Mining heats up: Trimble acquires MIS

Mining heats up: Trimble acquires MIS

Jun 9, 2014 | Hot Topics

As you know, I was at Hexagon’s user conference, HxGN LIVE, last week, where mining was featured as an emerging market for Hexagon’s offerings. Hexagon’s team told investors that mining is an underserved industry, technologically, and that even in...
SIMULIA SCC highlights simulation in an enterprise context

SIMULIA SCC highlights simulation in an enterprise context

Jun 6, 2014 | Hot Topics

It took an entire day, but Dassault Systèmes (DS) finally got its point across during the last session of day one at the SIMULIA Customer Conference 2014: the 3DExperience platform may be new, but is comprised of the same Abaqus CAE, iSIGHT, Tosca and other products...
Solid Edge U showcases cool toys and happy customers

Solid Edge U showcases cool toys and happy customers

Jun 4, 2014 | Hot Topics

It’s a sleepy Tuesday morning in Atlanta. Siemens PLM and Solid Edge welcome us to the latest iteration of Solid Edge University, etcetera etcetera etcetera. Just as we’re settling in for some serious corporate presentations, in zooms a guy on a go-kart...
Musings on analyst craftsmen and the rest of the world

Musings on analyst craftsmen and the rest of the world

Jun 2, 2014 | Hot Topics

Many old-school simulation experts are craftsmen, honing their meshes and input decks to fine precision. That competence is often stashed in simulation centers of excellence that act as internal service bureaus for project teams — great for the kind of...
Morning coffee: BRIC troubles and Reading Rainbows

Morning coffee: BRIC troubles and Reading Rainbows

Jun 2, 2014 | Hot Topics

Happy Monday! Hope you had a great weekend, and forgot all about work. Let’s get caught up with recent news. It’s the Economy … The BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India and China) were the engines of the world’s economic growth and a huge target of opportunity...
Mining heats up: Trimble acquires MIS

Exa’s Q1 falls short — but for a good reason

May 31, 2014 | Hot Topics

Exa announced Q1 results on Thursday that were good, not great. Revenue was just under $14 million, at the low end of the company’s guidance but still up 10% year/year (y/y). Exa CEO Steve Remondi told investors that a few passenger car and heavy vehicle...
Mining heats up: Trimble acquires MIS

Autodesk’s Q1 a study in moving parts

May 29, 2014 | Hot Topics

There’s been no shortage of news from Autodesk lately, what with new licensing options, acquisitions, 3D printing and an RV touring the US*, so it’s no surprise that the Q1 earning call tried to put it all in perspective. CEO Carl Bass addressed the 3D...
Morning coffee: BRIC troubles and Reading Rainbows

Morning coffee: deals, cars and snowmelt. Yup.

May 27, 2014 | Hot Topics

So here we are, just a few days from June. Where does the time go? It’s full-on user conference season so there’s more to cover than ever — let’s get right to it. It’s the Economy … … And it continues to send and receive mixed signals....