AVEVA hints at good Q3, is “performing well”

AVEVA hints at good Q3, is “performing well”

Jan 27, 2014 | Hot Topics

AVEVA today issued one of its periodic interim statements, press releases that don’t say much but hint a lot. The big headline: things are going well and conditions haven’t changed since the company’s November report. AVEVA said that business in...
AVEVA hints at good Q3, is “performing well”

PTC’s Q1 call blends caution, excitement

Jan 23, 2014 | Hot Topics

PTC kicked off earnings in style last night, providing more details on the barebones announcement made in December with the acquisition of ThingWorx. The Internet of Things (IoT) was a big topic on the investor call as PTC continues to educate its investors about the...
Totally OT: Honoring MLK

Totally OT: Honoring MLK

Jan 20, 2014 | Hot Topics

Today the US stops (mostly) to remember and honor Martin Luther King, Jr. –known as MLK– for his work and legacy, redefining what it means to fight for the right to be equal. I was too little to remember Dr. King’s speeches from when he was alive but...
Google buys Nest for a cool $3.2 billion

Google buys Nest for a cool $3.2 billion

Jan 14, 2014 | Hot Topics

I’ve been nattering on about the Internet of Things (IoT) lately, in part because PTC snapped up ThingWorx last month. But I’m far from alone in finding the IoT interesting: yesterday, Google announced that it was acquiring Nest Labs, the people who...
Your dishwasher talks to the IoT; now what?

Your dishwasher talks to the IoT; now what?

Jan 8, 2014 | Hot Topics

PTC last month announced that it was acquiring ThingWorx, a company that develops and markets platforms to connect things to the Internet, an important step that enables makers of cars, dishwasher, industrial equipment and so on to monitor usage and better serve their...
AVEVA hints at good Q3, is “performing well”

Autodesk gets in on deal action with Circuits.io

Jan 6, 2014 | Hot Topics

If you’re keeping score, Autodesk didn’t make the first PLMish acquisition of 2014 –that was 3D Systems, last week– but the company didn’t wait long to get back in the game. Today, at the Consumer Electronics Show, Autodesk announced that...
AVEVA hints at good Q3, is “performing well”

Quickies: new year’s news round-up

Jan 6, 2014 | Hot Topics

Happy New Year and welcome back! So much happened as we swapped 2013 calendars for 2014 (and dealt with blizzards, ships stuck in the ice and goodness-knows-what) that we all need a bit of a recap. In no particular order: PTC made the last acquisition in the PLMish...
AVEVA hints at good Q3, is “performing well”

PTC closes year with an IoT acquisition

Dec 30, 2013 | Hot Topics

Well, that’s cool. PTC may have won the prize for last acquisition in 2013, snapping up ThingWorx for $112 million plus a possible earn-out of up to $18 million. PTC’s press release says that ThingWorx, which markets a platform that enables companies to...