MuM says Q1 was strongest in its history

MuM says Q1 was strongest in its history

MuM says Q1 was strongest in its history That’s a heck of a headline, no? Mensch und Maschine Software reported Q1 results this week that add some details to the head: Q1 revenue was up 18% year/year to EUR 85.41 million, surpassing the previous high of EUR...
MuM says Q1 was strongest in its history

Sandvik starts PLMish earnings season and things look good

Sandvik starts PLMish earnings season and things look good Sandvik, the Swedish company that has been snapping up CAM vendors, announced first quarter results today: Revenue in Q1 was SEK 24,921 million (about $2.6 billion at today’s exchange rate), up 35% as...
Quickie: PTC adds to codeBeamer to its ALM offer

Quickie: PTC adds to codeBeamer to its ALM offer

Quickie: PTC adds to codeBeamer to its ALM offer PTC just announced that it is acquiring Intland Software, maker of codeBeamer Application Lifecycle Management (ALM), for roughly $280 million. PTC says codeBeamer is a “flexible and modern, easy-to-use interface....
Quickie: PTC adds to codeBeamer to its ALM offer

Ansys to acquire OnScale

Ansys to acquire OnScale Do you do your simulation in the cloud? Do you want to? Ansys is betting you do … Ansys just announced that it is acquiring OnScale, providers of a cloud-first simulation platform that, according to OnScale CEO Ian Campbell,...
Quickie: PTC adds to codeBeamer to its ALM offer

Bentley acquires ADINA for FEA

Bentley acquires ADINA for FEA Much more on this when I’m back in the office next week: Bentley announced last night that it has acquired ADINA, makers of finite element analysis (FEA) software — most likely you know of them for ADINA Structures, but ADINA...
Quickie: PTC adds to codeBeamer to its ALM offer

Autodesk to acquire The Wild for XR

Autodesk to acquire The Wild for XR Autodesk just announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire The Wild, makers of The Wild and IrisVR extended reality (XR) solutions. Odds are, if you’ve attended a recent Autodesk University, you’ve seen The...
Quickie: PTC adds to codeBeamer to its ALM offer

The VAR economy: Reseller consolidation continues

The VAR economy: Reseller consolidation continues I don’t write about resellers enough — they are a vitally important part of many users’ PLMish experiences, bringing specialized add-ons, training, and other services to make sense of the (sometimes...
Happy Pi Day!

Happy Pi Day!

Happy Pi Day! Today is 3.14, also known by nerds everywhere as Pi Day. This is a (totally made up) day on which we celebrate math, mathematicians, scientists, engineers, designers, analysts, and all who spend their lives working to understand the reality that...
Quickie: PTC adds to codeBeamer to its ALM offer

Super-quick: Spectris calls off Oxford Instruments deal

Super-quick: Spectris calls off Oxford Instruments deal News came this morning that the acquisition of Oxford Instruments by Spectris is off the table. Spectris’ statement says: Whilst … Spectris continues to believe there is a compelling strategic and...