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Dassault Systèmes today announced that Nowy Styl Group, the third largest manufacturer of office furniture in Europe, has selected the “My Product Portfolio” industry solution experience to design, develop and deliver more innovative products and accelerate new product introductions.  Nowy Styl Group’s six brands, offices in 17 countries and network of designers…

3D Systems announced today that it will host an Aerospace and Defense Practicum for Direct Metal Printing (DMP) with industry leaders and Department of Defense experts at Pennsylvania State University, June 21 – 22, 2016. This two-day, hands-on workshop and demonstration is designed to educate existing and potential customers on the…

Open Text Corporation announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the Customer Communications Management (CCM) assets from HP Inc., including HP Exstream, HP Output Management, HP TeleForm and HP LiquidOffice for customer communications management, process automation and document delivery solutions. OpenText expects this acquisition to complement…

Accenture announced today it has acquired Maglan, a privately-held Israeli cybersecurity company specializing in offensive cyber simulation, vulnerability countermeasures, cyber forensics and malware defenses, and IT security research and development with a focus on threat intelligence. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.   The acquisition brings to Accenture…

Autodesk, Inc. today announced several updates to its Forge platform, including new cloud application development tools and services and three investments at Forge DevCon, the company’s inaugural event for cloud developers. Since its inception last December, rapid progress has been made with early adopters of the Forge Platform in changing both how things are…

Zuken’s CR-8000 3D product-centric PCB design platform includes support for ANSYS’ electronics database (EDB) standard as part of the 2016 release, available now. The CR-8000 2016 release expands ANSYS support beyond the existing ANSYS neutral file (ANF) format to include EDB, enhancing the simulation interface with Design Force, Zuken’s PCB design tool, ANSYS®…

Materialise NV announces at Rapid.Tech its collaboration with Luxexcel, a fast-growing Dutch start-up of customized 3Dprinted optics and of products that require the highest standards of transparency. Together, they will develop a Build Processor tailored to Luxexcel’s needs. Materialise recently introduced the Materialise Magics 3D Print Suite, wrapping all their…

Over the years, marketing teams have evolved the ways in which they work to reduce the number of lost requests, increase customer satisfaction, and provide more management oversight. During a webinar on June 22, Jason Morio, Projectplace segment manager at Planview®, and Ryan Doherty, director of interactive marketing, will discuss how…

Electronics For Imaging, Inc. announced today the acquisition of Optitex Ltd., an emerging, fast-growing global leader in integrated 3D design software that enables the textile industry’s digital transformation and accelerates the adoption of fast fashion. Privately-held Optitex will be integrated into EFI’s Productivity Software business unit.  Optitex’s 3D technology and…

“Waves of digitization are washing across every industry, bringing the promise of greater productivity and economic benefit but also new risks and the potential to disrupt established business models. At its core, digitization involves far more than automating existing processes; it is about connecting workflows among historically disparate industries and…