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Quickies: new year’s news round-up

Happy New Year and welcome back! So much happened as we swapped 2013 calendars for 2014 (and dealt with blizzards, ships stuck in the ice and goodness-knows-what) that we all need a bit of a recap. In no particular order: PTC made the last acquisition in the PLMish...

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Autodesk gets in on deal action with Circuits.io

PTC closes year with an IoT acquisition

Well, that's cool. PTC may have won the prize for last acquisition in 2013, snapping up ThingWorx for $112 million plus a possible earn-out of up to $18 million. PTC's press release says that ThingWorx, which markets a platform that enables companies to connect...

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2014 is just around the corner so let’s recap

2014 is just around the corner so let’s recap

Hope you're enjoying your year-end holidays! Skiing? Sunning? Playing? We're still trying to unplug (but failing miserably) and recharge (naps, lots of naps) before 2014 arrives, so this blog is going to be short and sweet. 2013 was a year when some of the disparate...

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Happy holidays!

Happy holidays!

Phew. What a year! Exciting technology, interesting people and places, and lots of cool stories. We are grateful that you shared 2013 with us and look forward to working with you in the new year. May you and yours be happy and healthy next year and always. This photo...

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Autodesk gets in on deal action with Circuits.io

Siemens acquires TESIS PLMware, connects PLM & ERP

Siemens just announced that it is acquiring TESIS PLMware, known for integrating Siemens' Teamcenter PLM solution with the alphabet soup of enterprise software: ERP, MES, CRM and SCM. (That's enterprise resource planning, manufacturing execution systems, customer...

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Autodesk gets in on deal action with Circuits.io

Quickies: CAE earnings show fx, momentum effects

It's been a busy Fall -- and Winter is creeping up fast while there are still Q3 earnings to write about. Crazy, right?! We're tackling them one PLM-subgroup at a time. Last up, AEC; this time, CAE. ESI reported yesterday that Q3 (which for them ended October 31) was...

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AU: Intersection of CAM, clouds and reality

AU: Intersection of CAM, clouds and reality

Autodesk University 2013 was a huge, loud, in-your-face explosion of all things related to making stuff. In this context, "stuff" could be manufactured goods, buildings, bridges, movies or just about anything else you could imagine. I've written a bit about it...

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Autodesk gets in on deal action with Circuits.io

Altair adds EMSS to its portfolio

Altair Engineering just announced that it is acquiring EM Software & Systems (EMSS), developer of the FEKO electromagnetic simulation suite. EMSS has actually been around since the 1990s but, as a South African company, has struggled to be known on an...

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Autodesk gets in on deal action with Circuits.io

Quickies: DS, 3D Systems, Hexagon buy; Exa reports

While I'm at AU with 10,000 of my dearest friends, the PLMish world keeps rolling with acquisitions and earnings. Early this morning, Dassault Systèmes announced that it has acquired an 84% controlling interest in Realtime Technology AG (RTT), a provider of what are...

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