Jul 27, 2016 | Hot Topics
Yes, I know it’s Wednesday. But it IS a Q&A, so let’s get to it: AVEVA NET Shell I’m going to guess that this reader was looking for information on Shell’s use of AVEVA Net. Shell was an early AVEVA Net adopter, using it on a project in...
Jun 15, 2016 | Hot Topics
In a very brief statement even by UK standards AVEVA just said, “Following the termination of the preliminary discussions between AVEVA Group Plc (“AVEVA”) and Schneider Electric SE, AVEVA has applied to the UKLA for the suspension of its shares to...
Jun 13, 2016 | Hot Topics
What happens when I spend the day on a plane? News! Briefly, AVEVA and Schneider Electric have resumed their tango. AVEVA today addressed press speculation by issuing an announcement that it was again in talks with Schneider Electric about a deal that would combine...
May 25, 2016 | Hot Topics
Most of the questions I am asked these days revolve around three things: the cloud, licensing models and how does the situation in end-market X affect vendor Y. Lately, X = oil and Y = AVEVA because of the massive uncertainty in the oil and gas world due to...
Apr 19, 2016 | Hot Topics
AVEVA today issued one of those uniquely British investor news releases that say little but try to reassure investors that the period ended March 31 was …. OK. AVEVA said fiscal 2016 results were in line with expectations, though adjusted profit before tax was...
Dec 15, 2015 | Hot Topics
Word just came that AVEVA and Schneider Electric have decided to break off talks to merge/acquire one another’s software businesses. No real reason was given, just “unable to reach agreement and discussions have been terminated by mutual consent”....
Nov 10, 2015 | Hot Topics
AVEVA announced results for the first half of its fiscal 2015/2016 fiscal year that aren’t nearly as bad as some had suggested, given the company’s weighting towards upstream oil and gas. Lots more after I have a chance to listen to the earnings call...
Oct 28, 2015 | Hot Topics
Dubai is hot, both in temperature and in infrastructure buildup. If you followed along last week you saw the view from my hotel window: construction everywhere, towers rising in a no-mans land of scrubby desert. Where the buildings are finished, they’re surrounded by...
