Tag Archives: Trimble
Quickies: Uncertain economy drags down March quarter
It’s a busy week for earnings reports from engineering software companies. While I work on longer-form reports, here are a few quotes from my notes. Note that these are not 100% representative of the company’s March quarter reports — in … Continue reading
Many signals positive as HEXA, NEMT and TRMB report
We’ve recently heard from three of the main publicly traded players in infrastructure software and this week we start hearing from some of their main customers. It seems, therefore, like a good time to review what’s being said about the … Continue reading
Public infrastructure: what happens if we don’t invest?
Last weekend a huge storm dumped as much as 3 feet of snow on New England. Many municipalities put in place driving bans, which kept people off the roads and sped up snow removal. But when we all hit the … Continue reading
Quickies: Acquisitions news from the break
Welcome back! While some of us were out of the office, others were clearly hard at work and doing more than sipping eggnog. This week, we’ll try to catch up. Acquisitions didn’t seem to slow down one bit as the … Continue reading
Trimble snaps up Vico for 4D/5D
Trimble Navigation (an ever-greater misnomer) announced on Friday that it has acquired the assets of privately-held Vico Software, Inc., a provider of 4D and 5D architectural modeling software and consulting services. Trimble says this acquisition “extends Trimble’s solutions for building construction and … Continue reading
Quickies: PTC & FARO disappoint, AspenTech upbeat
A huge day in engineering IT earnings, as PTC and FARO explain their miss to investors while AspenTech and Trimble issue earnings reports. A very quick headline on each and then I dash to the airport — more to come. … Continue reading
Trimble keeps moving with partnerships, acquisitions
Last Friday, Trimble Navigation and FARO announced that they signed an OEM and distribution agreement for FARO’s 3D laser scanners. Under the agreement, FARO will provide Trimble with a differentiated product based upon the FARO Laser Scanner Focus3D. Trimble will resell the new … Continue reading
Trimble snaps up WinEstimator
Trimble announced earlier today that it intends to acquire WinEstimator, a provider of construction cost estimating (WinEst) and cost modeling (Modelogix) software. The acquisition squarely targets the contractor and owner market, giving them ways to better understand and manage construction … Continue reading
Quickies: Nemetschek and Trimble
Earnings are threatening to get too far ahead of me! A quick catch-up on two that you need to know about, Nemetschek and Trimble. Recall that Nemetschek is Europe’s largest AEC software supplier and that Trimble is increasingly important in … Continue reading
Quickies: DDD, Cybernet, ESI, Trimble, oh my
What a day for news! I’ve already blogged about PTC’s March quarter, tweeted a bit about Dassault Systèmes’ interesting announcements (and hope to blog about that tomorrow), but here are a couple of other important things you need to know … Continue reading
