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ArticleSurvey: German BI market set to grow strongly
US-based SAS is Germany's biggest seller of BI software (Photo: BI)MUNICH - The German market for business intelligence software is set to grow sharply this year, as small and mid-sized companies continue to invest in products that can help make them more efficient.According to a survey of Germany-based BI ...
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ArticleFrankfurt auto show - IAA
The bi-annual Frankfurt auto show, also known as the IAA, will be held in Frankfurt in September as the European market continues to suffer from declining car sales.The show, the world's biggest, will kick off with two press days September 10 and 11, followed by two trade days September 12 ...
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ArticleFaurecia, Dortmund University start metals research
Faurecia is a large maker of automotive seating systems (Photo: Faurecia)Faurecia, one of the world's largest automotive suppliers, and the Technical University of Dortmund have opened a joint research center for metals processing.ReCIMP (Research Center for Industrial Metal Processing) will develop new manufacturing technologies as well as components for ...
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ArticleSiemens acquires production planning specialist Preactor
Sri Lankan tire maker DSI uses Preactor software to schedule production across several sites (Photo: Preactor)Siemens has acquired production software specialist Preactor, as the German group continues to expand its offering of industry software.Preactor is a UK based maker of production planning and scheduling software. Its advanced planning software ...
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ArticleIn new cloud move, IBM to acquire SoftLayer
IBM and SoftLayer will target new customers (Photo: IBM)IBM has signed a definitive agreement to buy SoftLayer technologies in a bid to strengthen its cloud-based services offering.The US-based IT group said the acquisition will help speed business adoption of public and private cloud solutions. "With SoftLayer, IBM will accelerate ...
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ArticleDassault Systemes plans acquisition to boost plant software offering
Dassault sees growing interest in digital manufactureing (Photo: Dassault Systemes)Dassault Systemes is planning to acquire Apriso in a move to strengthen its position in manufacturing software solutions.The Paris based maker of 3d design software and product lifecycle management products said it will pay about 205 million dlrs for the ...
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ArticleConti, Oerlikon to jointly develop EV transmissions
Greater powertrain efficiency could enhance EVs' driving range. Pictured is the Renault Fluence Z.E. (Photo: Renault)Germany's Continental and Switzerland's Oerlikon will jointly develop and market integrated motor and transmission systems for hybrid and electric vehicles.The aim of the cooperation is to improve the efficiency of electric powertrains by improving ...
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ArticleKroes: Internet of things requires 1 European telecoms market
Kroes will propose legislation for a common EU telecoms market (Photo: EU)Europe needs an integrated telecommunications market as machine-to-machine connectivity takes on growing importance, EU Commissioner Neelie Kroes said Thursday.Kroes, who is in charge of Europe's digital agenda, said in a speech to the 11th European Business Summit in ...
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ArticleGM opens new data center as transformation of IT continues
GM will manage global data from Warren, Michigan (Photo: GM)General Motors opened a new 130 million-dlr data center this week, as the automaker continues its company-wide IT transformation.The center - in Warren, Michigan, outside Detroit - will serve as the backbone for all of the company's global computing operations. ...
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ArticleGerman companies see big savings potential from BPM software
Companies want BPM software to be simple (Photo: Metasonic)German managers see big savings potential from the use of business process management software, according to a recent poll.The Software Initiative Germany (SID), an industry association, and software group Metasonic interviewed 100 German business managers and found that 58 pc of ...
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ArticlePC shipments fall sharply in 1st quarter
Sales of Dell PCs fell more than 10 pc (Photo: Dell)Worldwide PC shipments plunged 13.9 pc in the first quarter of 2013, as buyers switched to tablets and smartphones.Market researchers IDC said PC shipments fell to 76.3 million units in the first quarter. The 13.9 pc drop was more ...
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ArticleIEA sees too many national differences in EV policies
The International Energy Agency (IEA) cited progress in advanced vehicle technologies, but said too many different national fuel-economy standards and too few comprehensive regional fuel-economy standards are holding back growth. The agency also said incentives will be required for years to come.In a report on the world's progress to low-carbon ...
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ArticleEU car sales plunge 10.2 pc in March
European sales are hurt by continuing economic uncertainty (Photo: EIB)Passenger car sales in the European Union fell 10.2 pc in March, posting the 18th consecutive monthly decline, the European auto industry association, ACEA, said Wednesday.Unit sales fell to 1.307 million in March from 1.455 million a year earlier. Sales ...
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ArticleHonda, Acura to show concepts in Shanghai
Acura will show a global concept in Shanghai (Photo: Honda)Honda will show a car concept at the Shanghai auto show that will indicate the direction of a new model it will be launching in the important Chinese market at a later date.The Japanese car group said its Acura brand ...
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ArticleGerman app downloads jump 80 pc in 2012
(Photo: Apple)App downloads soared in Germany last year as consumers bought more smartphones and tablets.Bitkom, the country's high-tech industry association, said app downloads jumped 80 pc to more than 1.7 billion in 2012."The megatrend toward mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets is unbroken," said Tobias Arns, a mobile ...
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ArticleT-Systems, Cloudera to offer cloud-based analytics-as-a-service
Big data analytics is a becoming a key offering for T-Systems (Photo: T-Systems)T-Systems has entered into a cooperation with US-based Cloudera to boost its offering of big data analytics.The business services arm of Germany's Deutsche Telekom said it will deliver cloud-based data analytics solutions based on Cloudera's platform for ...
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ArticlePwC survey: Weak auto outlook for 2013
Automotive CEOs are pessimistic about 2013, but most don't play layoffs (Photo: Siemens)Only 30 pc of top managers in the auto industry expect sales growth in 2013, according to a survey by consultants PricewaterhouseCoopers.The annual PwC Global CEO Survey shows that the car industry is more pessimistic than other ...
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ArticleRTT, Canon combine virtual-reality products
3D imaging can help speed up design and engineering processes (Photo: RTT)RTT and Canon are joining forces to help companies speed up development times in the product design process.RTT, a Germany-based 3d software specialist, said it has agreed with Canon, a Japanese maker of digital imaging hardware and software, ...
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ArticleBrazilian IT firms target CeBIT
(Photo: Wikimedia)At least 12 Brazilian IT firms will be present at this year's CeBIT high-tech fair, as the country attempts to boost the global competitiveness of its IT sectorSoftex, Brazil's software industry association, is organizing the companies' presence at the annual fair in Hanover. Brazil was CeBIT's partner country ...
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ArticleOracle modernizes Mazda's IT infrastructure
Mazda installed its original MDI system in 1996 (Photo: Mazda)Oracle has implemented an IT overhaul at Mazda that will reduce the carmaker's server operating costs by 40 pc and lower power consumption by 75 pc.The US-based hardware and business software group said it had modernized and consolidated the Mazda ...
