Monica Schnitger

Appreciating the good things

Nov 27, 2013 | Hot Topics

Have you felt things slowing down this week? Yes, there’s news being made and lots we probably should be doing, but the email stream is slowing and the phone is ringing a bit less. The US celebrates Thanksgiving on the fourth Thursday of November; the midweek...

Quickies: Deal, partnership and more

Nov 22, 2013 | Hot Topics

So much going on! Today is the 50th anniversary of the assassination of US President John F. Kennedy, the internet is abuzz with a very polite puppy and our PLMish world is cranking through the news cycles. It’s raining and cold here in Boston, so a good time...

Quickies: AEC earnings show upswing in construction

Nov 20, 2013 | Hot Topics

Time to catch up! Nearly 15 companies reported September quarter earnings while I was away, so to get a the general sense of what they’re reporting I’m going to be summarizing them all over the next few weeks. Today, we’re looking at AEC, the world...

AVEVA’s H1 shows strength in design

Nov 19, 2013 | Hot Topics

AVEVA yesterday announced results for the six months ended September 30 that were both in keeping with the upbeat tone of the interim statement released at the end of the June quarter and the more cautious economic sentiments we’ve heard elsewhere, especially...

PTC’s 2013 — what a difference a Q makes!

Nov 18, 2013 | Hot Topics

Sometimes you can hear glee over the phone wire, can’t you? At roughly the same time that Dassault Systèmes announced that it missed its September quarter objectives, PTC’s CEO Jim Heppelmann was telling Wall Street that total revenue for the quarter was...

CAE Symposium highlights NX & LMS

Nov 17, 2013 | Hot Topics

The past two weeks could not have been more different. Last week, Cincinnati’s working-class vibe; this week, Las Vegas’ glitz. The nuts and bolts of product design with a smattering of vision versus a lot of vision with the barest mention of product...

Totally OT: Las Vegas, love it or ??

Nov 12, 2013 | Hot Topics

As you know, I travel a lot for work and most often wind up in Las Vegas since that’s where many companies seem to hold user conferences and sales kickoffs. I can certainly see the attraction for the hosting company: lots of hotel rooms, convention space of...

AVEVA’s World Summit focused on E3D & vis

Nov 10, 2013 | Hot Topics

At last year’s World Summit, AVEVA unveiled its vision for the future of plant design, Everything 3D, aka E3D. This year’s event didn’t have that big a moment, but had a series of smaller moments all centered around the visual impact of information....

Autodesk goes CAM!

Nov 9, 2013 | Hot Topics

Autodesk announced this week that it is offering £20.75 per share (for a total of about £172.5 million) to acquire Delcam, the publicly traded UK-based vendor of CAM-specific CAD, manufacturing and inspection solutions. Delcam reported 2012 revenue of £47.1 million,...

Hexagon’s Q3, Shell & rentals

Nov 6, 2013 | Hot Topics

While I was wandering in East and North Yorkshire, 3D Systems, Accelrys, FARO, Hexagon, Nemetschek and other companies announced results for the September quarter. Time for recaps so, first up, in keeping with the Plant/Infrastructure theme we have going, let’s...