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Accenture has opened a Liquid Studio in Madrid to help clients speed up innovation and software deployment cycles. At the Liquid Studio, clients work side-by-side with highly skilled Accenture professionals, building innovative solutions with speed and agility and taking days or weeks to achieve what used to take months. To accomplish this, Liquid Studio teams are grouped in highly interconnected pods, working with contemporary development approaches such as Agile methodologies powered by DevOps, and disruptive technologies including artificial intelligence, augmented reality, blockchain and cloud. The Accenture Liquid Studio in Madrid collaborates with the Avanade Innovation Center in Barcelona to develop new solutions based on Microsoft technologies, as well as with other Liquid Studio locations and ecosystem alliance partners. “With our new Liquid Studio, we are able to bring the latest technologies to our clients, creating a startup-like environment to co-create and prototype new solutions with them. Through our highly specialized

In an acknowledgement of its leading capabilities in digital and cloud, Accenture has received four SAP® Partner Excellence Awards, which recognize top-performing alliance partners that have made outstanding contributions to driving customers’ digital transformation. Partnering with SAP, recipients of this year’s awards have been helping customers benefit from new innovations, gain results rapidly, grow sustainably and run more simply with SAP solutions. Accenture won the following awards, which were presented at regional SAP Field Kick-Off Meetings in Las Vegas, Sydney and Barcelona: SAP North America Partner Excellence Award 2018 for SAP Hybris Solutions SAP APJ Partner Excellence Award 2018 for Most Innovative Digital Transformation Success Story SAP EMEA/MEE Partner Excellence Award 2018 for Digital Transformation SAP EMEA/MEE Partner Excellence Award 2018 for Cloud “Digital technologies are changing everything, and the opportunity to drive the intelligent revolution with data-driven insights and innovative technologies has never been greater. Our long-time collaboration with SAP has consistently demonstrated that

Siemens today announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Oulu, Finland-based Sarokal Test Systems Oy, a provider of innovative test solutions for fronthaul networks that are comprised of links between the centralized radio controllers and the radio heads (or masts) at the "edge" of a cellular network. Sarokal products are used by chipset vendors, fronthaul equipment manufacturers, and telecom operators to develop, test and verify their 4G and 5G network devices from the early design stages through implementation and field-testing. "The planned acquisition of Sarokal reinforces our ongoing commitment to EDA and the IC industry," said Tony Hemmelgarn, president and CEO of Siemens PLM Software. "Building on our acquisition of Mentor Graphics, we continue to make strategic investments which leverage Mentor's existing strengths and enable Siemens to expand its offerings to the IC industry." Sarokal's products are used to test transmission specifications across multiple domains. Its tester product family addresses the

Aras® today announced availability of version 11 SP12 of Aras Innovator which adds Configurator Services onto the platform. Using these new services, manufacturers can simplify how product teams manage the complexity of different platforms, product lines, and variants and options. In addition, the new software release includes a range of enhancements for increased usability, efficiency, collaboration, and productivity. Existing enterprise subscribers are entitled to software upgrades performed by Aras at no additional charge, regardless of the amount of system customization. Aras Innovator 11 SP12 is available for open download at no cost.  Tackling Product Complexity with Variant Management Through the Product Lifecycle  Manufacturers need to respond to customer demands for products that meet core functional requirements as well as individual preferences and requirements. The result is a multitude of product variants and as-built configurations that must be managed as distinct product structures through the product lifecycle. A global automotive OEM selling vehicle platforms in

Tech Soft 3D today announces the release of HOOPS® Visualize 2018 software development toolkit (SDK), the gold standard graphics engine that powers hundreds of successful engineering applications worldwide. HOOPS Visualize 2018 enables full 3D viewing for AR and VR applications, full support for Out of Core point clouds, added support for Microsoft Visual Studio 2017, and tighter integrations with AutoCAD DWG, HOOPS Exchange and HOOPS Publish for seamlessly reading and sharing 3D data in multiple formats. “With new technology trends in AR and VR, and the surge in power of mobile devices, our partners developing engineering applications are constantly seeking higher quality graphics,” said Erik Hultgren, Product Manager at Tech Soft 3D. “The engineering visualization capabilities for 3D formats in HOOPS Visualize 2018 are unmatched by anything else on the market.” HOOPS Visualize now enables rapid development and deployment of 3D engineering applications on the HTC Vive, Microsoft Hololens, Oculus

Woolworths Proprietary Limited has selected Centric Software to provide its Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solution for its Fashion, Beauty and Home business. Woolworths South Africa, part of the Woolworths Holdings Group, is a leading retailer operating in South Africa and 11 Sub Saharan African countries. The retailer offers a unique blend of food, fashion, beauty, homeware and financial services. Woolworths' requirements for an innovative and intuitive PLM system grew as their business grew. With their increased product offerings, sourcing regions became more diverse and they also expanded into new trading regions, creating additional complexity in the management of these new channels. Research kicked off to address these issues which led the organization into the world of modern PLM solutions. After stacking up each business challenge across the product landscape, it became evident that a PLM would be able to address almost all of their challenges. Following a competitive selection process, Woolworths chose to implement

PTC and Sysmex America today announced that Sysmex has expanded its use of the ThingWorx® Industrial Innovation Platform to enable Sysmex to revolutionize the delivery of blood test results with theSysmex XW-100TM automated hematology CBC analyzer. The XW-100 is the first automated hematology analyzer developed for CLIA-waived use.Instead of sending blood samples to outside laboratories and awaiting the results, the XW-100 makes it possible for one of the most frequently requested blood tests, the CBC, to be performed in medical offices where patients are first treated. On-site blood test results are available to patients in as few as three minutes. The pursuit of IoT innovation led Sysmex to adopt ThingWorx. The Industrial Innovation Platform enabled Sysmex to greatly expand the availability of product data and implement transformative connected solutions that were previously beyond reach. Prior to the XW-100, virtually all hematology analyzers required skilled clinical personnel to perform blood sample analysis and validate results. This ground-breaking

Minerva, the largest implementation partner of complete industry solutions for the Aras PLM platform, today announced that the company is official sponsor of the PI PLMx Hamburg 2018 conference held in Hamburg, Germany on February 19th to 20th.  The gathering is the only Product Lifecycle Management event in Europe. The conference connects innovative product development, IT and manufacturing teams from Automotive, Aerospace & Defense, High Tech Electronics, Industrial and Medical Device Manufacturing to shape the future of PLM. The conference brings together industry and technology leaders to connect and collaborate on strategies to address the growing complexity in global product development, systems engineering, manufacturing, quality and the supply chain. PI welcomes you to join 200 manufacturers from around the world to discuss the opportunities offered by PLM and its vital role in the digitalization across different industries. To read more about the event and for booking inquiries, please visit http://events.pi.tv/2018/plmx_eu/. For more details, agenda and registration visit: http://events.pi.tv/2018/plmx_eu/ Search

At the 2018 JEC Composites show, March 6-8, 2018 at the Paris Nord Villepinte Exhibition Centre, CGTech will demonstrate how advanced programming strategies and simulation can lead to better composite parts. Throughout the show, in stand N80, CGTech will also demonstrate Composites 2018, the latest version of VERICUT Composite Programming (VCP) & VERICUT Composite Simulation (VCS).  CGTech’s Composites 2018 release of VCP and VCS features a completely redefined Graphical User Interface (GUI), enhanced suite of programming and analysis tools, and redefined methodology through the use of the powerful new Laminate Manager. The Laminate Manager helps users easily manage files, processes, and batch actions for the entire composite laminate. Internal refinements ensure that large projects are now able to be programmed and simulated in a fraction of the previous time.  “Due to the extensive time, energy, and labor invested in composite workpieces prior to machining, they can often be more expensive than even

Stratasys today announced the company is teaming with Dassault Systèmes and industry innovator Easton LaChappelle to power a transformational new initiative - Unlimited Tomorrow. Unveiled at SOLIDWORKS World 2018, Stratasys will become the exclusive provider of 3D printing technology for the initiative and organization -- ushering in a new age of custom-designed, low-cost, highly functional arms for those who need them most. Unlimited Tomorrow will fully collaborate with Stratasys on research, development and production of these prosthetics – reinforcing the company’s current and evolving investments in corporate social responsibility. Traditional prosthetic models are often heavy, cumbersome and expensive – costing recipients a minimum of $20,000 per device to upwards of $100,000. The decision to spend this on children is further complicated because many quickly outgrow models and thus require entirely new devices. Unlimited Tomorrow re-thinks the way artificial limbs are made by targeting common pain points of customization, weight and cost. Placing the recipient first, the organization builds intuitive, scalable models to engineer