3D Systems acquires Z Corporation

Nov 21, 2011 | Hot Topics

The consolidation train keeps rolling.Stay with me now: Ratos AB of Sweden announced that its Danish subsidiary, Contex Group, signed an agreement to sell its subsidiaries Z Corporation and Vidar Systems to 3D Systems Corporation for about $137 million. Contex will...

Cimatron: new license revenue up 18% in Q3

Nov 21, 2011 | Hot Topics

Last week, I briefly noted that Cimatron had reported Q3 revenue of $9.6 million, up 10% from the $8.7 million reported last year. Here are a few more details about what actually was a really good quarter for Cimatron: License revenue was 42% of total, or $4.0 million...

Autodesk Q3 revenue up 15%

Nov 21, 2011 | Hot Topics

Autodesk’s FQ3 earnings announcement yesterday surprised a lot of people, coming in well ahead of analyst estimates and near the top of its own earlier guidance. There had been concerns over Europe, the channel and how buyers would react to the suites offerings,...

AVEVA revenue up 9% in H1 2012

Nov 15, 2011 | Hot Topics

AVEVA today announced results for the six months ended September 30 that were both true to the the upbeat tone of last month’s interim statement’s and cautiously optimistic about the future. The results mirror what we’ve come to expect in the engineering software...

Rand FQ1 slightly under expectations

Nov 14, 2011 | Hot Topics

Rand Worldwide today reported results for its first fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2011, with revenue of $22 million coming in slightly below expectations, but up from $17 million last year (though not an apples-to-apples comparison due to the closing of the...

Quick update: Siemens/Vistagy, CENIT, Cimatron

Nov 14, 2011 | Hot Topics

I was away from the office all of last week, attending Bentley’s Be Inspired event in Amsterdam (more on that soon) and sitting in on meetings in London, but the world of engineering software kept going. Here’s news you might have missed: Siemens PLM to...

AVEVA showcases integrated design

Nov 6, 2011 | Hot Topics

This is WAY overdue — but don’t read into the tardiness that AVEVA World Summit Europe 2011 was anything other than a world-class event. AVEVA is hosting three such sessions around the world (in Copenhagen, Rio de Janeiro and Singapore) to bring the summits...

ANSYS reports solid Q3

Nov 3, 2011 | Hot Topics

Earnings keep rolling on in, with the September quarter looking good but some companies nervous about the fourth quarter economic outlook. Not ANSYS, though. It’s time for another quick update: Ansys today reported that Q3 revenue was $172.9 million versus the...

Quick Update: AspenTech, Trimble

Nov 2, 2011 | Hot Topics

Day 4 of no power and spotty connectedness to the Interwebs, but earnings season rolls on so it’s time for another quick update: AspenTech exceeds targets for FQ1 AspenTech yesterday reported results for its first fiscal quarter that were up nicely by most metrics and...

Quick update: PTC, DS, Nemetschek

Oct 31, 2011 | Hot Topics

Day 2 of no power here in the Merrimack Valley of New England, resulting in no WiFi and spotty 3G coverage, so this has to be quick — more soon on PTC and DS. PTC has boffo Q4, cautious about 2012 PTC last week announced results for Q4 and fiscal 2011 that...