Rand + Avatech showing results

Feb 14, 2011 | Hot Topics

Rand Worldwide, created by the reverse merger of Rand and Avatech, today announced results for the second quarter of its fiscal 2011. Rand’s published comparisons are between the merged entity for the period ended December 31, 2010 and Rand-alone for the period ended...

More good news: Tekla, CENIT

Feb 11, 2011 | Hot Topics

A Bank of America Merrill Lynch report arrived in my inbox this morning with the title “Do earnings never end” — how true. Here are two quick notes on today’s announcements to keep you up-to-date while I finish going over the results reported by Dassault...

AspenTech gains momentum

Feb 10, 2011 | Hot Topics

Aspen Technology on Tuesday announced 2FQ11 results showing that its transition from a perpetual to subscription model continues to gain momentum. AspenTech’s total revenue of $50 million up 17% over last year, including a 983% (no typo: 983%) increase in...

Cimatron: 2010 was a very good year

Feb 8, 2011 | Hot Topics

Cimatron, provider of the CimatronE and GibbsCAM solutions for mold and die design, milling and other machining solutions, today announced its highest-ever quarterly and annual revenue. Revenue for the fourth quarter of 2010 was up 13% from Q4 2009 to $11 million,...

MuM’s the (good) word

Feb 7, 2011 | Hot Topics

Last week German reseller Mensch und Maschine (MuM) disclosed preliminary results for 2010 that showed strong growth in revenue and operating profit for the fourth quarter and for the year as a whole. For the year, total sales were up up 19% to €195 million while Q4...

SGI blows by expectations

Feb 3, 2011 | Hot Topics

My morning news troll turned up the fact that shares of SGI, maker of servers and data storage hardware, are up nearly 20% in pre-opening trading. Why? Because SGI reported results yesterday that are making traders giddy: SGI believes it is benefitting from an upswing...

AVEVA says all OK

Jan 28, 2011 | Hot Topics

Plant and marine design software supplier AVEVA Group on Friday issued an Interim Trading update in which it said that business from November through January continues more or less to plan, leading the company’s board to “remains confident of a successful outturn for...

PTC reports an Optima Q1

Jan 27, 2011 | Hot Topics

(Sorry. The Optima is a model of Kia automobile. Bad pun, I know, but hard to resist.) PTC is usually the first PLM company to report results and is therefore seen as a bit of the canary in a coal mine (send in the canary; if it dies, there’s not enough oxygen for...

The perfect press release, 2011

Jan 26, 2011 | Hot Topics

We’re getting into earnings season and user group meetings are starting up again, which means it’s time for a press release bonanza. I last wrote about crafting the perfect press release in 2009, but the current crop show that the PLM world needs a refresher. Press...

Simplify, simplify

Jan 24, 2011 | Hot Topics

I’ve been talking with a lot of engineers and scientists outside the typical PLM realm about their work, the processes the use and the IT tools they rely on — and the answers are forcing me to redefine how I see enabling tools.It’s all about perspective. I’m a...