IFS acquires EmpowerMX to bolster its aviation sector offering

Enterprise resource planning (ERP) software provider IFS has agreed to acquire EmpowerMX, a vendor of software for managing aircraft maintenance, repair, and operations (MRO), adding to the capabilities of its fleet service management suite for the aviation sector. IFS already offers software for MRO providers and airlines, including end-to-end aircraft management for maintenance, repairs, operations…

Ulta Beauty embraces low-code to deliver better CX

About six years ago, Ulta Beauty formed a dedicated innovation team to identify technologies that resonate to improve the customer experience. As the VP of digital innovation, Michelle Pacynski heads up this team and oversees around 40 innovators whose job is to leverage new and emerging tech to come up with fresh and creative value propositions…

Xen Project colocation facility shutdown leaves open source OSSTest facing major disruption

To developers, OSSTest is an essential automated testing and quality checking system for anyone submitting code to the Xen Project’s open-source hypervisor. But all software runs somewhere. In the Xen Project’s case it’s virtual server infrastructure inside in a featureless colocation datacenter just outside Boston.  Unfortunately — extraordinarily even — it seems that this facility…

China makes its bid for global AI governance

As China pushes for dominance in various areas of artificial intelligence, with plans to have mass production of AI-driven humanoid robots by 2025 and leadership in the sector by 2027, the country has published a set of governance guidelines and commitments for AI technology that it hopes will be adopted globally. They include calls for…