Earnings update, 3D printer edition — looks good!

Earnings update, 3D printer edition — looks good!

This earnings season has been incredibly busy and I have fallen far, far behind in summarizing the highlights. To try to catch up a bit, I’ll be grouping these companies by general product category for you, since that’s so much more useful than...
Autodesk links PLM and ERP, buys Tinkercad

Autodesk links PLM and ERP, buys Tinkercad

PLM 360 + NetSuite = Control for SMBs? Last week, Autodesk and NetSuite announced that they had entered into a strategic partnership to link Autodesk PLM 360 and NetSuite ERP, with the aim of offering PLM and ERP to small and medium-sized companies that might have...
Autodesk: Q1 was “tough”, no plan to end perpetual sales

PTC channel doing well, DS/SIMPOE update

It’s going to be another busy week, with earnings from Hexagon, Cimatron and Stratasys today and then CENIT, ExOne and Autodesk later in the week. Before we start on those, however, there are a couple of bits of old business to handle, too. If “old”...
News you can use, 10 May 2013

News you can use, 10 May 2013

A quick digest to keep you up to speed on what’s happening in our end-markets and the world at large. It’s the Economy, Stupid The Harvard Business Review examines how Chinese government subsidies changed the global economic landscape, and ponders what...
SIMULIA shines the spotlight on topology optimization

SIMULIA shines the spotlight on topology optimization

Dassault Systèmes recently announced the acquisition of FE-DESIGN Group, makers of TOSCA for topology optimization. DS’ SIMULIA brand had already released a TOSCA-based Abaqus product, Abaqus ATOM, and the relationship between SIMULIA and FE-DESIGN was good, so...
Autodesk: Q1 was “tough”, no plan to end perpetual sales

Quickies: Adobe drops perpetual, DS buys SIMPOE

It’s not even 8AM and there’s already lots of news, so let’s get right to it. Adobe announced late Monday that it will no longer sell its Creative Suite software and focus instead on its $50/month Creative Cloud and other subscription plans. Scott...
Autodesk: Q1 was “tough”, no plan to end perpetual sales

ANSYS beats some expectations, lowers others

ANSYS is in a no-win situation: reporting the best first-quarter revenue in its history, within its guidance for the first quarter but lower than some financial analysts had expected. Too, like many other tech companies, ANSYS lowered its revenue forecast for the rest...
Autodesk: Q1 was “tough”, no plan to end perpetual sales

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 other words,...