Universal Robots, recognized as a leader in the collaborative robot industry
Universal Robots won the 'Manufacturer of the Year' award from Frost & Sullivan at the '14th Manufacturing Leadership Awards' held in Huntington Beach, California, USA on the 10th.

This award recognizes companies operating in the global market that have excelled in various areas, including leadership, technological innovation, customer service, and strategic products.

The award committee explained the reason for awarding Universal Robots the award, saying, “Universal Robots has pioneered and popularized collaborative robot technology, which has greatly helped companies of all sizes cope with rising production costs and production demands.”

Universal Robots, which was selected as the winner among hundreds of nominees, was also awarded the ‘Manufacturer of the Year’ award, as well as the ‘Collaborative Innovation Leadership’, ‘Smart Products and Services Leadership’, and ‘Visionary Leadership’.He also won an award in the ‘Visionary Leadership’ category.

Universal Robots' integrated solution, UR+, won the "Collaborative Innovation Leadership" award, and its collaborative robot won the "Smart Product and Service Leadership" award. Esbern Östergaard, co-founder and CTO of Universal Robots, was particularly honored in the "Visionary Leadership" category. This award recognizes leaders who have made significant contributions not only within their companies but also across industries.

A Universal Robots representative said, "We are delighted that Universal Robots' passion for human-robot collaboration has been recognized. However, we are not complacent and are constantly striving for a better future. “The recently launched e-series is proof of that,” he said.

Universal Robots' new e-Series, unveiled in June and delivered to the field since August, offers safe and user-friendly features.


- MicroStrategy, a technology leader in business intelligence and analytics
MicroStrategy was selected as a technology leader for the '2018 Business Intelligence Awards' in the '2018 Wisdom of Crowds Business Intelligence report' conducted by Dresner Advisory Services on the 10th.

Dresner Advisory Services' Industry Excellence Awards honor brands rated as leaders in two user-rated models included in its global research report series.

Dresner's report, based on data collected from large-scale end users in the Business Intelligence (BI) and Analytics industry, provides comprehensive and detailed information on each market, including performance rankings of relevant vendors, current product usage, key purchasing drivers, technology priorities, and future adoption intentions.

Howard Dresner, founder and chief research officer of Dresner Advisory Services"MicroStrategy received top marks from our customer base," said the report. "This study is valuable because it provides end-user perspectives on deployment trends and future deployment intentions, as well as an unfiltered assessment of vendors."

The MicroStrategy Platform empowers enterprises to transform and accelerate business decision-making by building cutting-edge analytics and mobile applications. The MicroStrategy Platform empowers organizations to transform into a more intelligent enterprise by empowering all users, regardless of skill level, role, or function, to find answers in the palm of their hands via mobile.

“With the MicroStrategy Enterprise Analytics and Mobile platform, companies around the world can get the answers they need instantly, deliver those answers where they need them, make more efficient decisions to gain competitive advantage, and execute today’s digital transformation plans and strategies to meet tomorrow’s challenges,” said Michael J. Saylor, CEO of MicroStrategy.

MicroStrategy recently unveiled MicroStrategy 10.11, the latest version of its enterprise analytics and mobility platform, MicroStrategy 10. MicroStrategy 10.11 features enhanced mapping capabilities, enabling geospatial analytics based on Mapbox.

Meanwhile, MicroStrategy won the 2017 Technology Innovation Award in the Embedded BI and Big Data Analytics category from Dresner Advisory Services in 2017.