Manufacturing industry news and highlights

January 2008

Microsoft Corp.joins GridWise Alliance: Energy industry group seeks to bring innovative information technology insight to help transform the United States' electric power system.

Exelon models distribution network to predict and prevent outages using SQL Server 2005 and Itron Distribution asset analysis

December 2007

ClickSoftware unveils next generation mobility solution for the real-time service enterprise

UK utility company United Utilities selects Microsoft partner Infosys to help reduce its dependency on legacy mainframes and cut costs using SOA

November 2007

Microsoft Customer Care Framework helps companies redefine customer experience

October 2007

Virtual Earth-based storm center goes live at Progress Energy

Microsoft wins most effective software presentation at the Gartner 2007 Energy and Utilities Conference

Microsoft collaboration survey research results; survey of business and technology makers

Network equipment technologies completes switchover to Microsoft Dynamics AX 4.0

More than half of high-tech manufacturers report collaborating with partners, suppliers via non-secure channels

Axonom announces leading customer, Compellent Technologies, to be featured speaker at Microsoft Global High-Tech Summit 2007

Camstar announces results of its largest manufacturing execution system benchmark tests to date at Microsoft Global High-Tech Summit 2007

Fullscope announces release of new Dynamics AX ISV solution for high tech industries at Microsoft’s Global High-Tech Summit 2007

GXS named founding member of Open Applications Group, Inc. High-Tech Council

December 2006

SharePoint 2003 reduces costs while increasing efficiency and user productivity at the Utility Centrica, in a major FTSE 100 company

May 2006

Microsoft and UGS announce strategic alliance

Q&A: Microsoft and UGS announce strategic alliance to deliver the first complete product lifecycle management solution based entirely on the Microsoft platform

2005

Microsoft and Schlumberger launch strategic initiative to accelerate the delivery of the integrated oil and gas analysis and enterprise desktop

Microsoft unveils information technology roadmap for achieving peak performance in the oil and gas industry

i2 and Microsoft form strategic alliance; i2 to deliver supply chain agility on Microsoft platform

Microsoft awards $1 million to The Henry Ford

Microsoft drives insight and innovation for the automotive community with Peak Performance Initiative

Microsoft and Dassault Systèmes to align XML formats

Whittaker Controls, Inc., launches SMARTEAM Enterprise Collaboration Solution within seven weeks

Microsoft accelerates insight and innovation for manufacturers by unveiling Peak Performance Initiative

Microsoft drives plant-to-enterprise interoperability with accelerated adoption of key manufacturing standards

Microsoft launches BizTalk Server 2004 Accelerator for RosettaNet and highlights BizTalk Server’s four-year anniversary

Microsoft supports Interface A adoption for semiconductor manufacturing

Silicon Strategies: Microsoft takes step in IC-equipment industry

2004

Microsoft and Dassault Systèmes form strategic alliance

Microsoft unveils program to help speed collaboration and product development for manufacturers

Leading vehicle supplier KAB Seating builds IT strategy on Microsoft and SMARTEAM technologies

UGS releases full PLM solution built on the Microsoft platform

Microsoft Business Solutions expands efforts to deliver RFID solutions for small and midsize segment businesses

Microsoft Automotive Team and Center for Automotive Research unveil research program on automotive industry practices

Fiat Auto and Microsoft team up to develop innovative in-vehicle telematics solutions