Commentaries & Highlights

Tacton has been recognized for CPQ. Tacton focuses exclusively on manufacturing, and this recognition reflects the company's completeness of vision and ability to execute.  Utilized by some of the world’s leading manufacturers, Tacton's technology enables company-wide digital transformation leading to increased sales, more efficient operations, and more satisfied manufacturing customers. Tacton’s primary offer is a cloud-based Configure Price Quote solution that makes it dramatically simpler for manufacturers to design, configure, and sell complex products. Tacton CPQ features CAD automation, 3D visualization, Augmented Reality, and is now also integrated with Salesforce CRM.  “We are very pleased that Tacton has been recognized… for CPQ,” says Frederic Laziou, CEO of Tacton Systems. “Tacton has long been committed to supporting the world’s leading manufacturers. With offices in the USA and Japan, in addition to our European locations, we are rapidly becoming a truly global company.”  “Tacton believes its placement… reflects our focus and track record within the

Accellera Systems Initiative (Accellera), electronics industry organization focused on the creation and adoption of electronic design automation (EDA) and intellectual property (IP) standards, announced today that the Accellera Universal Verification Methodology (UVM) Working Group has released the UVM 2017-1.0 reference implementation. “We have been very focused on updating the UVM reference implementation to match the new IEEE 1800.2 standard,” stated Justin Refice, Chair of the UVM Working Group. “We are aligned with the enhancements that make it more powerful and easier to use, and we have worked hard to address some inconsistencies between the UVM Register Layer and other standards. Our working group received a lot of feedback on the 0.9 release, and we were able to fix the bugs that were reported.  UVM 2017-1.0 also includes full documentation of the API that is provided in addition to 1800.2-2017.” The UVM 2017-1.0 reference implementation can be downloaded for free from Accellera. The IEEE 1800.2-2017 standard

Accenture has entered into an agreement to acquire Kolle Rebbe, one of Germany’s leading creative agencies, known for its digital-first approach. The Hamburg-based agency will become part of Accenture Interactive and strengthen its ability to create and deliver integrated brand experiences for clients in Germany and across other geographies. The acquisition is subject to regulatory approval. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.   Founded in 1994, Kolle Rebbe delivers brand-building campaigns that combine award-winning creative with a dedicated focus on digital customer interaction. It is responsible for some of the most-recognized campaigns in recent years in Germany, such as Google´s “Life is a Search,” Lufthansa’s #sayyestotheworld, Audi´s “Next Level Luxury,” the campaign for Ritter Sport, which has been running successfully for ten years, as well as the launch of Netflix programs, Narcos and Better Call Saul.   Kolle Rebbe creates cross-channel advertising campaigns and digital content for clients across various industries, including brands such

AspenCore launched its two-day Double Summits in Shenzhen, China. The event is composed of today’s Global CEO Summit and World Electronics Achievement Awards ceremony, as well as Global Distribution and Supply Chain Leader Summit and Global Electronic Component Distributor Awards to be held tomorrow. An exhibition is held concurrently with the summits. “We at ASPENCORE are committed to fostering innovation in the electronics industry through providing high-quality content and creating an environment conducive to interaction among technology providers and engineers designing end-products,” said Yorbe Zhang, Head of ASPENCORE APAC. “We are honored to have such an international speaker lineup, and livestreaming enables participants from around the world to benefit from their speeches. This event is meant to be the beginning of a global conversation on the future of electronics innovation.” At the Global CEO Summit, 11 prominent leaders and CEOs from the semiconductor and technology sector share their insights on

Lvchi auto, a Shanghai-based automaker, has signed a strategic partnership with Siemens PLM Software Co., Ltd, a subsidiary of Siemens. Four vice executive presidents from Lvchi and Dave Lauzun, strategy vice president of vehicle and railway transportation division and Cai Saohua, director of China auto team of Siemens PLM Software attended the agreement signing ceremony. After the deal, Lvchi auto will be able to start using the Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) platform, a Siemens PLM Software, in December this year. The former will realize its product lifecycle management and turn itself into digital enterprise in real sense by launching, expanding value and deepening business of PLM.  As cooperation grows stronger, Siemens will support Lvchi in product design, production planning and engineering, digital construction R&D, engineering design of new energy power and vehicle production.  Ren Yahui, one of vice presidents of Lvchi auto, expressed his trust on Siemens’s MOM digital manufacturing

The Dassault Systèmes US Foundation announced today its support for Workshops for Warriors, a school that prepares veterans and transitioning service members for careers in advanced manufacturing. Through the support of a grant from the US Foundation, 81 veterans have graduated or enrolled in STEM certification programs. Workshops for Warriors solves two systemic issues: a gap in advanced manufacturing talent and the need to ensure service members and veterans a successful transition into an upwardly mobile civilian career. The organization trains, certifies, and places veterans into high paying entry-level jobs in four months. “As we continue to grow, it’s essential that our students train on the best equipment and are exposed to employment and training opportunities with leaders in the industry,” said Hernán Luis y Prado, CEO and Founder of Workshops for Warriors. “This partnership illustrates the Dassault Systèmes US Foundation’s commitment to supporting veterans in transition and strengthening the

A more than $500 million software grant from Siemens will give University of Queensland students and researchers access to advanced technology, building their skills in digital and data driven industries. UQ Vice-Chancellor and President Professor Peter Høj and Siemens Australia Chairman and CEO Jeff Connolly announced the partnership at UQ’s St Lucia campus today (12 November), alongside Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk. The grant includes licences for Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) software platform, which digitally tracks a product’s life from its design inception through to manufacture, use, maintenance and disposal. “This grant gives our students and researchers access to advanced software used by leaders in the automotive, aerospace, shipbuilding and electronics sectors,” Professor Høj said. “With PLM software, a ‘product’ can be quite broadly defined, which means this software will benefit students across many disciplines. “A civil engineering project team will be able to test city traffic flows and use artificial intelligence

Bentley Systems Incorporated announced it has entered an agreement to acquire Quebec City-based AIworx, Inc., provider of machine learning and internet of things (IoT) technologies and services. The addition of AIworx brings advancements in data collection and analysis to leverage infrastructure engineering digital twins, continuously updated with real-time contextual information, to optimize productivity, operations, and maintenance. Andre Villemaire, co-founder and president of AIworx, said, “AIworx has been providing machine learning and IoT technologies and services to help organizations generate, understand, and act on data so they can make better business decisions. The biggest opportunities we’ve worked on have to do with improving infrastructure asset performance on an industrial scale, by way of the data from connected machines, instrumentation, sensors, and communications systems—and we’re excited to dedicate ourselves to that advancement. Now, by incorporating our tools into Bentley’s services for digital twins, we enable infrastructure operators to multiply the potential benefits of machine learning and IoT.”

Bentley Systems Incorporated, the leading global provider of comprehensive software solutions for advancing the design, construction, and operations of infrastructure, today announced the acquisition of ACE enterprise Slovakia, provider of innovative technology solutions to interface with enterprise resource planning (ERP), enterprise asset management (EAM), and geographical information systems (GIS). ACE enterprise has been a technology partner of Bentley Systems, and the ACE Enterprise Platform is used for the Bentley AssetWise connector that is certified for both SAP ERP and SAP HANA.  Alexander Cimbalak, founder of ACE enterprise, said, “We have enjoyed our partnership with Bentley to provide enterprise connectors and are very excited to be part of Bentley and also now to enable Bentley’s digital twin cloud services to uniquely synchronize with infrastructure assets’ enterprise IT, OT, and ET data sources.”  Alan Kiraly, senior vice president, asset performance for Bentley Systems, said, “ACE enterprise has consistently overcome IT interoperability challenges for us at Bentley. Now, as colleagues, this

Experienced PLM program manager joins CIMdata as a Senior Consultant and the organization’s Medical Device PLM Action Group lead. ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 14 November 2018—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) strategic management consulting and research firm, announces that Jon McIntosh has joined the firm as a Senior Consultant and Medical Device PLM Action Group lead. Mr. McIntosh has over 25 years’ experience in global program delivery, industry research, and management consulting for commercial and government clients. He has served as a global program manager, chief scientist to a Department of Defense (DoD) research institution, and management consultant. Peter Bilello, President of CIMdata stated, “Jon McIntosh comes to CIMdata with a strong and diverse background of industry and government expertise, as well as management consulting and large program execution experience across several global markets. Jon’s extensive experience, along with his prior history of working with CIMdata, will enable him to deliver