T-Byte IoT & AR July 2021

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Table of Contents
1. Financial, M & A Updates...................................................................................................................................1
2. Solution Updates..................................................................................................................................................4
3. Rewards & Recognition Updates......................................................................................................................16
4. Customer Success Updates................................................................................................................................24
5. Partnership Ecosystem Updates.......................................................................................................................28
6. Miscellaneous Updates.......................................................................................................................................47

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WorkWave Acquires Real Green Systems, Joining Together Two Leading Providers
WorkWave®, a leading provider of industry-changing software
solutions that enable field service companies to reach their full
potential announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire Real
Green Systems, a prominent provider of field service solutions in the
green service industries. This unique combination brings together two
proven software solutions in the field service industry and furthers
WorkWave's position as a premier provider of leading solutions,
delivering brands that have been proven over decades to drive the
success of their customers.
Executive Commentary
"This acquisition is something rarely seen. It is two successful,
fast-growing, market-leading companies coming together to create
something truly special," said of WorkWave. "It marks the
beginning of a new chapter where WorkWave will help our
customers focus on the future, helping them to go beyond service
to create effective, fast-growing, highly profitable service
organizations that also deliver the best service experience possible.
Real Green believes in this same mission, and together we will
allow every solution in this expanded WorkWave product portfolio
to deliver greater value. We have tremendous respect for the Real
Green team, and the goal of this acquisition is to not just allow
them to continue to lead the green industries forward, but to help
them make an even greater impact."
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WorkWave Acquires Real Green Systems, Boosting Both Firms in Solutions Providing
Software solutions leader WorkWave has announced its
successful acquisition of Real Green Systems, also a provider of
field service solutions geared towards green service industries.
The agreement between the two companies boosts WorkWave as
an industry leader in providing solutions, with Real Green
Systems' trusted service and solutions joining the fold. Giannetto
adds that Real Green Systems share the same mission and that
with the merger, the two entities will be utilizing their expanded
product portfolio to give the maximum value for their clients.
fast-growing, market-leading companies coming together to
create something truly special," says CEO of WorkWave in a
company press release. "It marks the beginning of a new
chapter where WorkWave will help our customers focus on the
future, helping them to go beyond service to create effective,
fast-growing, highly profitable service organizations that also
deliver the best service experience possible."
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WorkWave Acquires Real Green Systems
WorkWave, a provider of field service software, will acquire Real
Green Systems, a fellow provider of field service solutions.
Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. While the Real
Green solution and PestPac will remain separate, additional
product offerings that support customer growth, including the
Coalmarch and WorkWave Agency groups, will combine forces
to maximize their development and value.
fast-growing, market-leading companies coming together to
create something truly special," said CEO of WorkWave, in a
statement. "It marks the beginning of a new chapter where
WorkWave will help our customers focus on the future,
helping them to go beyond service to create effective,
fast-growing, highly profitable service organizations that also
deliver the best service experience possible. We have
tremendous respect for the Real Green team, and the goal of
this acquisition is to not just allow them to continue to lead the
green industries forward, but to help them make an even
greater impact."
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Efficiently testing power electronics of e-vehicles
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Solution Description
The number of electric vehicles on offer is steadily increasing worldwide. As a consequence of this growing number of new
models and platforms, engineering work involved for the vehicles’ high-voltage system components is on the increase too.
This is where Bosch Engineering comes in: with its new high-voltage lab rig (HVLR), the company now offers a fast, efficient
and, above all, safe solution for testing the electric vehicle power electronics in the development lab. The system integrates a
high-voltage power supply and electronic safety functions for the circuit of the component under test in a portable compact
control cabinet. Thanks to its modular design, the test system can be flexibly adapted to individual customer requirements.
For example, different voltage levels of up to 1200 volts as well as different communication interfaces and an optionally
integrable dummy load can be selected. Subsequent upgrading, for example to higher output voltages of up to 1500 volts, is
possible as well. The system is conveniently operated via a touch-screen display. The monitor also provides a clear-cut
overview of all operating parameters such as status messages, information on system settings, and any error warnings.

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New Roland IU-1000F driver for CalderaRIP software
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French printing software company Caldera has announced the support of the new Roland IU-1000F printer for CalderaRIP Version 14. This new driver
expands the award-winning software’s long list of supported peripherals for wide-format production. Designed for demanding printing production
environments, Roland’s latest UV flatbed printer can be driven by CalderaRIP Version 14 to deliver impeccable results on cost-effective applications
such as signs, display graphics, interior design, backlit boxes, or canvas murals. Driving the Roland IU-1000F with CalderaRIP software is the best way
to make the most out of the printer’s speed and color reproduction capabilities. Indeed, our driver is optimized for the usage of Roland’s special inks,
and with Caldera’s advanced printing module, the user can manually or automatically manage how to use Primer, White and Clear inks on their print
jobs. Moreover, CalderaRIP embeds premium components to always ensure printing accuracy and perfect results no matter the application:
• The latest version of the powerful Adobe PDF Print Engine ensures a reliable reproduction of your designs on any surface
• The outstanding X-Rite i1Prism Profiler for ICC profiling, so you can keep control over your colors and ensure smooth gradients
In addition, CalderaRIP comes with a range of features and options perfectly suited for high-demanding printing workflows. For example, you can setup
an unlimited number of hotfolders and, since Version 14, benefit from our powerful Smart Hotfolders to parallelize job processing and save up to 35%
ripping time.

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New Durst Rho 2500 driver for CalderaRIP Version 14
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French printing software company Caldera has announced the support of the new Durst Rho 2500 printer for CalderaRIP Version 14. This new driver expands
the award-winning software’s long list of supported peripherals for wide-format production. Designed for demanding industrial printing environments, this
new multipass inkjet printer can be driven by CalderaRIP Version 14 to deliver impeccable results on industrial applications, such as packaging or decoration.
The Rho 2500 is equipped with 8 printheads to suit high-volume production without compromising on quality and accuracy. Choosing CalderaRIP software
to drive your fleet of printers is the best way to reduce costs, save valuable production time and achieve a fast return on investment. Indeed, CalderaRIP is a
multi-brand RIP software designed to integrate seamlessly in any production environment. More than 1600 models of printers and cutters from major
manufacturers are supported, all with the best possible speed, reliability and color precision. When it comes to color accuracy and vibrancy, our
award-winning software solution remains unrivaled thanks to its outstanding X-Rite i1Prism Profiler, which guarantees coherency on all your peripherals
and substrates. Enhanced with the optional InkPerformer module, CalderaRIP is your best ally to cut down production costs while making your production
more sustainable. Once enabled, InkPerformer reduces the quantity of ink used by the printer while maintaining the quality of your prints. Contact us for
more details about InkPerformer. In addition, CalderaRIP embeds several automation features and options for quick, precise and profitable UV printing. For
example, our Smart Import* feature allows Smart Hotfolders to automatically extract meta-data from the filename, such as the number of copies, targeted
printer or presets in order to speed up job submission of traditional file-based workflows.

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Caldera Announces a New Update for Version 14.1
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French printing software company Caldera has announced the release of the latest update of its market-leading RIP software, CalderaRIP Version 14.1. The update brings
a range of new features, enhancements and bug fixes, thus continuing to expand the award-winning software’s user experience. This new CalderaRIP update comes with
several new features to ease the user experience on various applications:
• The Preview feature makes job verification and production management a lot easier. Within the Caldera Spooler and CalderaJobs, users can open a preview in full
screen and zoom in to easily identify the jobs inside the nest and check the marks before printing in order to avoid unwanted errors and waste.
• The White Under Marks feature has been designed to improve cutting accuracy on all types of non-white media. When printing on dark, transparent or metallic
substrates, and if white ink is available on the printer, it is now possible to add white ink under and around the cutting marks and codes to improve the cutter detection.
• Extended settings have been added to our TileOrder feature in order to ease the production process of large-format projects such as vehicle covering. When creating
a poster or another project within the Tiling+ module, you can now select to start from bottom-right for more flexibility and to help save valuable time on-site.
• To further expand fashion and home décor printing possibilities, and in addition to the 2310 colors already available, Caldera now includes 315 new Pantone FHI Spot
Colors references to aid visualization and enhance color reproduction.
These 5 features will be available for users with an ongoing subscription to CalderaCare, Caldera’s premium Support and Maintenance contract. Visit the CalderaCare
webpage for more information.

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AVEVA and Wood Launch New Industrial Solution to Accelerate Digital
Transformation
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AVEVA, a global leader in industrial software driving digital transformation and sustainability, has formed a new alliance with Wood, the global
consulting and engineering company, to accelerate digital transformation of industries such as power, energy, chemicals and mining with the
launch of a new solution called Connected Build, a key part of their Digital Twin offering. Wood has standardized its use of AVEVA™ Enterprise
Resource Management as a key component of the Connected Build offering to its industrial clients globally. Connected Build optimizes project
delivery while improving collaboration on new build projects and facilitating the digital modernization of existing plants and refurbishments. The
new solution capitalizes on design efficiencies to deliver the build accurately the first time, unlocking sustainability and value benefits while
ensuring worker safety. As part of Wood’s vision for operational excellence, leveraging technology to standardize and optimize delivery is key to
achieving efficiencies and to meet sustainability targets. The new Connected Build solution is a key part of Wood’s Engineering Digital Twin
strategy by sharing project status and materials availability data in real-time with all stakeholders, optimizing project execution through benefits
such as improved labor productivity, reduced material waste and costs, shortened project cycles and improved yield. When applied to the
engineering and build phases, the Connected Build approach results in rapid and seamless project handover, while shortening time to production
and improving digital resiliency for Wood’s clients.

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New Ricoh Pro L5130e/L5160e drivers for CalderaRIP
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French printing software company Caldera has announced the support of Ricoh Pro L5130e & L5160e printers for CalderaRIP Version 14. These new drivers
expand the award-winning software’s long list of supported peripherals for wide-format production. Ricoh’s new Pro L5100e Series can now be used with
CalderaRIP Version 14. These new additions to the Ricoh portfolio are an evolution from the Ricoh Pro L5160 and Ricoh Pro L5130 latex large format
printers and expand printing possibilities for print service providers and graphic arts display specialists. Indeed, these two new models provide an extended
color gamut with the addition of orange and green ink, all while guaranteeing outstanding productivity and accuracy on a variety of indoor and outdoor
applications. Driving these new Ricoh Pro printers with CalderaRIP is the best way to make the most out of your investment. Caldera’s market-leading
software not only embeds the X-Rite i1Prism Profiler for ICC profiling, but it also comes with premium color management tools to achieve unmatched color
precision and always meet your customers’ expectations. In addition, Caldera’s Contour Nesting feature delivers smarter image placing and optimized
layouts for all kinds of shapes, not only rectangular, in order to dramatically reduce media waste and ensure a sustainable production while maximizing your
ROI. Furthermore, CalderaRIP comes with the advanced Tiling+ feature for large tiling jobs such as vehicle wrapping or building wrapping. For example,
you can adapt the order in which you print tiles to achieve significant onsite time savings. Finally, our market-leading RIP software is an innovative, versatile
and multi-brand solution which integrates seamlessly in any wide-format Print & Cut environment.

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New MS Printing drivers for CalderaRIP Version 14
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French printing software company Caldera has announced the release of new MS Printing drivers for CalderaRIP Version 14. These new
drivers expand the award-winning software’s long list of supported peripherals and further enhance its user experience. MS Printing
Solutions’ UV printer, the JPK EVO UV, and the MS Lario can now be used with CalderaRIP Version 14. The MS JPK EVO UV is a high
capacity, multipass printer which uses UV LED curable inks. It aims to fill a growing need for high-volume UV LED roll-to-roll production.
On the other hand, the MS LaRIO has been, since its first launch, a game-changer for digital textile printers. Indeed, the most recognized
single-pass digital machine in the market can reach a production speed of 120m/min, making it the primary choice for printers who must
process large volumes without compromising on speed and reliability. Ideal for producing fashion items, the MS LaRIO guarantees short
production times and unrivaled quality. Both new drivers can be coupled with the latest version of CalderaRIP software to get the most out of
your MS printers. Version 14 comes with a range of new automation features in order to increase your productivity, thus pushing your
production to the next level. Contact us for more information about these features. Using CalderaRIP to pilot your MS Printing drivers is the
best way to streamline your digital printing production and achieve quality and stable colors performance throughout the entire production
process.

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GE Digital’s ADMS Software Powers A More Resilient Electric Distribution
Grid
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GE Digital announced the availability of the latest release of its Advanced Distribution Management Solution (ADMS).
ADMS enables safe and secure management and orchestration of the electricity distribution grid. It delivers reliability,
productivity, and efficiency through a modular architecture, adaptive algorithms, and predictive analytics for autonomous and
optimized distribution grid and renewables operations. Advances in the software enable electricity distribution utilities to
optimize their operations with increased flexibility and operational awareness. This means that field crews and operations are
better connected to provide an effective and efficient response to power distribution situations, including getting power
restored more quickly in case of an outage. As the industry commits to decarburization through renewable sources like wind,
solar, electric vehicles, and energy storage, GE Digital’s ADMS, with Distributed Energy Resources (DER) orchestration,
enables utilities to enhance grid resiliency and reliability. GE Digital’s ADMS also includes a new set of tools to support
Automated Deployment and Testing to streamline upgrades and deployments for faster time to value.

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Honeywell Launches Battery Energy Storage System Platform to Help
Users Forecast and Optimize Energy Costs
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Honeywell announced its Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) Platform, which integrates Honeywell asset monitoring, distributed
energy resource management, supervisory control and analytics functionality to enable organizations to accurately forecast and optimize
their overall energy use. Honeywell's BESS Platform leverages best practices for energy management such as energy arbitrage and
demand management to deliver flexibility and control of when energy is purchased and used. The platform is ideal for a wide range of
commercial and industrial companies, independent power producers and utilities. The BESS Platform is backed by Honeywell
performance-based guarantees, which include predictable and consistent costs along with improved uptime. Honeywell's BESS Platform
improves grid stability and sustainability while decreasing supply costs. If a generator fails or goes offline for any reason, the platform
reduces the need to bring additional, non-renewable power generators online. In this scenario, a remote facility can maintain operations
as the platform runs in parallel with traditional generators. The system can then restart the disconnected generator or initiate back-up
generator sets before returning to standby mode. In addition, the BESS Platform can reduce the need for non-renewable power sources
such as gas turbines and diesel generators and their associated high gas consumption rates, contributing to a smaller carbon footprint.

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Arm Is RTX ON! World’s Most Widely Used CPU Architecture Meets
Real-Time Ray Tracing, DLSS
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A pair of new demos running GeForce RTX technologies on the Arm platform unveiled by NVIDIA show how advanced graphics can be extended to a broader, more
power-efficient set of devices. The two demos, shown at this week’s Game Developers Conference, included Wolfenstein: Youngblood from Bethesda Soft works and
Machine Games, as well as The Bistro from the Open Research Content Archive running in real time on a MediaTek Arm platform with ray-traced graphics. RTX has
redefined the industry. We’re now investing in new platforms where we can deploy advanced graphics so gamers have more choice. The performance and energy
efficiency of ARM CPUs with NVIDIA technologies can open an entirely new class of PCs. Showing the potential for NVIDIA RTX on Arm, developer Machine Games
packed the Wolfenstein: Youngblood demo with beautiful, ray-traced reflections, all accelerated by NVIDIA DLSS, which uses GPU-accelerated deep-learning
algorithms to boost frame rates. NVIDIA also showed how RTX can enhance the The Bistro demo, which portrays a detailed, ray-traced urban scene in France, while
running on an Arm-based system. Both were demonstrated on an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 GPU paired with a MediaTek Kompanio 1200 Arm processor.
Wolfenstein: Youngblood uses the idTech game engine made by id Software, while The Bistro uses NVIDIA’s sample framework. They include:
• Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS), which uses AI to boost frame rates and generate beautiful, sharp images for games
• RTX Direct Illumination (RTXDI), which lets developers add dynamic lighting to their gaming environments
• RTX Global Illumination (RTXGI), which helps recreate the way light bounces around in real-world environments
• NVIDIA Real-Time Denoisers (NRD) a denoising library that’s designed to work with low ray per pixel signals

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NVIDIA Launches UK’s Most Powerful Supercomputer, for Research in AI
and Healthcare
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NVIDIA officially launched Cambridge-1, the United Kingdom’s most powerful supercomputer, which will enable top scientists and
healthcare experts to use the powerful combination of AI and simulation to accelerate the digital biology revolution and bolster the country’s
world-leading life sciences industry. Dedicated to advancing healthcare, Cambridge-1 represents a $100 million investment by NVIDIA. Its
first projects with AstraZeneca, GSK, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, King’s College London and Oxford Nanopore
Technologies include developing a deeper understanding of brain diseases like dementia, using AI to design new drugs and improving the
accuracy of finding disease-causing variations in human genomes. Cambridge-1 brings together decades of NVIDIA’s work in accelerated
computing, AI and life sciences, where NVIDIA Clara™ and AI frameworks are optimized to take advantage of the entire system for
large-scale research. An NVIDIA DGX SuperPOD™ supercomputing cluster, it ranks among the world’s top 50 fastest computers and is
powered by 100 percent renewable energy. Cambridge-1 builds on the U.K.’s status as a global leader in life sciences, technology and AI by
providing advanced infrastructure for current and future generations to carry out groundbreaking research within the country. According to a
report by Frontier Economics, an economics consulting firm, Cambridge-1 has the potential to create an estimated value of £600 million
(about $825 million) over the next 10 years.

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NVIDIA and Global Partners Launch New HGX A100 Systems to Accelerate
Industrial AI and HPC
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NVIDIA announced it is turbocharging the NVIDIA HGX™ AI supercomputing platform with new technologies that fuse AI with high performance
computing, making supercomputing more useful to a growing number of industries. To accelerate the new era of industrial AI and HPC, NVIDIA has added
three key technologies to its HGX platform: the NVIDIA® A100 80GB PCIe GPU, NVIDIA NDR 400G InfiniBand networking, and NVIDIA Magnum IO
™ GPUDirect™ Storage software. Together, they provide the extreme performance to enable industrial HPC innovation. Atos, Dell Technologies, Hewlett
Packard Enterprise (HPE), Lenovo, Microsoft Azure and NetApp are among dozens of partners using the NVIDIA HGX platform for next-generation
systems and solutions. The HGX platform is being used by high-tech industrial pioneer General Electric, applying HPC innovation to computational fluid
dynamics simulations that guide design innovation in large gas turbines and jet engines. The HGX platform has achieved order-of-magnitude acceleration
for breakthrough CFD methods in GE’s GENESIS code, which employs Large Eddy Simulations to study the effects of turbulent flows inside turbines that
are composed of hundreds of individual blades and require uniquely complex geometry. Besides driving industrial HPC transformation, the HGX platform
is also accelerating scientific HPC systems around the world, including the next next-generation supercomputer at the University of Edinburgh, also
announced. NVIDIA A100 Tensor Core GPUs deliver unprecedented HPC acceleration to solve complex AI, data analytics, model training and simulation
challenges relevant to industrial HPC. A100 80GB PCIe GPUs increase GPU memory bandwidth 25 percent compared with the A100 40GB, to 2TB/s, and
provide 80GB of HBM2e high-bandwidth memory.

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AVEVA Signs Up to Race to Zero the Largest Ever Alliance Committed to
Achieving Net Zero Carbon Emissions by 2050
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AVEVA, a global leader in industrial software, driving digital transformation and sustainability announced that it has become the 47th company in the FTSE 100
to join the United Nation’s Race to Zero campaign. Race to Zero is a global campaign designed to rally leadership and support from businesses, cities, regions, and
investors for a healthy, resilient, zero carbon recovery that prevents future threats, creates jobs, and unlocks inclusive, sustainable growth. It aims to mobilize a
coalition of leading net zero initiatives and is the largest ever alliance committed to achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2050. Collectively participants now
cover nearly 25% of global CO2 emissions and over 50% of GDP. AVEVA’s objective is to build momentum and spur rapid action around DE carbonization ahead
of COP26, where governments must strengthen their contributions to the Paris Agreement. AVEVA has already joined a number of corporate sustainability
initiatives to date that bring together companies to work on climate challenges collectively, including BSR and the UN Global Compact. Most recently AVEVA
joined The Renewable Energy Buyers Alliance (REBA) a joint collaboration of large clean energy buyers, energy providers, and service providers that, together
with NGO partners, are unlocking the marketplace for all nonresidential energy buyers to lead a rapid transition to a cleaner, prosperous, zero-carbon energy future.
AVEVA announcements build on a recent climate mitigation commitment made by AVEVA as part of its long-term sustainability agenda. In June 2021, the
company announced its commitment to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions across its operations (Scopes 1 & 2) by 2030, as well as its plans to submit
ambitious mitigation targets for external validation by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) before the end of the fiscal year.
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AVEVA Recognized as the Winner of 2021 Microsoft Energy Partner of
the Year
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AVEVA, a global leader in industrial software driving digital transformation and sustainability announced it has won the 2021 Microsoft
Energy Partner of the Year Award and was also named the finalist (runner-up) of 2021 Microsoft Sustainability Change maker Partner of
the Year Award. The company was honored among a global field of top Microsoft partners for demonstrating excellence in innovation and
implementation of customer solutions based on Microsoft technology. The Microsoft Partner of the Year Awards recognizes Microsoft
partners that have developed and delivered outstanding Microsoft-based solutions during the past year. Awards were classified in several
of categories, with honorees chosen from a set of more than 4,400 submitted nominations from more than 100 countries worldwide.
AVEVA was recognized for providing outstanding solutions and services across the energy sector. The Energy Partner of the Year Award
recognizes a partner organization that excels at providing innovative and unique services or solutions based on Microsoft technologies to
energy companies – which include oil & gas, power & utilities, mining and renewables – demonstrating thought leadership in their
industry. As a finalist for the Sustainability Change maker Partner of the Year Award, AVEVA was recognized for providing innovative
and unique solutions based on Microsoft technologies that help customers solve challenges of sustainable digital transformation.
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Bosch honors its suppliers’ endeavors for sustainability
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Bosch has decided to recognize commitment to sustainability among its roughly 23,000 suppliers worldwide. For the first time,
this year’s international Bosch Supplier Awards include an honor in this category. For Bosch, the award is also an expression of
partnership and long-term cooperation with its suppliers and service providers. Forty-six companies from 16 countries received
one of the coveted Bosch Global Supplier Awards for their exceptional performance in various categories. The jury recognized
Infineon, Salesforce, and Steelcase for their climate action programs. With its 400 locations worldwide, Bosch has been climate
neutral since the first quarter of 2020. In close cooperation with its global supplier network, Bosch wants to go one step further,
and aims for a 15 percent reduction in its upstream and downstream CO2 emissions along its entire value chain by 2030. “Climate
action is a collective task shared by industry, politics, and society,” says. “Climate-conscious action is a common bond between
Bosch and its suppliers.” In the future, the company will make aspects such as CO2 emissions or CO2 ratings a criterion for
awarding new contracts. “We plan to put some initial ideas into practice more broadly as of 2022,” the CFO says.
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Cognizant Named a Leader in Everest Group’s PEAK Matrix® for Software
Product Engineering Services 2021
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Cognizant is positioned as an industry Leader in terms of market impact and vision and capability. The 2021 report specifically stressed
Cognizant’s balance for seamless delivery that’s in close proximity to all major client geographies, along with its ability to grow via
acquisition and expand its product footprint and offerings. Everest Group highlighted the following Cognizant strengths:
• Focused investments on capability building and talent development initiatives such as formation of pods, guilds and communities
• Balanced delivery footprint for client proximity and seamless delivery, enabled by a robust network of studios across all major geographies
• Strong inorganic growth owing to several acquisitions that have helped enhance software product engineering competencies across
industries
The Everest Group report focuses on engineering services related to the development, testing and maintenance of software products, such as
commercial off-the-shelf products for enterprises or customer-facing software/portals/applications meant for revenue generation or service
delivery. Everest Group assessed 31 service providers for capabilities on software product engineering services based on their market success
and delivery capability.
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C3 AI Industry Partner Shell Named a Winner in IDC’s Inaugural Future
of Digital Innovation Excellence Awards
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C3 AI the Enterprise AI application software company announced that IDC has declared Shell a winner in the inaugural IDC Future
of Digital Innovation Awards, designed to highlight successful Digital Innovation projects and initiatives. Shell participated in the
Open Data Sharing Category and was recognized for demonstrating industry leadership through the Open AI Energy Initiative™
(OAI). The OAI, launched earlier this year by C3 AI, Shell, Baker Hughes, and Microsoft is a first-of-its-kind open ecosystem of
enterprise AI solutions designed to help transform the energy industry. It provides a framework for energy operators, service
providers, equipment providers, and independent software vendors for energy services to offer interoperable solutions, including
enterprise AI and physics-based models, monitoring, diagnostics, prescriptive actions, and services for industrial and energy
applications, powered by the BHC3™ AI Suite and Microsoft Azure. IDC’s Future of Digital Innovation Awards recognizes unique
applications of digital innovation that have been successfully implemented and demonstrate economic value. IDC received more than
120 submissions for the first annual award. Award winners will be recognized at IDC’s Future of Digital Innovation Excellence
virtual event that will be held September.
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NVIDIA CEO Awarded Lifetime Achievement Accolade by Asian American
Engineer of the Year
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NVIDIA CEO was conferred the Distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award by Asian American Engineer of the Year, an annual
event that recognizes outstanding Asian American scientists, engineers and role models. In a virtual ceremony, Huang was
awarded for his contributions as “a visionary and innovator in parallel computing technology that accelerates the realization of
AI computing.” He also spoke of his experience as an immigrant and an Asian American. Past recipients of the Distinguished
Lifetime Achievement Award include Nobel laureates, astronauts and key corporate executives like TSMC founder Morris
Chang. The event was hosted by the nonprofit Chinese Institute of Engineers/USA, part of the Discovered Diversity Council.
Since the company’s first chip, Huang explained, scene complexity in computer graphics has increased around 500 million times.
Beyond the field of graphics, GPU acceleration has been channeled into high performance computing and AI to address
previously impossible problems in areas such as molecular biology. Huang also took the opportunity to share his thoughts as a
first-generation immigrant amid a recent rash of violent attacks on Asian Americans in the wake of the pandemic.
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Kongsberg Awarded Contracts Valued At 8.2 Bnok
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Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace AS (KONGSBERG) has entered into contracts with Norway and Germany to deliver ORCCA
™ combat system elements to the six new 212CD submarines, and the Naval Strike Missile to the two nations’ Navies. The
contract for NSM is a joint procurement by Norway and Germany valued at 4,404 MNOK. Germany is the 6th nation to select
NSM. For Norway the contract will serve to replenish and update the current inventory. The contract for the ORCCA™ Combat
System is a subcontract from thyssenkrupp Marine Systems GmbH, the prime contractor for the 212CD submarines, to kta naval
systems AS. KONGSBERG’s share of the combat system contract is valued 3,800 MNOK. kta naval systems AS was founded in
October 2017 as a joint venture between thyssenkrupp Marine Systems, its Naval Electronic Systems business unit (ATLAS
ELEKTRONIK) and Kongsberg Defense & Aerospace. Based on the combined expertise and products of the joint venture
partners, kta naval systems with its product family of ORCCA™ Combat Systems will exclusively develop, produce and
maintain all future submarine combat systems for thyssenkrupp Marine Systems submarines.
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Rimini Street UK Recognized in the Top 20 of the 2021 UK’s Best
Workplaces™ for Women
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Rimini Street, Inc. a global provider of enterprise software products and services, the leading third-party support provider for Oracle and SAP software
products and a Salesforce partner announced it has been recognized in the 2021 UK’s Best Workplaces™ for Women in the medium-sized firm category.
This achievement follows a top 10 ranking in the 2021 UK’s Best Workplaces™, as well as recognition in 2020 as a Great Place to Work-Certified ™
Company (GPTW) in the UK and a top 20 ranking in the 2020 Best Workplaces™ In Tech for medium-sized companies. Rimini Street is among the
UK-based organizations recognized by its employees as a company that promotes diversity and inclusivity. The 2021 UK’s Best Workplaces™ for
Women top 20 ranking is based on Rimini Street’s annual employee engagement survey which measures the extent to which women across the
organization reported a consistently great workplace experience, considering factors such as their daily encounters with innovation, inclusivity,
company values and the effectiveness of the Company’s leaders. Great Place to Work® is the global authority on workplace culture. Since 1992, they
have surveyed more than 100 million employees around the world and have used those deep insights to define what element makes a great workplace:
Trust. Great Place to Work® UK helps organizations quantify their culture and produce better business results by creating a high-trust work experience
for all employees. Their unparalleled benchmark data is used to recognize Great Place to Work-Certified™ organizations, as well as the acclaimed UK’s
Best Workplaces™, UK’s Best Workplaces™ for Women and UK’s Best Workplaces™ in Tech lists.
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GE wins multiple orders of high-voltage power transformers and reactors
from India’s largest transmission utility
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GE Renewable Energy’s Grid Solutions business announced it has recently been awarded multiple orders to supply 765 kV transformers and
reactors in India. The contracts have been awarded by Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (PGCIL), India’s largest state-owned transmission
company. As part of the order, GE will provide 13 units of 765 kV transformers and 32 numbers of 765 kV reactors. GE’s transformers and reactors
will be installed in the new substations that will be set up in the Indian state of Rajasthan by PGCIL, to evacuate 8.1 gigawatts (GW) of power from
the state’s solar energy zones under Phase-II of the Transmission System for evacuation of power from solar energy zones in Rajasthan project.
This includes the evacuation of energy from four solar energy zones within Rajasthan for onward dispersal of power to various beneficiaries - 1.05
gigawatts (GW) from Bhadla, 2.2 gigawatts (GW) from Fatehgarh, 1.9 gigawatts (GW) from Ramgarh and 2.95 gigawatts (GW) from Bikaner.
Rajasthan, located in northern India, receives maximum solar radiation intensity with very low average rainfall. It also has an abundance of desert
and uncultivated lands, making it the ideal place for solar energy generation. Due to these geographical and environmental advantages, Rajasthan
is emerging as a leader in renewable energy generation among the Indian states. India’s government has set a target for establishing 175 gigawatts
(GW) renewable capacity by 2022, which includes 100 gigawatts (GW) from solar and 60 gigawatts (GW) from wind. This includes the solar
generation potential of about 20 gigawatts (GW) in Rajasthan.
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Kongsberg’s Integrated Wind Turbine Installation Vessel Technology
Chosen by Cosco
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Kongsberg Maritime has won another important customer for its industry-leading Wind Turbine Installation Vessel (WTIV) technology, following the
signing of contracts totalling EUR 49m with the Chinese shipbuilder COSCO Shipping (Qidong) Offshore. The agreement will see Kongsberg Maritime
(KM) supply comprehensive technology packages for two new NG-20000X WTIVs, which COSCO is constructing for the Denmark-based service provider
Cadeler. KM’s Integrated Solution for Wind Turbine Installation Vessels will be crucial to the delivery and operation of the new vessels, which are destined
to be among the largest of their type and capable of transporting and installing multiple sets of next- and future-generation wind turbines, and their
foundations. This well-proven suite of solutions combines KM’s optimised thruster package and dynamic positioning functionalities to maintain operability
in all conditions. Monitoring and control of the KM components will be handled by a K-Chief marine automation system. Tailored energy control
functionalities will optimise energy efficiency and reduce the WTIVs’ environmental footprints, and the battery hybrid electrical system includes such novel
solutions as ThrustAllocator™ and PowerBoost™ to increase the vessels’ operational capability while reducing the number of engines and fuel consumption
required for both crane operations and DP manoeuvring. The state-of-the art vessels will also include technology for the regeneration of power from the
jacking system and cranes. To further reduce the environmental footprint and minimise downtime, KM has also included its new onboard advisory system,
EcoAdvisor™, and a condition-based monitoring system to extend maintenance intervals and detect any anomalies in the rotating equipment.
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Kongsberg Supplies Integrated Propulsion, Electro and Automation
Package for Eco-Friendly Bulk Carrier
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Kongsberg Maritime (KM) has been commissioned to deliver comprehensive, integrated equipment and systems package for an ambitious and
environmentally-responsible new bulk carrier project. The gas-powered ship – which can be fuelled using either zero CO2 emission LBG (Liquefied Biogas) or
conventional LNG – is being built for the Norwegian short sea shipping company Seaworks, utilising a design which originated with Norway’s leading vessel
architects, Polarkonsult. Having been impressed with KONGSBERG’s products, services and support on previous commercial marine projects, Polarkonsult
approached KM with a view to supplying a propulsion system and LNG engine for the new bulk carrier. During the consultation, KM proposed an integrated
solution which would enhance operational efficiency and prove far more cost-effective than separate systems, and this is the approach which has been agreed upon.
KM’s scope of delivery for the newbuild bulk carrier is extensive. The mechanical aspects of the integrated solution encompass steering and reduction gear, bow
and stern thrusters, the rudder, a controllable pitch propeller system and a Bergen gas main engine. On the electrical and digital side, the delivery includes energy
and power management systems, an energy storage unit, an electro package and a K-Chief marine automation system for monitoring and control of all key vessel
functions. The bulk carrier is now being constructed in Wuhu, China after a careful tendering process saw 15 shipyards throughout Europe and China bidding for
the contract. Pandemic restrictions unavoidably slowed down the contract negotiations, resulting in a few months’ delay to the original schedule. Nevertheless, all
parties concerned have shown unflagging determination to see the project through, and construction is now back on track.
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Global Computer Makers Deliver Breakthrough MLPerf Results with
NVIDIAAI
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NVIDIA’s partners are delivering GPU-accelerated systems that train AI models faster than anyone on the planet, according to the latest MLPerf
results released. Seven companies put at least a dozen commercially available systems, the majority NVIDIA-Certified, to the test in the industry
benchmarks. Dell, Fujitsu, GIGABYTE, Inspur, Lenovo, Nettrix and Supermicro joined NVIDIA to demonstrate industry-leading results training
neural networks with NVIDIAA100 Tensor Core GPUs. Only NVIDIA and its partners ran all eight workloads in the latest round of benchmarks.
Together, our work made up more than three-quarters of all submissions, and the results were stunning. Compared to last year’s scores, we
delivered up to 3.5x more performance. For massive jobs that demand the most muscle, we mustered resources from a record 4,096 GPUs, more
than any other submission. This is the fourth and strongest showing for the NVIDIA ecosystem in training tests from MLPerf, an industry
benchmarking group formed in May 2018. MLPerf gives users the confidence to make informed buying decisions. It’s backed by dozens of
industry leaders including Alibaba, Arm, Baidu, Google, Intel and NVIDIA, so the tests are transparent and objective. The benchmarks are based
on most popular AI workloads and scenarios, covering computer vision, natural-language processing, recommendation systems, reinforcement
learning and more. And the training benchmarks focus on what users care about most — time to train a new AI model.
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Airbiquity Partners with Cyngn to Help Material Handling Companies
Evolve Vehicle Fleets into Autonomous Systems
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Airbiquity®, a global leader of connected vehicle services announced its partnership with Cyngn, an autonomous vehicle (AV) technology
provider. Cyngn’s flagship product, DriveMod, is an end-to-end autonomy solution that can be flexibly deployed on multiple vehicle types in
various environments. By integrating Airbiquity’s OTAmatic® over-the-air software management platform and the Cyngn DriveMod autonomous
driving system, organizations can invest in industrial AV technology that starts generating value while being prepared to tackle the challenges of
tomorrow. According to Global Market Insights Inc., the material handling equipment market is estimated to reach US $200 billion by 2027.
Industrial AV solutions often require companies to replace their entire existing vehicle fleet. The Airbiquity and Cyngn partnership shifts that
paradigm. The technology stack that results from this partnership will enable companies operating in the materials handling market to securely
evolve their vehicle fleets into AV systems that can be updated and refined over time, leading to increased autonomous fleet management
efficiency and up-time. OTAmatic is an over-the-air (OTA) software and data management solution that securely orchestrates and automates
connected vehicle software updates and data management from the cloud. Businesses use OTAmatic to efficiently plan and execute OTA
campaigns with refined vehicle and device targeting, discrete policy and privacy controls, customizable user communications, and solution
deployment flexibility.
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Schneider Electric’s EcoStruxure™ Platform Combined with AVEVA’s Digital
Transformation Solutions Proven to Drive Industrial Sustainability Initiatives
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Schneider Electric the leader in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, and AVEVA, a global leader in
industrial software, driving digital transformation and sustainability, announced that their combined technology offerings are
supporting the sustainability initiatives of mining companies in four key pillars: energy efficiency, yield improvement, low
greenhouse emission technology adoption, and new green processes. Global DE carbonization is heavily reliant on the sustainable
production of minerals and commodities. A thriving and healthy mining and metals sector is crucial for the global economy and to
support the innovation of new technologies and materials needed for climate change reduction, environment protection, and the
circular economy. Schneider Electric and AVEVA are providing the tools required by organizations to make informed decisions that
will empower people across the mining, minerals, and metals value chains to be more strategic in their choices based on sound advice
with sustainability in mind. They are assisting operators and managers in these choices leaving these organizations well positioned to
tackle some of the challenges associated with adopting sustainable practices, potentially resulting in reduced operating costs and thus
providing the rare ability of appeasing all stakeholders.
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AVEVA and RIB announce strategic partnership to enhance AVEVA Project
Execution offerings for Process and Plant Industries
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AVEVA, a global leader in industrial software, driving digital transformation and sustainability, announced that it has signed a partnership agreement
with RIB Software (RIB), a global leader in digital technologies for construction, to enhance AVEVA’s Project Execution portfolio offering for process
and plant industries. The integration will extend the AVEVA Unified Project Execution solution to include new capabilities from the RIB MTWO
platform such as enhanced estimation and project cost controls, more powerful dashboards and KPI monitoring, and optimized construction
management with full Connected Worker capabilities in the Cloud. Together with RIB, AVEVA will connect project teams and allow them to collaborate
more effectively by bringing together the engineering, procurement and construction functions to deliver a true design to delivery solution. AVEVA and
RIB have committed to further integration and expansion of the new platform that will bring together AVEVA Enterprise Resource Management and
AVEVA Contract Risk Management with RIB’s iTWO and MTWO solutions that create a world leading end-to-end integrated, platform solution for
multi-dimensional digital construction. Benefits include advanced estimation and cost controls for more accurate bidding, enhanced project monitoring
through 4D and 5D simulations, tighter project management, improved cash flow control, as well as a reduction of waste and optimized use of scarce
resources for enhanced sustainability. The joint offering will help the industry further align to emerging best practices that rely on collaboration, such
as advanced work packaging (AWP), integrated project delivery, strategic procurement and collaborative contracting.
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AVEVAAnnounces IS³ as the First AVEVA Select Partner in the EMEA
Region
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AVEVA, a global leader in industrial software, driving digital transformation and sustainability, announced that IS³-Industry Software
Solutions and Support, a business within Digital Industries (Pty) Ltd, has become the first AVEVA Select partner in the EMEA region,
making them the only authorized distributor for AVEVA products in Southern Africa. Being an AVEVA Select partner also allows IS³ to
deliver AVEVA's full portfolio of comprehensive, global leading industrial software across the Southern African region. The coveted
‘AVEVA Select Partner’ designation allows distributors to enable customers simplify design, optimize production, and maximize
performance. By leveraging the breadth of the AVEVA software portfolio, AVEVA Select partners can take advantage of programs
designed to suit every product and solution specialization in the engineering and industrial segments. The AVEVA Select Program offers
an effective way for partners to penetrate new markets and build upon existing solutions and local relationships. The AVEVA Select
partnership has accelerated the value that IS³ can provide, empowering their customers and partners to optimize engineering, operations,
and asset performance. A common digital thread across all enterprise pillars is enabling a new level of performance intelligence using
bedrock technologies from artificial intelligence, IIOT, big data to the cloud and hybrid solutions.
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AVEVA and IMI extend their Collaboration with new Partnership to Accelerate
Maritime Sector Digital Transformation in the Middle East and Africa
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AVEVA, a global leader in industrial software, driving digital transformation and sustainability, and International Maritime Industries (IMI)
announced that they have extended their existing long-term collaboration with a new strategic partnership. The partnership will further
advance IMI’s engineering solutions to include production and manufacturing processes, developing best-in-class products and services for
the maritime sector in the Middle East and Africa (MEA). The new a joint venture involves Saudi Aramco, Lamprell Plc, Bahri and Hyundai
Heavy Industries and spans a 10-year period, to optimize digitalization across the maritime lifecycle utilizing AVEVA Unified Engineering
and AVEVA Digital Ship and Shipyard Operations. Set to be fully operational by 2023, IMI is driving an accelerated and advanced digital
program to ensure it is able to commence yard operations using the most advanced technology innovations. This will help IMI to deliver agile
and efficient newbuild project execution, a connected, digitally-enabled workforce to ensure safe and effective ship production, and a smart
connected shipyard to continuously optimize the operational efficiency of its facility. The partnership will see all parties collaborating on
enhancing digital transformation for IMI’s core business processes and facilities. AVEVA and IMI will also join forces to power futuristic
developments and co-innovation of new technologies, including digital solutions and services for the maritime industry.
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C3 AI and NCS Form Strategic Partnership to Deliver Enterprise AI
Applications across Asia-Pacific
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C3 AI the Enterprise AI application software company, and NCS, a leading technology services provider and member of the Singtel Group announced a strategic
partnership focused on delivering enterprise AI solutions to clients in Southeast Asia (SEA) and Australia/New Zealand (ANZ) across multiple industries, including
telecommunications, government, financial services, transportation, and more. This agreement represents C3 AI’s first strategic partnership with a telecommunications
group. NCS will leverage its deep domain experience and technology expertise in serving governments and businesses in SEA and ANZ, investing up to S$10 million to
develop and deploy enterprise AI applications created on the C3 AI® Suite. C3 AI’s solutions will also be deployed across Singtel, Optus, and other affiliated
telecommunications networks to bring the advantages of enterprise AI to their operations and clients. As the leader in enterprise AI applications, C3 AI’s offerings include
the C3 AI Suite, a powerful end-to-end enterprise AI platform C3 AI Ex Machina, a no-code solution that anyone can use to generate actionable enterprise AI insights
C3 AI CRM, the first enterprise AI-powered CRM solution custom-built for industries and a comprehensive inventory of pre-built enterprise AI applications. These
applications cover a broad range of use cases, such as C3 AI Energy Management for optimizing energy consumption and carbon emissions, C3 AI Predictive
Maintenance to reduce unplanned machine downtime, and C3 AI Fraud Detection for financial transactions. In its 2021 Global CIO Agenda survey, Gartner found that
SEA and ANZ were among the fastest-growing regions in the world to apply digitalization to optimize enterprise processes1. In addition, CIOs in these regions identified
Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning as a game-changing technology2. To capitalize on this trend, C3 AI and NCS will establish a Center of Excellence together to
jointly explore new solutions that will accelerate the adoption of enterprise AI and develop custom-built offerings tailored to the business requirements of the Asia-Pacific
market.
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Bosch and BASF smart farming joint venture gets global green light
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The 50/50 joint venture (JV) between Bosch and BASF Digital Farming to globally market and sell smart farming technologies from a single source
has now received approval by all relevant merger control authorities. The JV has been registered as Bosch BASF Smart Farming (BBSF) GmbH. A
major milestone, BBSF has since set up its headquarters in Cologne, Germany and appointed experienced managing directors BASF’s Silvia Cifre
Wibrow and Bosch’s Florian Gwosdz to jointly lead the company. The company will distribute its Smart Spraying solution, which Bosch and BASF are
developing and testing, to initial markets in North America, South America and Europe. Its Intelligent Planting Solution (IPS) is already commercially
available in Brazil and Argentina, and will use the advanced digital agronomic intelligence of BASF’s xarvio™ crop optimization platform to enhance
zone-based seeding recommendations in the near future in Brazil. The Smart Spraying solution offers real-time, automated pre-emergence
(“green-on-brown”) and post-emergence (“green-on-green”) weed identification and management day and night. Combining Bosch’s high-tech camera
sensor technology and software with xarvio’s agronomic intelligence enables Smart Spraying in milliseconds to precisely detect weeds in crop rows and
to spot apply herbicide only where needed. Its unique configuration supports a more efficient use of herbicide, with trials showing herbicide volume
savings of 70% are achievable. Higher savings are also possible, with variability dependent on the prevailing field conditions and weed pressure of
individual fields.
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GE Renewable Energy announces joint development agreement for weather
technology with Whiffle
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GE Renewable Energy announced that it has entered into a Joint Development Agreement (JDA) with Whiffle, a
Netherlands-based weather forecasting technology firm, for application of Whiffle’s ultra-fine atmospheric Large
Eddy Simulation (LES) modeling for GE’s wind energy applications. Whiffle's LES weather modeling uses high
performance computing systems for forecasting and wind climate analysis. Through the JDA, GE will leverage
Whiffle’s technology to optimize wind turbine siting, ultimately enabling improved AEP for customers. GE Renewable
Energy was recognized by the American Clean Power Association (ACPA) as the top manufacturer of wind turbines in
the US in 2020, for the third year in a row. Of the total onshore wind installed nationwide, ACPA reported that GE
technology was deployed in 53% of new capacity additions, as well as in 31% of new projects under construction or in
advanced development that have selected an OEM.
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Calpine and GE Renewable Energy complete Santa Ana storage project in
Southern California
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Calpine and GE Renewable Energy announced the completion of the Santa Ana Storage Project (SASP) in Southern
California. The project contains a 20 MW/80 MWh (4hr) standalone battery energy storage system using GE’s
Reservoir energy storage technology. The system, now in commercial operations, is supported by a 20-year Resource
Adequacy Power Purchase Agreement (PPA). The project will be able to provide energy to up to 12,000 households
during peak events, and/or 24,000 households during normal load conditions. This grid-connected battery energy
storage system represents a major step forward in Calpine’s plans to grow the company’s energy storage footprint. The
SASP facility itself will be capable of considerable expansion in future phases. GE’s Battery Energy Storage solution
is a flexible, compact solution that combines GE’s advanced technologies and expertise in plant controls, power
electronics, battery management systems and electrical balance of plant - all backed by GE’s performance guarantees.
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Honeywell and Cambridge Quantum Reach New Milestones
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Honeywell and Cambridge Quantum announced three scientific and technical milestones that demonstrate the viability of large-scale quantum
computing and show that quantum-enabled solutions for optimization are closer than expected. For the first time, researchers at Honeywell
Quantum Solutions demonstrated repeated rounds of real-time quantum error correction (QEC), an advancement that represents a significant step
toward the realization of large-scale quantum computing. The company also achieved a quantum volume of 1,024, doubling its own record from
just four months ago. Beyond the hardware milestones, Cambridge Quantum also has developed a new quantum algorithm that uses fewer qubits
to solve optimization problems. Honeywell researchers addressed quantum error correction by creating a single logical qubit from seven of the 10
physical qubits available on Honeywell System H1 Model and applying multiple rounds of QEC. Protected from the main types of errors that occur
in a quantum computer, Honeywell's logical qubit combats errors that accumulate during computations. Honeywell and Cambridge Quantum
announced in June they are combining to form the world's largest, stand-alone quantum computing company. Closing of the combination
transaction remains subject to regulatory review and customary closing conditions. The two companies have long worked together to develop
quantum-enabled solutions to address optimization, scheduling, and other enterprise-level challenges. Since first announcing its commercial
quantum computers in March 2020, Honeywell has continuously exceeded its own milestones.
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Honeywell and Nexii Create Strategic Alliance to Support Sustainable Building
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Honeywell and Nexii Building Solutions Inc. announced the creation of a strategic alliance to further the development of buildings with a reduced
environmental impact. This alliance names Honeywell as the exclusive building technologies supplier for new buildings constructed by Nexii, providing
products that offer energy savings and operational efficiencies. More than 90% of the U.S. commercial building stock consists of properties under 50,000
square feet, and most of these buildings lack a proper building management system (BMS) to manage energy usage.2 Unlike competitive products that are
either traditional BMS solutions built for large-scale, complex buildings or simple heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) control systems
designed for smaller scale use, the Honeywell Small and Medium Building Administrator enables multi-site businesses to drive smarter building operations
and meet compliance requirements. The companies will integrate Nexii expertise in high-performance and efficient building systems with the Honeywell
Small and Medium Building Administrator powered by Honeywell Forge, an affordable and scalable building portfolio management system designed
specifically for small- to medium-sized buildings. The Honeywell Small and Medium Building Administrator can save users up to 30% in facility energy
costs, 1 improve visibility into building portfolio performance, and help facility managers optimize occupant comfort, operational performance and safer
asset management. Honeywell will also provide its industry-leading fire and security systems to support Nexii-constructed buildings. Nexii's
high-performance green building products are precision manufactured in plants to project specifications using 3D software.
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Honeywell and Premier Inc. Collaborate To Expand U.S. Production of Nitrile
Exam Gloves
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Honeywell and Premier Inc. a leading technology-driven healthcare improvement company, announced a new commercial relationship dedicated to expanding the
domestic production of nitrile exam gloves. This new collaboration is expected to produce at least 750 million domestically made nitrile exam gloves in the first
year alone. Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the supply of exam gloves has been constrained as global demand skyrocketed – exceeding production
capacity by nearly 40 percent. Global raw material scarcity, port closures and delays, and increased glove usage as a result of increased hospitalization rates and
vaccination efforts have exacerbated ongoing shortages. As a result, Premier member hospitals reported access to exam gloves as one of their greatest
product-related challenges to care for patients, with many implementing glove conservation practices and other precautionary measures to protect supply. The
collaboration between Premier and Honeywell is expected to expand access to domestically manufactured exam gloves for U.S. hospitals, clinics and other
healthcare providers. More than 80 participating Premier member health systems have committed to purchase a certain percentage of the Honeywell gloves for a
period of five years. Honeywell will provide additional gloves to S2S Global, Premier's direct sourcing subsidiary, enabling the sale of domestically produced
gloves to other health systems and hospitals across the country. Honeywell has a long history of designing and manufacturing head-to-toe safety solutions for
workers in challenging environments globally. With decades of experience in the healthcare space, Honeywell offers a broad portfolio of PPE for the hospital
environment, including face shields and respiratory protection, and solutions to improve patient outcomes and enhance the performance of critical medical
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Honeywell Continues Transition to Next-Generation Refrigerant in Collaboration
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Honeywell announced it will partner with Trane Technologies to accelerate the transition to a next-generation, environmentally preferable refrigerant
by field testing Honeywell's Solstice® N41 (R-466A), the industry's first nonflammable alternative to R-410A. Trane will deploy and test Solstice N41
at three customer locations in different parts of the United States as part of a one-year field trial. Trane is currently testing Solstice N41 at the Western
Cooling Efficiency Center (WCEC) at the University of California, Davis, to evaluate its performance with a Trane rooftop HVAC unit used in light
commercial applications. The trials will test compatibility with new equipment installations and retrofit conversions. Trane will closely monitor power
and energy consumption and analyze the refrigerant characteristics to further assess Solstice N41 as a replacement for R-410A. Solstice N41 provides
the same level of safety to contractors and customers as the market standard refrigerant, R-410A, and reduces global warming impact by 65 percent.
Other alternatives proposed as R-410A replacements, such as R-32 and R-454B, are higher risk due to their 2L (low flammability) rating, which could
increase risk to businesses and homeowners and require changes to safety standards and building codes and OEM equipment production lines. To date,
Solstice N41 has undergone extensive analysis by over 15 original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and leading compressor manufacturers. The
product has accumulated more than 100,000 reliable hours in different applications like commercial air conditioning (variable refrigerant flow,
rooftops) and residential air conditioning (unitary ducted equipment in the U.S.).
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Signs Contract For Delivery To Copernicus Mission
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Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace has signed a contract with Thales Alenia Space to deliver technology to the new Radar
Observation System for Europe (ROSE) satellite as part of the Copernicus Programme – the European Union’s Global
Monitoring for Environment and Security program. KONGSBERG shall deliver the Antenna Pointing Mechanism (APM) to
the ROSE L-band mission. The APM routes the radio frequency signals between the antenna and the spacecraft, and provides
accurate and stable pointing of the reflector and elevation axes to transfer information from the satellite to the ground station
antenna on Earth. The programme is headed by the European Commission (EC), acting on behalf of the European Union, in
partnership with the European Space Agency (ESA). Thales Alenia Space will serve as prime contractor for ROSE-L.
Copernicus, funded by the EU and ESA, is the European Union's Earth Observation Programme, providing data for
environmental protection, climate monitoring, natural disaster assessment and other social tasks to benefit all European
citizens.
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Kongsberg Digital Signs Agreement with Exxonmobil to Explore Use of Kog-
nitwin® Energy Dynamic Digital Twin Saas-Solution
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Kognitwin Energy is Kongsberg Digital’s digital twin Software-as-a-Service platform that enables operators to integrate
and contextualize data from their IT and OT systems, and enable advanced process and flow simulation to drive higher
degrees of asset performance and collaboration. Operators apply Kognitwin Energy to drive a strategic transformation
agenda that allows their workforce to reimagine how they work, through digital means. In addition to data, workflows and
simulation, Kognitwin Energy enables an open ecosystem of applications through an API-driven integration approach,
rooted in a principle of open standards and democratized innovation. Kongsberg Digital is building on its existing
experience from working with ExxonMobil, where it among other items has deployed real-time dynamic simulation
models leveraging its key dynamic simulation technologies K-Spice Dynamic Process Simulation Platform and LedaFlow
Advanced Transient Multiphase Flow Simulator.
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NVIDIA and King’s College London Accelerate Brain Research with Synthetic
Image Project
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NVIDIA and King’s College London unveiled new details about one of the first projects on Cambridge-1, the United Kingdom’s most
powerful supercomputer. King’s College London is using Cambridge-1 to build AI models that are able to generate synthetic brain
images by learning from tens of thousands of MRI brain scans taken of patients of various ages and with a variety of diseases. This
groundbreaking work will enable scientists to differentiate healthy brains from those that are diseased — giving them a more nuanced
understanding of what diseases look like and possibly enabling earlier and more accurate diagnoses. The use of synthetic data has the
additional benefit that it can ensure patient privacy since the images were AI generated. This also allows King’s to open the research
to the broader U.K. healthcare community. The AI model was developed by King’s and NVIDIA data scientists and engineers. It is
one of several projects taking place on Cambridge-1. Other leading U.K. healthcare institutions planned digital biology projects
include drug design and genome sequencing. Cambridge-1 is the U.K.’s most powerful supercomputer, with 80 NVIDIA DGX™
A100 systems integrating NVIDIA A100 GPUs, BlueField®-2 DPUs and NVIDIA HDR InfiniBand networking. King’s College
London intends to share its synthetic data model with the greater research and startup community.
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NVIDIA and Palo Alto Networks Boost Cyber Defenses with DPU Acceleration
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Cybercrime cost the American public more than $4 billion in reported losses over the course of 2020, according to the FBI. To stay ahead of
emerging threats, Palo Alto Networks, a global cybersecurity leader, has developed the first virtual next-generation firewall (NGFW) designed to
be accelerated by NVIDIA’s BlueField data processing unit (DPU). The DPU accelerates packet filtering and forwarding by offloading traffic from
the host processor to dedicated hardware that is separate from the server CPU. The solution delivers the intrusion prevention and advanced security
capabilities of Palo Alto Networks’ virtual NGFWs to every server without sacrificing network performance. It also allows network flows that
were previously impossible or impractical to inspect by intelligently screening the relevant parts of the flow and offloading the rest to the DPU.
This hardware-accelerated software NGFW is a milestone in boosting software firewall performance and maximizing data center security coverage
and efficiency by being first to market to be accelerated by a DPU. The recently announced DPU-enabled Palo Alto Networks VM-Series NGFW
uses zero trust network security principles. The DPU operates as an intelligent network filter to parse, classify and steer traffic flows with zero
ReCPU overhead, which enables the NGFW to support close to 100 GB/s throughput for typical use cases. This is a 5x performance boost versus
running the VM-Series firewall on a CPU alone — and up to 150 percent capex savings compared to legacy hardware.
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NVIDIA and Volvo Cars Detail Software-Defined Future of Safe Transportation
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Volvo Cars’ Tech Moment event NVIDIA vice president and general manager of Automotive, joined executives from Volvo Cars to outline the
centralized compute architecture that will power these software-defined vehicles. This architecture, built on NVIDIA DRIVE Orin, is what Volvo
Cars is using for its next generation fleet. With a software-defined architecture, cars will no longer be at their best when they leave the factory, but
rather constantly improving through over-the-air updates. This flexibility will even allow automakers to develop vehicles and experiences that are
customizable for each customer. Volvo Cars is rebuilding its vehicle compute architecture from the ground up to support this software-defined
vision. Cars on the road are powered by tens of electronic control units (ECUs) distributed throughout the vehicle. Each ECU controls a specific
function such as power windows or the infotainment system. This structure requires long development cycles and can be incredibly complicated
to update as new technology emerges. The core computing system, which will be introduced on a model to be unveiled in 2022, is made up of three
main computers. These support each other in operating vision processing and artificial intelligence, general computing and infotainment
respectively. With NVIDIA DRIVE Orin at the core of Volvo Cars’ vehicles, the aim is to continue be safer and more personal over time via
over-the-air updates, while maintaining enough compute headroom to power vision and sensor processing.
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NVIDIA and Google Cloud to Create Industry’s First AI-on-5G Lab to Speed
Development of AI Everywhere
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NVIDIA announced that it is partnering with Google Cloud to establish the industry’s first AI-on-5G Innovation Lab, enabling network infrastructure players
and AI software partners to develop, test and adopt solutions that will help accelerate the creation of smart cities, smart factories and other advanced 5G and
AI applications. The lab will provide enterprises with access to Google Cloud’s Anthos platform and NVIDIA accelerated computing hardware and software
platforms that let them harness data and AI to drive business performance, improve operational efficiency and optimize safety and reliability. The companies
will begin development in the second half of the year. NVIDIA announced in April it is teaming with Google Cloud, Fujitsu, Mavenir, Radisys and Wind
River to develop solutions for NVIDIA’s AI-on-5G platform. Google Cloud is extending the Anthos application platform to the network edge, allowing
telecommunications service providers and enterprises to rapidly deliver new services and applications at the 5G edge. Anthos offers a consistent platform for
application deployments, with a service-centric view of each environment. The platform enables customers to build and deploy enterprise-grade,
containerized applications faster with managed Kubernetes in the cloud, on premises and at the network edge. Anthos supports NVIDIA GPU-accelerated
servers, enabling a consistent deployment and operational experience across deployments, while reducing expensive overhead and improving developer
productivity. The platform also protects applications and software supply chains and provides an outcome-focused approach to managing policies for
applications across environments — a critical feature for network operators and enterprises delivering AI on 5G.
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Olympic Subsea To Deploy Vessel Insight Across Its Fleet
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Kongsberg Digital is pleased to announce that Olympic Subsea, one of the world’s leading operators in the subsea and renewable energy
markets, will be installing Vessel Insight across its entire fleet as a means of accessing, collecting and consolidating a full range of
mission-critical data. Olympic Artemis will be the first Olympic Subsea ship to deploy Kongsberg Digital’s Vessel Insight and Vessel
Performance data infrastructure and performance monitoring solutions. With its stated aim of becoming the most specialized and
best-performing partner in the blue energy sector, Olympic Subsea’s fleet-wide upgrade to Kongsberg Digital’s Vessel Insight data
infrastructure service will enable the company to continue the digitalization journey which began with its implementation of KDI’s Vessel
Performance solution for energy usage and operational monitoring. The first vessel in the fleet to deploy the complete KDI rollout will
be Olympic Artemis. With the new Vessel Insight installation, Olympic Subsea plans to collect all essential data points from its vessels in
order to extract the full potential from data-driven missions. With complete access to all contextualized data across its entire fleet, the
company will come even closer to realizing its goal of operating the most modern, flexible and fit-for-purpose vessels in the field of
subsea and renewable operations.
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