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Siemens and Atos announce today within the framework of their strategic digital alliance since 2011, their reinforced cooperation to offer digital innovations for manufacturing companies: Atos prepares to offer ready-made applications as well as all integration, infrastructure and security services necessary to build customer-specific applications on the MindSphere platform. MindSphere has been designed as an open ecosystem to optimize plant performance by collecting and analyzing large datasets in industry. It forms the basis for applications and data-based services from Siemens and third parties, such as predictive maintenance, energy data management or resource optimization. For example machine manufacturers can use MindSphere as a platform to monitor machine fleets for service purposes throughout the world, reduce their downtimes and consequently offer new business models. Leveraging on the joint R&D investments with Siemens on Cloud and Data Analytics, Atos will be one of the first MindSphere partners delivering a broad set of IT

Accenture is building a range of applications for MindSphere, a cloud based platform from Siemens to enable industrial equipment makers to benefit from new services based on data insights. MindSphere is an industrial IoT ecosystem with easy connectivity for all types of industrial assets. It enables the development of applications from Siemens and third party suppliers. Accenture is aiming to support original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) by building a suite of applications for MindSphere to enable new digital services, such as predictive maintenance or remote condition monitoring. Using these applications, manufacturers of machines and industrial equipment will be able to benefit from increased revenues and customer satisfaction while reducing claims and warranty costs. Their customers can reduce downtime, maintenance related costs and energy consumption, while increasing the lifetime of their machinery. OEMs will have timely and continuous visibility into assets and equipment as a result of the convergence of Operational Technology

TriCore Solutions today announced the successful acquisition of Database Specialists, a database managed service company focused on support for Oracle database systems. The company’s comprehensive, enterprise level service suite includes architecture, design, database tuning, performance management, and ongoing 24x7 technical support and continuous improvements. Database Specialists’ unrivaled managed service offering leverages its proprietary Database Rx™ technology, a bespoke database monitoring, security, health check, and alert notifications platform. Most enterprise companies today run Oracle database, including 97 percent of the Fortune 500. TriCore has nearly two decades’ experience in supporting enterprise customers’ IT needs, with an emphasis on hosting and supporting enterprise resource planning systems, including most notably the Oracle and SAP application suites. This latest acquisition is a natural extension for TriCore, strengthening its support of other mission-critical enterprise applications that run on Oracle database systems and reinforcing its position as a reliable and single source service provider to its customers.

Recently P&G’s Chief Financial Officer, Jon Moeller, was in the news indicating that P&G is again slashing billions of dollars in expenditures. The use of collaborative robots in manufacturing was mentioned as one example of how advanced technology is helping P&G reduce costs. P&G is not alone. Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman, World Economic Forum in a recent report stated that “…there is clear evidence that the technologies that underpin the Fourth Industrial Revolution are having a major impact on businesses.” Technologies such as 3Dprinting (aka additive manufacturing), Internet of Things, Augmented Reality, artificial intelligence, and data analytics are redefining what is possible. Products and production systems are becoming smarter and more connected. At the same time, implementing these new technologies is pushing enterprises to think about implications such as: How does “new” technology fit with our existing skills and culture? How should our management practices and incentive models evolve to

ESI Group announces the release of its PAM-COMPOSITES 2016 software solution to provide process and design engineers with its full suite of modules to predict, analyze and correct manufacturing defects of composite structural components across the complete manufacturing chain. The solution combines the existing modules of ESI Group with new enhancements that enable process and design engineers to precisely identify the origin of defects and manufacture composite parts with a higher degree of accuracy; reducing material waste and obsoleting the need for costly and time consuming trial and error approaches.  Using the ESI PAM-COMPOSITES solution, process and design engineers can tailor simulations to the exact nature of the composite material and their unique shop floor environment to improve process stability and reduce manufacturing defects for a vast range of composites manufacturing processes. These include: draping, thermoforming, Liquid Composites Molding (LCM), Resin Transfer Molding (RTM), and curing , as well as two new robot draping processes:

MGT Industries, an American sleepwear company, has selected Centric Software to provide its PLM solution.  MGT Industries, based in Los Angeles, was founded 30 years ago. They design and produce sleepwear for private labels and for their own brands – In Bloom, Jonquil, and Linea Donatella. Business is expanding so MGT Industries decided to seek a new PLM system. “We had an internal tech pack system that worked for us for many years, but as our business started to evolve, production increased and we began working with more factories overseas. We needed to be nimble and more efficient in the way we create and develop product,” explains Tom Stevenson, Vice President of Operations. MGT Industries will use Centric’s full PLM suite including mobile apps and Adobe Illustrator integration. “Centric will help us streamline our business processes and free up our designers and technical teams so they have more time for

PTC today announced that preliminary bookings for the fourth fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2016 are expected to be between $139 million and $142 million, above the high end of the company’s previous guidance of $111 million to $121 million. There are two mega deals (>$5 million in bookings) in the quarter, including a competitive PLM displacement within one of the top Tier 1 global automotive suppliers, and a worldwide cloud implementation of PTC’s service parts management solution. PTC also now expects its Q4’16 bookings subscription mix to be approximately 70%, significantly exceeding its prior guidance of 46%.  Due primarily to the higher than expected subscription mix, and also the incremental commission expense associated with bookings and subscription outperformance, PTC expects GAAP and non-GAAP revenue, and GAAP and non-GAAP EPS to be below the low end of prior guidance. In addition, in support of continued realignment of resources toward higher

SUSE® has announced their participation at GITEX Technology Week 2016, where they will showcase their four main product offerings for the Software Defined Data Center (SDDC) and Zero Downtime Environments - mission critical Enterprise Linux, private cloud, storage and Linux management. Commenting on their participation at GITEX 2016, Paul Abi-Chahine, Regional Director, EEMEA said, “The ongoing digital transformation is redefining how enterprises do businesses across the globe and across verticals. If regional organizations are to keep pace with their global competition it is critical for them to embrace the Software Defined Data Center (SDDC), a cornerstone of the digitized economy. The SDDCs virtualise all elements of the infrastructure such as networking, storage, security, and processing power and run it as a service. With the focus being on flexibility, scalability, and redundancy, the potential impact this will have on business models is significant.” With a presence at SAP’s stand,

Gerber Technology today announced they will be participating in a panel discussion with experts in 3D CAD, and supporting their long-time customer Helly Hansen as they discuss their upgrade from webPDM™ to Yunique In The Cloud at PI Apparel in Berlin. Gerber's Executive Director of Cad Product Development, Mary McFadden, will be participating in a panel discussion titled “How is 3D Set to Disrupt the Fashion/Apparel Industry?” She will be joined by several distinguished peers in the industry to discuss how to inspire brands, train designers, streamline integration, and accelerate time to market with 3D. Additionally, Helly Hansen, a Gerber customer, will present key business challenges of upgrading from PDM to Yunique In The Cloud. "We are excited to have our long time customer partner, Helly Hansen discuss their experience with upgrading to our class-leading Yunique In The Cloud," said Bill Brewster, vice president and general manager, enterprise software solutions. "Utilizing their

Mentor Graphics Corporation today announced it has joined the Partners for the Advancement of Collaborative Engineering Education (PACE) program and the General Motors and U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) sponsored EcoCAR 3 program. The move is part of Mentor Automotive's ongoing effort to accelerate productivity of automotive engineering R&D efforts, from OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers to many of the world's leading automotive engineering universities.   Under the auspices of Mentor's Higher Education Program, Mentor Automotive is providing tens of millions of dollars' worth of software, support and training to universities and student teams in both the PACE and EcoCAR 3 programs. This enables students to be proficient in today's skills and methodologies before graduation and be ready to contribute to leading automotive companies immediately. Mentor Automotive is providing EcoCAR 3 a wide range of tools from its automotive product portfolio, including the Capital tools for electrical system design and harness engineering