure-as-a-Service capability. Accenture will also implement a software-defined wide-area network, and manage and optimize

Autodesk, Inc. announced that it will broadcast its first quarter fiscal 2019 financial results conference call live via its website Thursday, May 24, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time. Autodesk will host a live webcast call at www.autodesk.com/investors. An audio replay webcast and podcast will also be available after 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time on our website at www.autodesk.com/investors. For more information, please call Autodesk Investor Relations at 415-507-6373. To view the original press release, please click here. Search for Autodesk on CIMdata.com

ANSYS, Inc. today reported first quarter 2018 GAAP and non-GAAP revenue growth of 12%, or 7% in constant currency. Recurring revenue, which comprises lease license and annual maintenance revenue, totaled 78% of revenue for the first quarter on both a GAAP and non-GAAP basis. For the first quarter, the Company reported growth in diluted earnings per share of 37% on both a GAAP and non-GAAP basis. Ajei Gopal, ANSYS President and CEO, commented, “The ANSYS Pervasive Simulation strategy and the strength of our portfolio continue to drive strong demand for our products and solutions. Our focus on execution is also paying off, and we are off to a strong start in 2018, delivering record revenue and earnings per share, both of which were above the high end of our guidance. During Q1, we had 30 customers each with combined orders over $1 million, including the signing of the largest deal in

Altair is pleased to add S-Life FKM, software developed by PART Engineering, to the Altair Partner Alliance (APA). S-Life FKM is a static and fatigue strength software for the assessment of FEA results according to the German FKM guideline.  “Our strength assessment software, S-Life FKM provides the user a significant increase in accuracy and reliability when evaluating FEA results,” said Dr. Wolfgang Korte, Managing Director at PART Engineering. “With a unique approach to identify critical stress hot spots, S-Life FKM is much faster and more precise than manual assessment of stresses. Users frequently provide feedback that the cost of the software pays off very quickly after carrying out a few assessments.” Used as a postprocessor, with the push of a button, the computed stresses are processed in such a way in S-Life FKM that an assessment of the static and fatigue strength according to the FKM guideline is carried out.

The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF), which sustains and integrates open source technologies like Kubernetes® and Prometheus™, today announced that NEC has joined the Foundation as a Gold Member. NEC will leverage its membership to help its carrier partners build fully open cloud native infrastructures. Since 2000, NEC has been a significant supporter of open source communities, participating in the development of Linux and a number of other open source projects and standards. As a Platinum member of both the Linux Foundation and Linux Foundation Networking (LFN), NEC actively nurtures collaboration and innovation across the entire open networking stack. "As the IT investment of customers is shifting to System of Engagement area, short-term system development is required and the importance of the cloud native technology such as containers is rapidly raising," said Yoshinaga Seki, Deputy General Manager of NEC. "NEC is thrilled to join CNCF to collaborate with its bustling community. By constantly incorporating cloud

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) today announced a collaboration with Red Hat to enable enterprises to adopt and deploy containers in production rapidly and at scale. While developers find it easy to deploy containerized applications in their development and test environments, enterprises often require container scalability, added security features, persistent storage, and manageability to deploy containers in production. To help accelerate container application delivery, HPE and Red Hat are collaborating to optimize Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform on HPE platforms, including HPE Synergy, the industry’s first composable infrastructure. In addition, the two companies are also collaborating to offer services to help customers adopt Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform with HPE platforms from proof of concept to production. “Deploying large-scale container environments to the enterprise data center is not simple,” said Neil MacDonald, vice president & general manager, HPE Blade System. “Through our long-standing collaboration with Red Hat, we’re aiming to accelerate the

With today's completed acquisition of optical simulation leader OPTIS, ANSYS now delivers the industry's most comprehensive solution for simulating autonomous vehicles. By adding OPTIS' optical sensor and closed-loop, real-time simulation to ANSYS's leading multiphysics portfolio, ANSYS offers the broadest toolset for validating the safety and reliability of autonomous vehicles — speeding time to market for these vehicles by mitigating the need for billions of miles of road testing. The leading provider of software for scientific simulation of light, human vision and physics-based visualization, OPTIS delivers physics-based optical simulation solutions. With OPTIS, ANSYS capabilities now span the simulation of all sensors, including lidar, cameras and radar; the multiphysics simulation of physical and electronic components; the analysis of systems functional safety; as well as the automated development of safety-certified embedded software. This functionality can be integrated into a closed-loop simulation environment that interacts with weather and traffic simulators, enabling thousands of driving scenarios to be

Accenture has entered into an agreement to acquire Certus Solutions, one of the UK’s top Oracle Cloud implementation service providers. Certus Solutions will become part of Accenture’s Oracle practice, further strengthening its capabilities in delivering digital transformation on Oracle Cloud. The acquisition is subject to customary closing conditions. The terms of the deal were not disclosed.   Accenture and Certus Solutions have a track record of working together, including on one of the largest Oracle Cloud implementations for a UK government department to-date. As the number of organisations looking to move to the cloud grows, the acquisition of Certus Solutions will enable Accenture to broaden its Oracle Cloud services and support for clients.   Certus Solutions has extensive experience in the government and health and public services industries, in addition to clients in the financial services, logistics and telecommunications sectors. Together, Accenture and Certus Solutions will combine deep cloud experience,

The presentation will consider the how digitalization will impact the future state of engineering. ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 4 May 2018—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces that its Vice President, Stan Przybylinski, will make a presentation at SAP’s PLM-Infodays entitled, “Digitalization and the Future of Engineering.” SAP’s PLM-Infodays will take place at the SAP University, St. Leon-Rot, Germany on 8-9 May. Mr. Przybylinski’s presentation will take place during the afternoon of day 1 of the event, on 8 May. The recent corporate emphasis on digitalization has been driven by technology trends like social, mobile, analytics, cloud, and the Internet of Things. Companies have a need for speed and product innovation that many believe digitalization can deliver. In his presentation, Mr. Przybylinski will talk about the challenges of digitalization, how digital twins, powered by IoT, are enhancing processes across the product lifecycle from providing data to enhance