Infrastructure engineering software company Bentley Systems has entered into a definitive agreement with investors led by Accel-KKR to acquire Seequent, a specialist in software for geological and geophysical modelling, geotechnical stability, and cloud services for geodata management, visibility, and collaboration, for US$900mn
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IFS introduces IFS Cloud
IFS has introduced IFS Cloud, a single platform that innately connects all its products to deliver the end-to-end capabilities a company needs to orchestrate its customers, people and assets and deliver moments of service
Bentley Systems acquires Australian civil construction software specialist E7
Bentley Systems, the infrastructure engineering software company, has acquired E7, a Brisbane, Australia-based specialist in field-based construction delivery software for heavy civil construction
Enova enhances smartphone app to monitor indoor air quality
Enova, an energy and facilities management specialist, has enhanced its Enova by Veolia smartphone app with the Internet-of-Things (IoT) technology, that allows users to monitor indoor temperature, relative humidity and air quality parameters and carbon dioxide levels in real time
5G in manufacturing will touch US$10.8bn by 2030
The market for 5G cellular connections in manufacturing is expected to reach US$10.8bn by 2030, at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 187 per cent, finds global tech market advisory firm, ABI Research