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thyssenkrupp AG and GlobalLogic Inc., a Hitachi Group Company, announced the commencement of a strategic alliance, designed to recalibrate the operational core of heavy industry by driving the deployment of autonomous robotics and Physical AI. This alliance combines thyssenkrupp’s deep industrial and operational expertise with Hitachi’s unique end-to-end innovation stack to help accelerate digital transformation across the industry. This “Lab-to-Scale” pipeline integrates foundational breakthroughs from Hitachi America R&D, digital strategy and design from Method as well as enterprise-grade software engineering from GlobalLogic. The pipeline connects on-site data seamlessly to AI-driven autonomous control, thereby eliminating engineering bottlenecks and enhancing operational safety, while establishing a leading-edge global model for the heavy industry sector. Moving beyond digital experimentation, the two global conglomerates are planning to co-create a suite of “Physical AI” solutions that translate complex data into measurable industrial ROI. The solutions will focus on safety, servitization, and acceleration of the global energy transition. Realizing the

Siemens has announced that it has expanded its digital engineering partnership with Luna Rossa, strengthening its role as a technology partner, as the team optimizes its racing yacht for the forthcoming 38th America’s Cup. As competition margins continue to narrow in the America’s Cup, teams face growing challenges in managing complex engineering workflows, connecting simulation and design data and making faster decisions across aerodynamics, structures and onboard systems. Addressing these challenges requires an integrated digital approach that spans disciplines and supports rapid iteration under demanding timelines for which Luna Rossa has expanded its adoption of the Siemens Xcelerator portfolio of industry software. “Developing a competitive yacht means managing complexity across many engineering domains while continuously refining performance,” said Gilberto Nobili, Technology & Operations Director at Luna Rossa. “By expanding our collaboration with Siemens and adopting a wider set of technologies to drive our innovation, we can strengthen our digital engineering foundation and support

Idox, a leading provider of engineering information management solutions, is pleased to announce the signing of a new partnership agreement with Intellisolutions in Algeria. This partnership marks an important step in strengthening Idox’s sales and service capabilities in the Algerian market, supported by a renowned local partner with strong expertise in engineering software and industrial project delivery. Together, Idox and Intellisolutions will work to expand customer support, enhance local engagement, and deliver greater value to organisations across Algeria. “This partnership with Intellisolutions reinforces our commitment to supporting organisations in Algeria with local expertise, responsive service and trusted engineering information management solutions. By working with a recognised partner in the market, we are well positioned to strengthen customer relationships and support the continued digital transformation of industrial projects across the country,” said Eric Hallé, Account Manager, Idox. To view the original press release, please click here. Search for Idox on CIMdata.com

HP Inc. announced the launch of a strategic partnership with OpenAI, integrating its Frontier platform into HP’s global efforts to shape the Future of Work through enhanced customer-facing experiences and accelerated transformation across its operations.  “With OpenAI there is an opportunity to fundamentally rethink how AI can deliver better outcomes. With the use of Frontier platform, HP is planning to build a more consistent experience across store, partner, chat, and voice experiences, giving customers and partners faster ways to get answers, complete routine workflows, and move toward resolution. It reflects the ambition of our AI strategy to deliver real-world outcomes at scale,” said Prakash Arunkundrum, chief strategy and transformation officer, HP Inc.  HP has become one of the first global enterprises to adopt the Frontier platform to fuel its transformation. While specific use cases will be refined and added as the strategic partnership rolls out, HP’s aim is to deploy AI-driven

HCLTech, a leading global technology company, has been named the 2026 Global Alliances Americas Partner of the Year by Dell Technologies. The award recognizes the strength of its strategic collaboration and its ability to deliver transformative outcomes as a leader in the partner ecosystem. The company was also recognized as the 2026 Growth Partner of the Year for Global Alliances EMEA, reflecting its impact across key global markets and continued momentum with Dell Technologies. Together, HCLTech and Dell Technologies enable enterprises to scale AI and GenAI adoption across intelligent edge, cyber-resilient infrastructure and modern data platforms, supported by a portfolio of integrated solutions spanning private AI, hybrid cloud, enterprise transformation and AI-driven customer experience and edge operations. These solutions help enterprise clients transition their foundational infrastructure into outcome-driven, AI-powered operations. “This recognition reflects the depth of our partnership with Dell Technologies and our shared focus on driving AI-led business transformation for our clients.

ENCY Software honored the 2025 partner award winners whose achievements shape the global growth formula of ENCY. A strong racing team needs a fast start, powerful acceleration, consistency over distance, technical control, leadership spirit, and courage. ENCY Champions Award 2026 follows the same logic, recognizing dealers who made an outstanding contribution in 2025 — in sales, market development, customer retention, brand promotion, technical expertise, and production technology projects. Challenger — CAMSUPS, Japan CAMSUPS from Japan received the Challenger Award for the highest sales during the first year of partnership — a fast start for a team that signed its dealership agreement only last year and has already shown excellent results. The partnership began after the first meeting with CAMSUPS at EMO in Germany and continued with ENCY training in Osaka. In 2026, CAMSUPS is implementing an ambitious plan to promote ENCY in Japan. Brand Ambassador — Sintesi, Italy Sintesi from Italy received the Brand Ambassador Award for active and consistent representation of the ENCY

Sage, the leader in accounting, financial, HR and payroll technology for small and mid-sized businesses, announced the latest enhancements to Sage X3, designed to help manufacturers and distributors make faster, more confident decisions through AI and operational intelligence. Building on Sage's vision for AI announced at Sage Future earlier this year, the latest Sage X3 enhancements bring AI-powered insight, cloud innovation and advanced manufacturing intelligence into the workflows businesses use every day. Together, these capabilities give organizations greater visibility across operations, helping them identify risks earlier and respond more quickly as demand, supply chains and compliance requirements evolve. At the same time, they provide the control and oversight required to make confident decisions in complex operational environments. "Manufacturers and distributors are operating in increasingly complex environments where decisions need to be made quickly" said Rob Sinfield, SVP, ERP, Sage. "While businesses are rapidly embracing AI, many still need greater confidence in the insights it provides.

Propel, creator of the first product value management (PVM) platform to transform how manufacturers develop, launch, and service products, announced availability of Model Context Protocol (MCP). Propel is the first product lifecycle management (PLM) vendor to deliver MCP for production use. Available now, Propel MCP establishes a direct connection between enterprise AI platforms and live product data in Propel, enabling manufacturers to put AI to work on real-time product decisions. Propel MCP enables users to expand their access to product data directly from their preferred AI clients/tools with the same security and governance that they’ve defined in Propel.  For manufacturers, this means the AI tools enterprises are already deploying can query live product records inside Propel, with accurate, timely answers about product data. Additionally, Propel can reach out to the external systems and data sources manufacturers already depend on, connecting to third-party MCP servers for supplier intelligence, component data, and ERP

Oasys Suite 23.0 delivers significant performance improvements, workflow automation, and user experience updates for Ansys LS-DYNA simulation workflows. The release focuses on driving safer, higher-quality designs more efficiently. Read about the release in details: https://dyna.oasys-software.com/oasys-suite-23-0-released/ To view the original press release, please click here. Search for Oasys on CIMdata.com

Palo Alto Networks, IBM and Red Hat announced a collaboration to help organizations identify vulnerabilities early and deploy protections fast across open source software, commercial applications, operational technology (OT) and healthcare technologies. By integrating Palo Alto Networks Virtual Patching capability with Project Lightwell from IBM and Red Hat, the collaboration combines rapid network-level protection with software remediation to help organizations reduce exposure to emerging threats. AI has supercharged vulnerability discovery, enabling flaws to be identified at unprecedented speed and scale. AI-driven threats can uncover security gaps across codebases far faster than defenders can patch them, exposing organizations to systemic supply-chain risks. Nikesh Arora, CEO and Chairman of Palo Alto Networks "AI has compressed the window between vulnerability discovery and exploit from weeks to minutes. Traditional patching cannot keep pace. By collaborating with IBM and Red Hat, we are shifting the advantage back to defenders. This powerful combination allows us to neutralize threats in