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Centric Software has acquired its second South African customer. Truworths, one of South Africa's leading fashion apparel retailers, with 747 stores in South Africa and eight other countries on the continent, has decided to adopt Centric 8 Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) software to support international growth and help structure its product development process. Truworths is synonymous with fashion apparel retailing in South Africa, and offers internationally inspired clothing and footwear across a diversified portfolio of some of the country's most admired and recognized brands. Truworths also recently acquired Office Retail Group, a leading young fashion footwear retailer in the UK, Ireland and Germany. These brands are either internally developed or exclusive to the business and include Truworths, Truworths Man, Inwear, LTD, Uzzi and Identity, as well as the licenced brand Daniel Hechter. In order to reinforce its competitive positioning and to continue to grow internationally, Truworths is focusing on delivering on-trend products

Tata Consultancy Services issued its consolidated financial results according to IFRS US Dollars for the quarter ended December 31, 2015. Business Highlights for Quarter Ended December 31, 2015 · Gross employee addition 22,118 · Total headcount: 344,691 · Utilization: 84.9% (excluding trainees) & 80.9% (including trainees) · No of $100m+ clients increases by 1 to 34; No of $20M+ clients increase by 2 to 173 Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income For the three-month periods ended December 31, 2014, September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2015 (In millions of USD, except per share data)                                                                                                     12/31/14    9/30/15      12/31/15                                     Revenue                                                  3,931        4,156               4,145                                     Cost of revenue                       

SAP Outpaces Market with Record 2015 Cloud and Software Revenue, Up 20% – SAP S/4HANA Adoption Soaring Full Year Non-IFRS Cloud and Software Revenue Up 20% (12% at Constant Currencies, Beating Company Guidance) SAP S/4HANA Adoption Surges – More Than Doubling the Number of Customers in the Fourth Quarter, Now Exceeding 2,700 Customers Tremendous Momentum in New Cloud Bookings – Up 103% in the Full Year, Up 75% in the Fourth Quarter Full Year Non-IFRS Cloud Subscription and Support Revenue Up 109% to €2.30 Billion (€2.00 Billion at Constant Currencies, Achieving Company Guidance) Full Year Non-IFRS Operating Profit Up 13% to €6.35 Billion (€5.902 Billion at Constant Currencies, Beating Company Guidance) After an initial review of its fourth quarter 2015 performance, SAP SE  today announced its preliminary financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2015. All 2015 figures in this release are approximate due to the preliminary nature of the announcement. SAP had

Cognizant today reaffirmed its revenue guidance of at least USD 12.41 billion for 2015 despite the impact of flooding and heavy rains on its operations in Chennai, which houses over 60,000 of its employees. "Due to the successful execution of its Business Continuity Plan, which largely mitigated the financial impact of the flooding, Cognizant has reaffirmed that it expects to achieve both its previously announced full-year revenue guidance of at least USD 12.41 billion and its non-GAAP diluted EPS guidance of at least USD 3.03," Cognizant said in a statement. In December, Chennai experienced heavy rains that caused unprecedented flooding. Cognizant has 11 delivery and operations centres in the city and about 60,000 employees. Many of Cognizant's competitors, including India's largest software services provider Tata Consultancy Services, Wipro and Hexaware have warned of an impact on their revenues and margins on account of the Chennai rains. The company has already committed USD 40

Edgecam, the production machining CAD/CAM software, will demonstrate their Waveform roughing strategies at a technical seminar taking place at Engineering Technology Group’s headquarters in Southam on 3rd February. Hosted by ETG, the ‘Advanced Turning Solutions Roadshow’, in partnership with Edgecam and Seco Tools, will focus on the capability to remove material in a turning environment efficiently. Edgecam will showcase their Waveform technology – the powerful roughing strategy solution for high-speed machining that maintains a constant tool cutting load. Demonstrations on a Nakamura Tome AS200 will show how Waveform can improve accuracy, productivity and tool life. Wesley Tonks, Edgecam’s Strategic Partnership Manager said “we are delighted to be supporting our partner, ETG, at this seminar, which will give visitors the chance to see how Waveform technology can really benefit their business as well as learning different manufacturing strategies throughout the day”.  Search for Vero on CIMdata.com

EMC is launching its new web site today – EMCConnected.com, in addition to unveiling its Customer Experience Center to showcase new technology, products and services online and on site. EMC is redefining the most advanced edge of connectivity and content delivery at sea, on land and in the air. EMCConnected.com delivers access to the industry's most powerful and tailored solutions that enable these remote communications services – digital media, systems integration and equipment – for customers in eight vertical markets. In addition to this enhanced online presence, customers and partners can now view live, in-person demos of EMC technology solutions at the company's Miramar, Fla. headquarters. The new EMC Customer Experience Center demonstrates the industry's most advanced hybrid satellite and terrestrial network. Customers can experience the latest digital media solutions for remote locations, including SpeedNet®, the highest-speed Internet available on VSAT (very small aperture terminals). They also can experience live TV at sea and video conferencing in the world's furthest

PTC announced it has completed its acquisition of Kepware, a software development company that provides communications connectivity to industrial automation environments. The acquisition enhances PTC’s portfolio of Internet of Things (IoT) technology, and accelerates the company’s entry into the factory setting and Industrial IoT (IIoT). Kepware’s KEPServerEX® communications platform will become a strategic component of the PTC ThingWorx® IoT technology platform. Once the companies’ products are integrated, machine data can be aggregated into the PTC ThingWorx platform, integrated with a wide array of internal and external information, and then automatically analyzed using ThingWorx machine learning capabilities. The integration will allow organizations to gain enterprise-wide insight and to proactively optimize mission-critical processes – enabling them to improve operational performance, quality, and time to market. “With Kepware, PTC will be able to accelerate its delivery of world-class solutions to industrial environments, and help manufacturers, infrastructure operators, and others realize the enormous potential of the Industrial Internet of

Officials from machine tool builder Fair Friend Group (FFG) have chosen ESPRIT CAM software from DP Technology to program its machines as well as to partner with the software vendor. To choose its CAD/CAM system, FFG created a benchmark and tested four CAM software suppliers against it. “ESPRIT was able to cover our specifications better than any other software we investigated. On top of that, the customer support was very knowledgeable, comprehensive and prompt,” states Jürgen Reingen, head of development for FFG. “FFG wanted to find the best CAM solution to program their new NBH P80 machine,” said Martin Biewer, CEO of Prevoma, the German ESPRIT distributor who worked with FFG. “Comparing ESPRIT with other competing systems demonstrated that it was the fastest in programming a wide range of applications.” FFG and Prevoma agreed on a consulting project to demonstrate the software’s capabilities. Prevoma was to set up the machine virtually with ESPRIT and program a mold part mounted on a tombstone

Ricoh India Ltd., a leader in the field of Imaging Solutions & IT Services, today announced,   it is now a Siemens PLM Software reseller for NX software, a leading integrated solution for computer-aided design, manufacturing and engineering (CAD/CAM/CAE), and the Teamcenter portfolio, the world’s most widely used digital lifecycle management software today. Ricoh India Ltd. operates across India through a robust network of 24 offices, and will be utilizing the same network to distribute the software. NX provides a common platform for product development with advanced solutions not only for 3D designing, but for simulation and manufacturing as well. NX for design improves productivity and accelerate product engineering. The latest release introduces new and improved capabilities for 2D concept design, freeform modeling, feature-based modeling, drafting and documentation, and industry-specific design, etc. NX for Simulation solves complex problems faster with advanced 3D simulation, and is a modern simulation environment for performing structural, thermal,

Infor announced a new Infor CloudSuite™ specialization program for alliance partners. The new program allows partners to complete a series of requirements that result in specialization credentials signifying applicable training to help customers move to the Infor cloud. Upon completion of the Infor CloudSuite specialization program requirements, partners will receive formal validation and acknowledgement from Infor, which differentiates that alliance partner from other partners relative to their training regarding Infor CloudSuite™. "We are pleased to have alliance partners that are specially trained to help meet some of the unique needs of our customers. This program is designed to help ensures that every customer is able to take advantage of the speed and flexibility of a modern cloud platform, with the added confidence of a trained partner to help guide the transition onto an Infor cloud solution," said Lisa Pope, senior vice president, Infor. To qualify for cloud accreditation, applicants must have an existing Infor Partner Network (IPN) alliance