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Tata Consultancy Services today announced that it received a Datanews Award for Excellence as ‘ICT Services Company of the Year 2018’ in Belgium. The Datanews Award for Excellence follow TCS Belgium’s recent recognitions as #1 in Whitelane’s customer satisfaction survey, as Top Employer by the Top Employer Institute and as top 3 brand in IT services globally by Brand Finance. Stijn Viaene, chairman of the jury: “This category was open to a broad range of IT service providers in the enterprise segment. Service excellence is defined from a customer perspective and includes the various ingredients of a productive service relationship in view of the requirements for digital performance and transformation: flexibility in contracting, pro-activity in account management, quality of service delivery and the ability to co-transform with customers. The jury observes how TCS is able to consistently deliver at a very high performance. The award is well deserved.” Jipson Mathew, Country Head, TCS Belgium: “We are honored and thrilled

PROLIM Global Corporation is pleased to announce the addition of Aaditya Vidyarthi as Head of APAC and Europe. He is responsible for the overall management and strategic direction of PROLIM’s business in these two key geographies, effective immediately. Aaditya is experienced in several technology domains, including CAD, CAM, Cloud computing, ALM, PLM, and ERP. He has led large consulting engagements. Aaditya is an accomplished business leader, motivator, and mentor in Multinational PLM and IT Organizations in India. He is an expert in challenger sales, enterprise consultative sales, business conversations, resource optimization, value creation, and competitive differentiation. Aaditya’s professional success is strongly based in his unique formula: “Never lost a Competitive Opportunity, never won it on the Price.” He strongly believes in bringing a unique insight to a business opportunity, based on competitive differentiators. Aaditya has a Bachelor of Engineering degree and Post Graduate degree in Business Management from SP Jain

Bamboo Rose announced today the opening of a new office in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The project is supported by Invest Northern Ireland and will see Bamboo Rose expand its international presence and create up to 75 new roles in Belfast. With current offices in Boston, Bangalore, Hong Kong, and Maidenhead, U.K., Bamboo Rose is expanding to meet the needs of its European customers. Just as the Boston office provides support to U.S.-based companies, the Belfast office will support customers in the U.K. and other European cities. The bulk of the Belfast employees will focus on software development and engineering, increasing Bamboo Rose’s global support and services. “By opening this office in Belfast, and tapping the vast pool of tech talent located here, Bamboo Rose is making great strides toward mobile engineering and other software advancements,” said Sue Welch, CEO at Bamboo Rose. “The wealth of talent in Belfast will drive significant growth

 PDF Key takeaways: CIMdata believes Dassault Systèmes has made significant progress simulating the entire Additive Manufacturing (AM) process. Since their acquisition of ABAQUS, Inc., in 2005, the company has transformed the use of Finite Element Analysis (FEA) tools from evaluating discrete items to simulating the entire AM lifecycle. The briefing highlighted the significance of simulating everything from raw material to end-use production ready parts, not only prototypes. Dassault Systèmes is clearly focused on the Industrialization of AM. Companies are in transition from static-electronic to live-digitally connected processes, and companies need to eliminate silos and unite all functions into a seamless digital thread, bringing into focus not only technology challenges but organizational issues. Digitally Connected, Science Based Mr. Scott Berkey, SIMULIA CEO, kicked off the Briefing day by describing the rich history of the SIMULIA brand, which originated in Rhode Island in 1978 as Hibbitt, Karlsson & Sorensen, Inc. (HKS). At that time the company focused on the

The presentation will share how PLM can be used as a platform to digitalize manufacturing. ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 29 May 2018—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces that its Vice President, Stan Przybylinski, will make a keynote presentation at Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s EU Industry-The Digital Change Conference. The conference will take place on 31 May in Paris. Mr. Przybylinski’s presentation, “Product Lifecycle Management as a Platform to Digitalize Manufacturing,” will provide an update on the Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) market, which includes simulation and analysis and a range of other solutions. He will also discuss how changes in materials and manufacturing methods are making simulation and analysis even more important to design and manufacturing. Mr. Przybylinski has over 30 years of experience in the development of business-enabling IT solutions for research, engineering, and manufacturing organizations worldwide. He has worked in R&D, marketing, and communications with

Commerzbank, supported by SAP, has successfully completed an end-to-end integration between SAP S/4HANA business processes and R3’s Corda blockchain platform. This is the first step toward enhancing the supply chain network of corporate clients to offer more efficient access to trade and supply chain finance services. This solution has the potential for corporations to significantly enhance and leverage their access to future business models based on distributed ledger technology, via their own corporate SAP system. By deploying Corda’s secure blockchain technology to SAP Cloud Platform, the existing application programming interfaces (APIs) are utilized to access business networks and systems across all industries. The deployment of Corda to SAP Cloud Platform opens up the possibility for the Corda platform to integrate other technologies and capabilities such as API Management, Machine Learning and Analytics. Such an approach enables corporations to operate on a highly distributed but permission based and secure platform while

Hypertherm, a U.S. based manufacturer of industrial cutting systems and software, announced the release of ProNest® 2019, a major version update of its advanced CAD/CAM nesting software for automated cutting. This new release contains more than a dozen new features and enhancements designed to make customers more efficient and profitable. New features include: Raster to vector conversion to quickly convert .jpeg and similar images into CAD files for cutting. Fly cutting for faster laser cutting on thin material, and the ability to pierce without slowing down or stopping the cutting head. Design2Fab® 6 integration so customers cutting sheet metal can access fittings directly from ProNest. Drag rotation for faster manual nesting and even better plate utilization, especially when nesting around the contours of larger parts “Regardless of cutting method—plasma, laser, waterjet, oxyfuel, or combination punch — ProNest 2019 builds on an already strong foundation to ensure customers have the features they need to improve their

Building on its strategy to develop innovations that drive retail transformation for brands, retailers and manufacturers, PLM leader Centric Software announces the unveiling of its first artificial intelligence-based PLM module. Centric Software provides the most innovative enterprise solutions to fashion, retail, footwear, outdoor, luxury and consumer goods companies to achieve strategic and operational digital transformation goals. The term ‘artificial intelligence’ dates back to the 1950’s when computer scientist John McCarthy coined the phrase to describe the potential ‘thinking machines’ of the future. Today, artificial intelligence (AI) tools are systems modeled on the problem-solving abilities of the human brain, breaking complex problems down into different layers of information comprised of many smaller problems. Applications vary considerably ranging from virtual assistants like ‘Alexa’ and ‘Siri’ to Netflix viewing recommendations to Amazon recommending things we might like to buy. However, AI applications for brands, retailers and manufacturers to drive product design and development

The latest release of e2i from Vero Software contains more than 100 completed development items, including 22 which have been specifically requested by users. They include a Goods In function for all users, which automatically updates Purchase Orders without the need to manage stock levels. It means related POs are now updated when parts are received from suppliers, even if only partial deliveries are received. E2i Product Owner Neil Rowcliffe says in previous releases the Goods In functionality was only available to users with the stock control licence at additional cost, which keeps stock levels up to date as well as recording the arrival of parts from suppliers, with the option to reject them if necessary. “Many customers asked specifically for this to be added to the standard software, so we’ve included it this time. It means all users can create Goods In records to keep purchase orders up to

DXC Technology today reported results for the three and twelve months ended March 31, 2018. "In fiscal 2018, DXC successfully executed on our strategic roadmap, including the integration of CSC and HPE Enterprise Services, achievement of our first-year financial objectives, and a strengthened leadership position in digital transformation," said Mike Lawrie, DXC's chairman, president and CEO. “Revenue in the quarter grew year-over-year and sequentially, and we delivered more than $1.1 billion dollars of in-year savings. We continue to invest in our digital capabilities and strategic partnerships, and we achieved strong growth in digital this year. Looking ahead, we expect to complete the Perspecta transaction next week, and we have positioned DXC Technology to deliver EPS and margin expansion in fiscal 2019." Financial Highlights - Fourth Quarter Fiscal 2018 Diluted earnings per share was $1.93 in the fourth quarter, including $(0.50) per share of restructuring costs, $(0.33) per share of transaction, separation and integration-related costs, $(0.37) per share of amortization