SAP SE and Goldman Sachs announced that they have joined forces to make it easier for companies to do business with the millions of suppliers worldwide on Ariba Network, where more than US$3.2 trillion in commerce is transacted annually.

Tata Consultancy Services announced a new research agreement with Macquarie University that will provide students the opportunity to gain real-world experience in the application of data analytics and Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the financial services sector.

L&T Technology Services Limited signed a multi-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Indian Institute of Technology - Kanpur to collaborate on research in cybersecurity.

At the ARC Industry Forum in Orlando, ARC Senior Analyst Paula Hollywood, interviewed Alan Kiraly, Senior Vice President at Bentley Systems.  They discussed digital twins - their impact on asset performance management (APM).

Bentley Systems, Incorporated announced the acquisition of GroupBC, a leading UK SaaS software innovator for Construction Information Management.

NEC Corporation announced a collaboration with Siemens in the IoT field to provide a monitoring and analysis solution to Accelerate Digitization in Manufacturing.

Equinor and Shell have signed a Memorandum of Understanding on collaboration to develop digital solutions and methods together through the exchange of expertise within areas like data science, artificial intelligence and 3D printing.

Muroran Institute of Technology and Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited announced their decision to accelerate joint research on chemical recycling technology.

Infosys and IBM announced a global alliance to help enterprises accelerate digital transformation journey using the IBM public cloud.

Microsoft is partnering with Cisco to provide customers a pre-integrated Cisco Edge to Microsoft Azure IoT Hub solution.