BPD Zenith has acquired enterprise asset management (EAM) solutions company and IBM and IFS Gold partner, Peacock Engineering. The acquisition is expected to strengthen BPD Zenith’s global asset management technology capabilities by adding Fingertip, Peacock’s mobility solution, to its solutions’ portfolio. Developed in 2016, Fingertip provides a data link in real time to asset-driven organisations,…
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SAP has announced that it will integrate IBM’s Watson AI technology into its solutions platform to offer users new insights and automation of the user experience. The move will see SAP use IBM Watson capabilities to power its digital assistant in SAP Start, a unified entry point for cloud solutions from SAP. With AI capabilities…
Soul Machines is making significant progress in implementing and integrating its AI-powered Digital Iris “Digital Person” solution with IBM Watson Assistant at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW). Digital Iris is the newest member of the DFW team and the world’s first example of the “Digital Person” product for assisting airport visitors at information kiosks. Inspired…
Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) Transmission has appointed Peacock Engineering, a class-leading specialist in Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) solutions, as part of its digital investment strategy, aligned with Ofgem’s RIIO-T2 price controls for electricity providers to deliver world-class service and reliability. Using an IBM Maximo cloud-based solution fully managed by Peacock Engineering, the new…
United Kingdom-based vertical storage lifts supplier Randex has introduced ERP integration with Compact-branded vertical lifts for popular enterprise systems from IBM, SAP, JDA, Red Prairie and Blue Yonder. Manufactured in Sweden by Weland Solutions and distributed exclusively in the UK by Randex, Compact vertical storage lifts save up to 90 per cent of floor space…
Oliver Cripps, Sustainability Manager for Herman Miller, explains why upcycling ocean-bound plastics for use in offices is a logical extension of product life cycle planning. COP26 has now been and gone, but the focus by companies to consider sustainability as a fundamental aspect of the way they do business remains critical in the path to…
12.08.2020, 04:54 Poor Technology Skills Hampering Covid-19 Recovery A technology skills deficit is impeding the global recovery from COVID-19 according to participants from PwC, IBM and the European Parliament in this year’s virtual Global Manufacturing and Industrialisation Summit (#GMIS2020). Speaking in the event’s most recent panel discussion was Harald Kayser, Chairman and Senior Partner…
23.07.2020, 16:41 Expression of Interest – IBM TRIRIGA® IWMS (No. E-2020-354) The Council of the City of Sydney invites Expressions of Interest (EoI) for specialist TRIRIGA Integrated Workplace Management System (IWM) Remediation & Implementation services relating to its portfolio of around 250 properties. EoI are invited from qualified vendors globally. The Council is both a…
23.04.2020, 20:33 MRI Announces Senior Appointments MRI Software has promoted Roman Telerman to Chief Financial Officer and appointed software executive, David Bowie, as SVP and Managing Director for Asia Pacific. Telerman, who replaces outgoing CFO, Bruce Duner, joined MRI in 2010. He has seen the company expand its global presence from 35 countries to over 170. Responsible for…
06.11.2019, 16:39 Kramer Announces New CEO Kramer Electronics has appointed Itzhak Bambagi as Chief Executive Officer with immediate effect. Bambagi has served in key executive roles at Digital/Compaq and also led IBM’s IT transformational experience using cloud technologies and various digital workplace initiatives across the EMEA region. With a strong history in software and cloud…
02.10.2019, 15:48 Innovation Trends of the Year Funding specialists MPA Group have identified major trends in innovation to look out for in advance of the annual Advanced Engineering event in Birmingham on 30th October. The engineering and technology worlds never stand still; in fact, their rates of progress only seem to increase with each passing…
07.08.2019, 13:44 Bolstering Security With Big Data Trevor Ball, business development manager UK & Ireland for Allegion UK, explains how facilities can improve security by harvesting and harnessing big data. Ever since the inception of the internet, data has been used to improve processes across the globe. Since the turn of the millennium in…