Bentley acquires Cesium to iTwin 3D GIS workflows

Bentley acquires Cesium to iTwin 3D GIS workflows

Bentley acquires Cesium to iTwin 3D GIS workflows I am still trying to get caught up on earnings digests, but this just jumped to the head of the queue: Bentley Systems just announced that it had acquired Cesium, makers of a very cool platform for creating (and using)...
ADSK + Esri want to rewrite AEC data flows

ADSK + Esri want to rewrite AEC data flows

I wrote recently about the need to start looking at data from a lifecycle perspective, anticipating future needs and uses as well as likely integrations. This brings me back to one of the big announcements at November’s Autodesk University: the closer...
They did it again: HXGN acquires data & content database provider

Hexagon’s snaps up AHAB for surveying

It’s only Tuesday and Hexagon has already announced two acquisition this week! Yesterday, it was mining and Devex; today it’s GIS and Airborne Hydrography AB (AHAB), which develops and markets airborne laser survey systems for hydrographic (seabed) and...
Quickies: AVEVA and Hexagon

Quickies: AVEVA and Hexagon

It’s not even 8AM here on the East Coast of the US, and we’ve already had a boatload of news to get the week off to a running start. First up, AVEVA announced that it is partnering with Infosys to speed delivery of its AVEVA NET engineering information...

Hexagon goes Blom-y

Last week Hexagon AB, the parent company of Intergraph, Leica Geosystems and other brands you likely know if you follow engineering software, announced its intention to acquire 25% of the shares of Blom ASA for approximately €9 million. I held off writing about it...

From the inbox

Today’s blog post is a mishmash — none of it worthy of an entire post but all in answer to emails you’ve sent:Why doesn’t this blog allow comments?There is too much incivility on the web — not that you, personally, would be rude or disruptive, but that guy...

GIS in a 3D explosion

There’s a lot going on in the GIS space but for those of you who don’t follow it, here’s a quick refresher. GIS stands for Geographic Information Systems; this technology is also often known as “geospatial”. GIS’ analytical tools enable uses to associate data and...

Done Deal: Intergraph is now a Hexagon company

Yesterday, while we were busy trying to digest all Dassault Systemes’ earnings and PTC’s Creo announcement, Hexagon quietly closed its acquisition of Intergraph. Back in July, Hexagon announced that it wanted to acquire the US-based seller of plant design and...

Intergraph CEO to step down

Intergraph is holding its user conference this week in Las Vegas — rescheduled from May when flooding in Nashville cancelled so many events — and, by all reports, it’s going well. All Points Blog, from Directions Magazine, is covering the event and...