Totally OT — but perhaps useful: World Central Kitchen
Totally OT — but perhaps useful: World Central Kitchen I’ve been horrified by the news coming out of Ukraine and truly hate the fact that news outlets never tell you what you can actually DO to help the people featured in the stories they publish. A little...
Spectris in talks to acquire Oxford Instruments
Spectris in talks to acquire Oxford Instruments Spectris said today that it is in discussion to acquire Oxford Instruments. Spectris, you may remember, is the parent company of HBM nCode, makers of durability and performance analysis software; ReliaSoft, makers of...
Hexagon goes big, spends $1.2 billion on ETQ, maker of quality & compliance solutions
Hexagon goes big, spends $1.2 billion on ETQ, maker of quality & compliance solutions Hexagon just announced its intention to acquire ETQ, makers of SaaS-based quality (QMS), environment, health and safety (EHS), and compliance management software. I am most...
5 on a Tuesday: Quick updates on Autodesk, Cadence, Dassault Systèmes, Lectra and Trimble
5 on a Tuesday: Quick updates on Autodesk, Cadence, Dassault Systèmes, Lectra and Trimble Autodesk sometimes makes small technology acquisitions known via its various blog platforms — and did so again, saying that it has acquired Prodsmart, a “maker of...
AVEVA gives trading update: all to plan
AVEVA gives trading update: all to plan AVEVA issued another one of its terse trading updates, saying that revenue declined “in the low single digits” from a year ago in the fiscal third quarter of 2022 (ended December 31, 2021), “given a very strong...
Altair gets into PLM with Cassini acquisition
Altair gets into PLM with Cassini acquisition Altair just announced that it has acquired Cassini Systems, a cloud-native PLM platform. Cassini does many of the things you’d expect a PLM to do — vault, manage collaboration, etc.– but perhaps a...
Siemens orders ahead of plan, SaaS booming
Siemens orders ahead of plan, SaaS booming Ah, Siemens. If you thought Hexagon was complicated, buckle in. Siemens AG just reported fiscal Q1 2022 results, and we’re going to roll that into a recap of fiscal 2021. There’s a lot of ground to cover, so...
Hexagon’s solid Q4 sets up digital reality focus for 2022
Hexagon’s solid Q4 sets up digital reality focus for 2022 Hexagon announced its fiscal 2021 results last week and some management changes this week. A quick recap of the news, then some thoughts: For Q4, Total revenue was €1,217 million, up 7% on an organic...
