Siemens to acquire Precision Innovations for AI-powered chip planning

Super quick: Maya HTT acquires Friendship Systems

Super quick: Maya HTT acquires Friendship Systems This email just landed in my inbox — I am late for a meeting but it matters so you need to know about it: ​Maya HTT is pleased to welcome Friendship Systems and CAESES to the Maya HTT family. As part of this...
Clues ahead of PLMish earnings season? Or not?

Clues ahead of PLMish earnings season? Or not?

Clues ahead of PLMish earnings season? Or not? PLMish earnings start tomorrow, when Sandvik reports its second-quarter results. I don’t know what they’ll say, but I’m getting questions about PLMish earnings since IBM pre-announced results on Tuesday...
Siemens to acquire Precision Innovations for AI-powered chip planning

Schneider Electric to acquire Cognite for $3.1billion

Schneider Electric to acquire Cognite for $3.1billion Well, well, well. Schneider Electric just announced that it will acquire Cognite Holding in an all-cash transaction valued at $3.1 billion, and will “integrate the industrial artificial intelligence software...
Siemens to acquire Precision Innovations for AI-powered chip planning

Autodesk’s $3.6B bet on MaintainX for asset operations

Autodesk’s $3.6B bet on MaintainX for asset operations Autodesk just announced the largest acquisition in the company’s history: it will acquire MaintainX for $3.6 billion as the starting point for a new Autodesk Operations Solutions division. So many questions:...
Siemens to acquire Precision Innovations for AI-powered chip planning

The additive saga continues: Stratasys buys MarkForged

The additive saga continues: Stratasys buys MarkForged I’ve written plenty about how technology needs to be timed just right: too early to market and a company expends all its energy and capital on educating that market on why the tech matters; too late, and a...
Siemens to acquire Precision Innovations for AI-powered chip planning

Nemetschek expands Build with HCSS acquisition

Nemetschek expands Build with HCSS acquisition Nemetschek just announced that it will acquire Heavy Construction Systems Specialists (HCSS) from private equity firm Thoma Bravo. I know you’re all asking, who?? HCSS makes specialized software for civil,...
Siemens to acquire Precision Innovations for AI-powered chip planning

Evolution continues: Hexagon buys Waygate

Evolution continues: Hexagon buys Waygate Hexagon continues its reinvention — the PPM spin-off, Octave, won’t be complete until May, in all likelihood — today announcing the acquisition of Waygate Technologies for $1.45 billion in cash (about €1.24 billion), in...