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Dassault Systèmes announced 3DEXPERIENCE World taking place in Houston from Feb. 1-4. The annual event will gather thousands of SOLIDWORKS and 3DEXPERIENCE platform users around the future of design to manufacturing, exploring 3D UNIV+RSES and artificial intelligence at the core of creation and innovation. Guest speakers Jensen Huang - founder and CEO of NVIDIA, Pablos Holman - the renowned hacker and inventor with more than 6,000 patents, and Jay “Engineezy” Vogler - STEAM advocate and influencer, will kick off a rich agenda delving into the technologies enabling virtual environments that push the boundaries of imagination. One year after introducing 3D UNIV+RSES, Dassault Systèmes will showcase a holistic view of AI encompassing assistive, predictive and generative AI that plays an integral role in powering more efficient, sustainable and successful design, simulation, manufacturing and governance. Event highlights include: Presentations from Pascal Daloz, CEO, Dassault Systèmes, Manish Kumar, CEO and Vice President R&D, SOLIDWORKS, and Gian
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Registration is now open for the ESTECO International Users’ Meeting 2026 (UM26), taking place in Italy from 16 to 18 June. We look forward to welcoming you at Marina Monfalcone, a stunning destination located just 5 km from Trieste Airport and home to the Red Bull Sailing Academy. Get ready to dive into the world of ESTECO Technology, explore the latest applications of modeFRONTIER and VOLTA and learn all about the solutions that we offer. Join our Users’ Meeting to connect with fellow users, hear inspiring customer success stories, and gain firsthand insights from ESTECO Technology experts, support engineers, and the teams behind our digital engineering solutions. See how others are tackling complex engineering challenges and find out how to get even more value from our technology. The agenda promises something for everyone: keynote speeches from industry leaders, customer presentations from core industries like Automotive and Aerospace, and parallel sessions focused on Chemical, Manufacturing, and more. The
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Honeywell announced results for the fourth quarter and full year 2025 and issued its outlook for 2026. The company also provided an update on anticipated timing for the spin-off of Honeywell Aerospace into an independent publicly traded company, now expected to be completed in the third quarter of 2026, ahead of the company's prior expectations. Fourth-quarter sales growth was driven primarily by strong demand in the Aerospace and Building Automation segments. Orders grew 23% organically, led by double-digit growth in Aerospace Technologies and Energy and Sustainability Solutions (ESS), which drove a 4% sequential increase in backlog to over $37 billion. Operating income decreased 35% and operating margin contracted 640 basis points to 10.2% primarily due to a one-time impairment charge related to the classification of the Productivity Solutions and Services (PSS) and Warehouse and Workflow Solutions (WWS) businesses as assets held for sale, and a one-time charge within the Aerospace Technologies segment related to the previously disclosed Flexjet-related litigation matters in
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Thursday, January 29, 2026

IBM RELEASES FOURTH-QUARTER RESULTS

IBM announced fourth-quarter 2025 earnings results. "In the fourth quarter, we delivered strong revenue growth, with double-digit Software performance. Additionally, Infrastructure continued its double-digit revenue growth with the robust adoption of the next generation of our mainframe platform. Our generative AI book of business now stands at more than $12.5 billion. This capped a strong 2025 for IBM where we exceeded expectations for revenue, profit and free cash flow," said Arvind Krishna, IBM chairman, president and chief executive officer. "We enter 2026 with momentum and in a position of strength, giving us confidence in our full-year expectations of more than 5 percent constant currency revenue growth and an increase of about $1 billion in year-over-year free cash flow." Fourth-Quarter Highlights Revenue - Revenue of $19.7 billion, up 12 percent, up 9 percent at constant currency - Software revenue up 14 percent, up 11 percent at constant currency - Consulting revenue up 3 percent, up 1 percent at constant
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Nemetschek Group, a global leading software provider for the digital transformation of the construction and media industries, continued its very strong and profitable growth course in the fourth quarter 2025 and, based on preliminary, non-audited figures for the financial year 2025, well achieved its revenue target already raised in July and its profitability target. Group revenue increased by 22.6% year-on-year on a currency-adjusted basis in the financial year 2025 (reported: 19.7%) to EUR 1,191.2 million (2024: EUR 995.6 million), thereby exceeding the EUR 1 billion revenue mark for the first time in the company’s history. As a result, currency-adjusted group revenue growth came in slightly above the forecast corridor of 20% to 22% raised in July 2025 (previously: 17% to 19%). As planned, this includes an acquisition-related revenue contribution resulting from the acquisition of GoCanvas. In the fourth quarter, the overall very positive momentum continued: revenue increased by 16.7% on a currency-adjusted
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Thursday, January 29, 2026

SAP Announces Q4 and FY 2025 Results

SAP SE announced its financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2025. At a glance SAP meets revenue and exceeds non-IFRS operating profit and free cash flow outlook for FY2025 Total cloud backlog up 22% and up 30% at constant currencies Current cloud backlog up 16% and up 25% at constant currencies Cloud revenue up 23% and up 26% at constant currencies in FY2025 Cloud ERP Suite revenue up 28% and up 32% at constant currencies in FY2025 Total revenue up 8% and up 11% at constant currencies in FY2025 IFRS operating profit up 111%, non-IFRS operating profit up 28% and up 31% at constant currencies in FY2025 SAP announces a new, two-year share repurchase program with a volume of up to €10 billion Christian Klein, CEO:“Q4 was a strong cloud quarter, with bookings resulting in 30% Total Cloud Backlog growth to a record 77 billion Euros. The significant Current Cloud Backlog growth in Q4 has
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ANN ARBOR, Michigan, USA 29 January 2026—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global research, consulting, and education firm specializing in Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) and the Digital Transformation it enables, is pleased to announce the return of its highly acclaimed half-day Digital Transformation Master Class to be held in conjunction with Aras ACE 2026 at the Hilton Miami Downtown on April 13, 2026. As industrial organizations move beyond AI experimentation toward enterprise-scale implementation, the need for a robust Digital Transformation strategy has never been more critical. This half-day Master Class, leveraging the core curriculum of CIMdata’s internationally recognized 5-day PLM Certificate Program, is designed to equip Aras ACE attendees with the strategic framework and practical tools needed to navigate the complexities of a modern, data-driven enterprise. “Digital Transformation is no longer an option; it is a necessity for survival in the age of AI and the Digital Thread,” says Cheryl Peck, CIMdata’s Chief Marketing
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Eighteen months after KKR’s strategic investment in May 2024, Agiloft, a global leader in data-first contract lifecycle management (CLM), announced significant momentum across its AI platform and Screens AI experience, alongside continued expansion of its product capabilities, customer adoption, and enterprise footprint. The period since the investment has been marked by rapid growth in AI usage, increased customer engagement, and sustained progress toward Agiloft’s long-term vision for AI-driven contract lifecycle management.  Since December 2024, Agiloft Screens has recorded a 250 percent increase in AI user growth and a 12x increase in overall application usage as of November 2025. This increase reflects how organizations are operationalizing contracts to accelerate revenue, reduce risk, and scale enterprise value. During the same period, Screens’ community-driven playbooks ecosystem expanded by 68 percent, indicating that Screens has become a core mechanism for helping customers configure contract review and redlining workflows faster, improve usability, and operationalize AI across teams. Adoption of Agiloft’s AI capabilities has now surpassed a critical milestone, with more than 50 percent of the company’s total customer base – measured by annual recurring revenue – licensing its AI functionality. Customers leveraging Agiloft’s AI on the
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Infosys, a global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting, announced a strategic collaboration with Cursor, a leading AI-powered development platform, to help enterprises worldwide accelerate their AI value journey. As part of this collaboration, the companies will set up a Center of Excellence (CoE) to accelerate enterprise adoption of software engineering agents in the development of AI native products. The CoE will enable Infosys software engineers to leverage Cursor’s enterprise-grade, AI-assisted development capabilities across greenfield and brownfield opportunities. By integrating Cursor with Infosys Topaz Fabric™, a purpose-built agentic services suite - a multi-layer AI fabric that unifies infrastructure, models, data, applications, and workflows into a composable, agent-ready ecosystem, Infosys will help clients to build, modernize, and scale enterprise systems with increased velocity and higher quality. Building on Infosys’ deep engineering excellence, the CoE will feature an AI Engineering Experience Zone where clients can firsthand experience Infosys Topaz Fabric engineering capabilities –
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Revizto, the leading collaboration platform for the Architecture, Engineering, Construction & Operations (AECO) industry has strengthened its leadership team with two additions. The company is also launching its 2026 CIO Advisory Program aimed at connecting senior technology and operation leaders to collaborate on emerging trends and best practices.  Championing sustainable growth and transformation along with a laser sharp focus on deepening customer partnerships, Michael Dorman has been appointed as Chief Revenue Officer. He previously served as Vice President in commercial roles at Hexagon and Multivista, which was acquired by Hexagon. He is joined by Marc Schütz as Chief Product Officer, who brings with him over 20 years of experience in product management and development across Augmented Reality (AR) and digital transformation in building and industrial engineering for companies such as Bentley Systems and PTC. With an estimated $94 trillion required to support global infrastructure investment by 2040, Revizto has organically expanded its international footprint to
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