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To boost its presence in northern Europe, Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation has announced the acquisition of Norway-based IT solutions provider, Frontica Business Solutions, for nearly $128 million. Reportedly, Frontica had a backlog worth 5.1 billion Norwegian Krone at the end of its last reported quarter driven by important agreements with its key clientele. Frontica is a subsidiary of Norwegian oil investment services company, Akastor ASA. In a statement, Cognizant’s President, Global Growth Markets, stated “The acquisition helps us strengthen our oil and gas industry expertise, expand our presence in key markets, and deepen and broaden our service portfolio for our clients. Frontica will play a key role in helping us realize these benefits through their specialized capabilities in serving the oil and gas industry.” Acquisitions have been a key growth catalyst for Cognizant. In January this year, Cognizant acquired KBACE Technologies, which specializes in cloud strategy, implementation and integration. It will aid in

Spatial Business Systems (SBS) has formed a strategic alliance with Autodesk to provide an expanded set of solutions for the utility industry.  Through the alliance, SBS will be responsible for future development, support and licensing of Autodesk® Substation Design for Inventor®, Autodesk® Substation Design for Electrical and AutoCAD ® Utility Design (AUD) software. The alliance will allow SBS to focus on the ongoing development and support of Substation Design and AUD, while Autodesk will continue to focus on their underlying platform technologies.  This approach will allow SBS to employ their innovative, customer-focused development processes to support the new product enhancements necessary to address the ever-changing needs of the utility industry.  The new products offered by SBS will be renamed to reflect the new strucutre.  “SBS is highly committed to ensuring that the AUD and Substation Design products continue to grow to meet the needs of current and prospective users”, said Dennis Beck, President of

Renesas Electronics America Inc. today introduced the Renesas IoT Sandbox, a comprehensive cloud-based environment where customers and partners can prototype their Internet of Things (IoT) solutions and accelerate their ideas to market. The Renesas IoT Sandbox enables personalized data intelligence for system developers working with the Renesas SynergyTM Platform, the Renesas RL78 Family and RX Family of microcontrollers (MCUs), and the Renesas RZ Family of microprocessors (MPUs). System developers can leverage the Renesas IoT Sandbox to quickly and easily develop end-to-end prototypes for home appliances, wearables, building automation, and other IoT products using near-real-time data to make personalized, intelligent actions. Renesas Electronics America will demonstrate the Renesas IoT Sandbox solution at the Wearables Technology Show in booth 211, October 4-5, 2016, in Santa Clara, Calif. “Defining an IoT solution involves complex decisions and requires many functions of the enterprise to align—from technology, production, sales, and business. Whether you are an IoT startup or an

Patrick Lukusa presents MRP: Integrated Product Lifecycle Management during the 2016 Odoo Experience.  Attendees will discover the new Odoo PLM module and see how it is integrated with other Odoo modules such as the communication tool and document management.  Odoo Experience 2016 October 5-7 / Louvain-la-Neuve, BelgiumSession: MRP: Integrated Product Lifecycle ManagementDate and Time: 06.10.2016 - 11:00 To view the news release, please click here. Search for Odoo on CIMdata.com

Oracle will showcase a host of innovations across the cloud suite as it prepares to welcome thousands of customers and partners from around the world to GITEX Technology Week. With over 100 interactive demonstrations spread across an expansive Digital Business Zone, visitors can witness how businesses can digitize end-to-end the enterprise; human resources; customer experience and the supply chain. “At GITEX 2016 we’ll showcase how businesses, small and large, across all industries can make digital business a reality with our ability to deliver proven solutions at every layer of the cloud stack (Saas, Iaas, PaaS and DbaaS) allowing them to tackle digital disruption head on,” said Abdul Rahman Al Thehaiban, Senior Vice President - Tech, Middle East and Africa. Visitors will be able to participate in personalized digital business tours offering an overview of cloud solutions (SaaS) for all lines of businesses. After the tour an end-to-end interactive demonstration will highlight Oracle’s comprehensive cloud technology including

PLM Europe – Siemens PLM Connection 2016 is an annual user conference hosted by Siemens PLM Software. The conference expects about 1000 participants from 30 European countries, nearly 150 presenters, and 50 exhibitors. Geometric writes about their participation: Product successes in the digital era demands the need for evolution of traditional PLM to next generation PLM, enabling the digital thread. While looking for newer approaches to reach the true potential of digitalization, enterprises can leverage valuable assets they already have. Data available from existing PLM digital assets across multiple domains can be leveraged to enable a continuous digital thread from the physical twin to digital twin. Date: October 17-19, 2016 Location: Estrel Convention Center, Berlin To view the original press release, please click here. Search for Geometric Global on CIMdata.com

DP Technology announces the 14th annual ESPRIT World Conference in Universal City, California at the Sheraton Universal Hotel from June 12-17, 2017. The ESPRIT World Conference provides ESPRIT CAD/CAM software users, resellers, and partners the opportunity to gain exclusive access to the latest in ESPRIT CAM technologies. Conference attendees will be provided with week-long training on basic to advanced skills for 5-axis, Millturn, Wire-EDM, ProfitMilling™, ProfitTurning™ and more: Find solutions for Okuma, Mazak or DMG Mori machine tools Network with ESPRIT users and partners from around the world Learn about new developments in the manufacturing industry Attend workshops on Post Processor development Exclusive 1-on-1 technical sessions with ESPRIT application engineers In-depth technical workshops for ESPRIT Resellers Hear speeches from speakers and industry experts To view the news release, please click here. Search for ESPRIT on CIMdata.com

PTC today announced its Partner Network Program, a program that authorizes and supports PTC’s global network of partners, continues to grow with the addition of new partners. The PTC Partner Network Program trains and authorizes partners in PTC’s various solution and technology implementation methodologies. Partners are required to meet increasing levels of investments to achieve program benefits, including additional training, marketing and sales programs, promotions and incentives, development funds, and support. The program will continue ongoing recruitment in an effort to increase program participation in the coming months. “At PTC, we define our success by the value our customers derive from our solutions. Together with a network of partners that embody these same values, we bring innovation and technology to customers across industries and around the world,” said Kerry Grimes, SVP, worldwide channel sales, PTC. “We are excited to welcome these new partners into our PTC Partner Network Program and look forward

Presentation will offer a high level review of the objectives, the requirements, and a roadmap for the definition and implementation of a “minimum digital thread.” Ann Arbor, Michigan, 4 October 2016—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces that Kenneth Swope of Boeing Commercial Airplanes will open PLM Road Map™ for the Aerospace & Defense Industry in collaboration with PDT Europe with a keynote presentation on “Model-Based Definition and Bill of Material Definition to Facilitate Information Flow Through the Product Lifecycle.” PLM Road Map for the Aerospace & Defense Industry will take place on November 8 at The Renaissance Paris La Defense, Paris, France. PDT Europe will take place at the same location on November 9-10. Modern engineering design systems have enabled significant productivity improvements in the design process and have contributed to an explosion of information around the design that confounds downstream utilization of the design

Atos and Materialise NV have presented a revolutionary titanium insert for spacecraft structures. The product was revealed last Friday at the European Conference on Spacecraft Structures, Materials and Environmental Testing, ECSSMET 2016. Marta García-Cosío, Head of mechanical engineering at Atos Spain, says: “We are proud with this innovation. By creating this complex product in metal additive manufacturing in such a short time, Atos and Materialise are amongst the top of providers of Metal 3D Printing solutions. The weight reduction will allow the increase of useful equipment to be used in satellites and result in considerable cost saving in each launch.” The engineers faced the challenge to improve by far traditional concepts. The design was addressed to cover all space requirements, from conception phase to manufacturing. The insert was manufactured by Metal 3D Printing in titanium, in a process also known as Selective Laser Melting (SLM). Two inserts were manufactured at the Materialise Metal