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Leading solution providers to sponsor product lifecycle management (PLM) conference. ANN ARBOR, Michigan, USA & STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN - 16 April 2026—CIMdata, Inc. and HKAB announce the sponsors for the upcoming PLM Road Map & PDT North America 2026 event. Participating sponsors include the Aerospace & Defense PLM Action Group, AMC Bridge, Aras, ChapsVision, Configit, Contact Software, Dassault Systèmes, Keysight, PRO.FILE from Revalize, PROSTEP, PTC, Razorleaf, and SBE Vision. The event is scheduled at The Westfields Marriott in Chantilly, Virginia, on 6 & 7 May. "We are delighted to have these key solution providers join us for PLM Road Map & PDT," stated Cheryl Peck, CIMdata’s Chief Marketing Officer. "Their partnership is essential to fostering the cross-industry collaboration and knowledge sharing that drives the PLM community forward." As part of the PLM Road Map/PDT experience, sponsors participate in an online PLM Collaboration Café™, where they showcase their solutions. For more information about the

Trace One, a global leader in product lifecycle management (PLM) and regulatory compliance software for process manufacturers and retailers, announced a major expansion of Trace One Copilot — its embedded AI capability first launched in 2025 — with three purpose-built AI assistants operating directly within Trace One Devex PLM and Regulatory Compliance platforms. Regulatory managers, R&D formulators, and supply chain teams at food and beverage, cosmetics, and specialty chemicals companies spend hours searching legislation databases, re-keying supplier data, and switching between tools to validate formulations — slowing product development and increasing compliance risk. Three Assistants, One Platform Regulatory Affairs Assistant: Ask compliance questions in natural language and receive sourced answers in seconds — powered by Trace One’s proprietary regulatory intelligence covering 85+ countries, 400+ guidelines, and 2 million substance limits curated by 25+ specialists in 14 languages. Product Developer Assistant: Describe cost constraints, nutritional targets, or functional properties and receive AI-driven recommendations for ingredients, formulas, and

OpenBOM, a provider of cloud-native PDM and PLM software for engineering and manufacturing teams, today announced the launch of OpenBOM CAD File Agent for SOLIDWORKS. CAD File Agent is the first application in the company’s Product Memory Platform vision, bringing AI-powered file capture, revision control, and connected product context to engineering teams that rely on SOLIDWORKS as their primary design environment. Engineering teams generate enormous amounts of valuable knowledge in the course of building a product — decisions, revisions, relationships, and context that existing systems were never designed to preserve. Traditional PDM was built around file vaults and access control. It protects files, but it does not capture the broader context of how products are actually developed. For teams working across mechanical, electronic, and software systems, those limitations are increasingly difficult to work around. OpenBOM CAD File Agent moves beyond the file vault model. It captures SOLIDWORKS files with their full references

Netskope, a leader in modern security and networking for the cloud and AI era, officially introduced to all organizations its management plane in India, located in Mumbai. This strategic deployment extends Netskope’s existing NewEdge Network infrastructure of eight data centers across India, to further support India-based organizations using the Netskope One platform to meet the data sovereignty and compliance requirements mandated by India’s Digital Personal Data Protection Act (DPDPA), including provisions applying to Significant Data Fiduciaries, and sector-specific frameworks such as the RBI’s IT and security requirements, and SEBI’s Cybersecurity and Cyber Resilience Framework (CSCRF). The DPDPA introduces stricter data protection rules and penalties, and together with other sector-specific frameworks, maintains the need for some organizations, especially in government and critical infrastructure, to host and process certain categories of data strictly within India. As Indian organizations strengthen their security and data protection capabilities to comply with such regulatory requirements, they increasingly require vendors to enable local data residency and

3D Systems announced new hardware, software, and applications that are enabling customers to scale additive manufacturing into production environments requiring high throughput, reliability, repeatability, and process control. At RAPID + TCT 2026 (Booth #1801), 3D Systems will introduce the new SLA 825 Dual to the U.S. market, a next‑generation stereolithography system engineered to significantly increase production output while maintaining the accuracy and consistency required for industrial manufacturing. The company will also debut AddiTrak™, a factory‑floor software platform purpose-built for managing connected 3D Systems production environments. These innovations reinforce 3D Systems’ strategy to deliver production‑ready additive manufacturing solutions that integrate hardware, software, materials, and application expertise to help customers move beyond prototyping and into scaled manufacturing. Maximizing SLA Speed, Productivity, and Consistency with SLA 825 Dual The SLA 825 Dual features a 22% larger build volume and delivers up to 25% faster build speeds than its predecessor, enabling customers to run more builds per shift and consolidate

DXC Technology, a leading enterprise technology and innovation partner, announced that it will release its fourth quarter and full fiscal year 2026 financial results on Thursday, May 7, 2026, after the market close. Following the release, DXC Technology's senior management will host a conference call and webcast at 5:00 p.m. ET. The dial-in number for domestic callers is 888-596-4144. Callers who reside outside of the United States should dial +1-646-968-2525. The passcode for all participants is 9664077#. A live webcast will be available on DXC Technology's Investor Relations website. A replay of the conference call will be available until 11:59 PM ET on May 14, 2026, at 800-770-2030. The replay passcode is 9664077#. A transcript of the conference call will be posted on DXC Technology's Investor Relations website. To view the original press release, please click here. Search for DXC Technology on CIMdata.com

Lantek, a global leader in software solutions for the sheet metal industry, is excited to be demonstrating its next generation v45 (Version 45) sheet metal software at MACH 2026, which signals the start of a new era in the way workshops operate. The Lantek team will be at the show to discuss with attendees how the innovative new features of the v45 software will help sheet metal manufacturers to achieve higher efficiency, tighter process control and better connectivity. Adam Ball, UK Commercial Director at Lantek, explains: “MACH is a great opportunity to showcase our new v45 software to the sheet metal industry. Manufacturers are looking for software that helps them to work smarter, reduce errors and simplify production processes. v45 offers even more advanced support to workshops - by strengthening integration and improving transparency, we’re enabling customers to achieve quicker deliveries, better margins and greater material optimisation.” For the first time, the new

Agiloft, the global leader in data-first contract lifecycle management (CLM), announced it will host a speaking session at CLOC Global Institute 2026 featuring senior legal executives from Royal Caribbean Group, Honeywell, and WSP. What: The session, Get Your CFO Hooked on CLM, will present a detailed, multi-company account of how CLM has evolved from a contract management system into a strategic financial instrument, one capable of influencing revenue, cash flow, and capital allocation decisions at the highest levels of the enterprise.  When: Wednesday, May 13, 2026 | 11-11:45 AM Where: Room W178 – McCormick Place West located at 2301 S. Indiana Avenue, Chicago, IL.  “The person who controls where resources go in the enterprise is the CFO, and they are getting much more rigorous about measuring where an incremental dollar creates the most impact,” said Jason Barnwell, Chief Legal Officer at Agiloft. “That means everything becomes contestable, and functions have to concretely show how they make the business go faster and help it grow. CLM becomes finance-prioritizable when it delivers outcomes in terms the CFO cares about: revenue acceleration, cash conversion,

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), a global leader in IT services, consulting, and business solutions, has unveiled its new TCS My First AI Job skills training program in partnership with the University of Cincinnati and Salesforce. The program is designed to provide students with skills certification in AI solutions, paid work experience, and a pathway to full-time roles at TCS upon graduation. Designed to bridge the gap between academic learning and workforce readiness, the new TCS My First AI Job program offers final-year students an intensive, three-month curriculum covering key technical, communication, and employability skills required in today’s competitive marketplace. Through a combination of hands-on projects, mentorship, global certifications, and practice interviews, the program will help students develop skills that align with current industry and client requirements and match specific roles in TCS’ talent pipeline.  Amit Bajaj, President – North America, TCS, said, “In keeping with its aspiration of becoming the world’s largest AI-led technology

 PDF Takeaways Not all AI delivers the same value. The way AI is implemented determines both what it can do and the investment required. Understanding the architectural differences between single-system AI, cross-system knowledge retrieval, and agentic workflows is the starting point for any informed investment decision. The fundamental trade-off is effort vs. data scope. Out-of-the-box AI from software providers is limited to one system’s data. Cross-system knowledge retrieval opens the AI’s aperture to the full enterprise, and that is where the real productivity gains begin. The knowledge foundation is the step most organizations underestimate. Cross-system knowledge retrieval is the prerequisite for anything truly agentic. Organizations that skip this step and jump directly to agentic AI typically find themselves in pilot purgatory. Trustworthy AI requires more than good models. Security, reliability, and governance become increasingly critical as AI gains autonomy. When an AI agent can plan, decide, and act independently, the consequences of getting trustworthiness wrong