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MuM revises growth forecast upward — what slowdown?

Jul 22, 2019 | Hot Topics

PLMish earnings season starts today, as Germany’s Mensch und Maschine (MuM) reports how its own software and the Autodesk VAR businesses performed in the second quarter. We’ve already heard from Hexagon and SAP that China and greater Asia, respectively,...

Autodesk invests in actual construction startup

Jul 10, 2019 | Hot Topics

You know that Autodesk invests in tech startups. Did you know that they also invest in makers of actual, physical things? Apparently, they do! Autodesk just announced that it has increased its investment in Factory_OS, a “volumetric modular construction...

MuM is “completely satisfied” with Q1

Apr 29, 2019 | Hot Topics

— and that’s a good thing for Autodesk, too. Mensch und Maschine said today that it had “a fantastic start to fiscal year 2019”, with revenue up for in proprietary software business, its new SOFiSTiK acquisition and its Autodesk reseller...

MuM reports rebound in Autodesk sales

Feb 15, 2019 | Hot Topics

We are nearing the end of earnings season, but still have a few biggies to go. One of those is Autodesk, and we use its largest European reseller, Mensch und Maschine (MuM) as a preview since MuM reports preliminary results a couple of weeks before Autodesk. Like...

Autodesk adds to its construction offerings, acquires BuildingConnected

Dec 20, 2018 | Hot Topics

Just when I think/hope the year is winding down, up pops another newsworthy item. This time, it’s a twofer: Autodesk announced that the Plangrid acquisition is a done deal and that it’s signed a definitive agreement to acquire BuildingConnected to add...

Autodesk’s FQ3: 4M subscribers, double prior max users

Nov 28, 2018 | Hot Topics

Last week’s announcements by Autodesk can be divided into two parts: the acquisition of PlanGrid, which I’ve written about here, and the earnings themselves, which we’ll cover below. PlanGrid isn’t yet part of Autodesk, so doesn’t fit...

Autodesk+PlanGrid is a big bet on construction digitalization

Nov 21, 2018 | Hot Topics

What does almost one billion US dollars buy? In Autodesk’s case, PlanGrid. Yesterday, as part of its quarterly earnings, Autodesk announced that it will acquire the privately-held PlanGrid for $875 million, net of acquired cash. That’s a heck of a lot of...

AU 2018 goes convergent

Nov 15, 2018 | Hot Topics

For the first time in years, I had to leave AU before the bitter end. It’s for a work commitment, so 100% necessary, but it means that this writeup doesn’t cover what will happen in the AEC and manufacturing keynotes, which took place after I left. I’ll watch...

MuM’s Q3 “happy” results look good for Autodesk

Oct 24, 2018 | Hot Topics

Germany’s Mensch und Maschine (MuM) reported results earlier this week and, as usual, we look at them to see what they might mean for Autodesk and for its broader VAR network. In case you’re unaware, MuM is probably Autodesk’s largest European...

Autodesk #XLR8s its way to Fusion

Sep 24, 2018 | Hot Topics

Autodesk #XLR8s its way to Fusion (Sorry – really bad hashtag-based pun. XLR8 = Accelerate, and the complete hashtag for the event was ##XLR8Fusion.) Autodesk’s first Accelerate event happened when PLM 360 was oh-so-new. Autodeskers, VARs and early...