Aras secures investment from GI Partners

Aras secures investment from GI Partners

Aras secures investment from GI Partners Given all of the recent PLMish acquisition news, it’s natural to ask: what about Aras? Turns out, it’s going to continue to go it alone — at least for now. Aras just announced that it has reached an agreement...
Aras secures investment from GI Partners

Pointwise acquired by Cadence

Pointwise acquired by Cadence It’s getting hard to keep up! Just in, an email from Pointwise, the CAE meshing experts: We are happy to report today that Pointwise, Inc. is being acquired by Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: CDNS), a pivotal leader in...
Aras secures investment from GI Partners

Autodesk to acquire Upchain PLM

Autodesk to acquire Upchain PLM Super quick: Autodesk just announced that it will acquire Upchain, maker of cloud-based PLM and PDM solutions. The acquisition price wasn’t disclosed but it appears that the companies expect the transaction to close by July 31,...
Aras secures investment from GI Partners

Bentley adds to its digital cities offering with INRO deal

Bentley adds to its digital cities offering with INRO deal Bentley Systems just announced that it has acquired INRO Software, a maker of transportation planning, traffic simulation, and mobility visualization solutions. You may recall that Bentley has already acquired...
Siemens weighs in on 2020 and 2021 — and is optimistic

Siemens weighs in on 2020 and 2021 — and is optimistic

Siemens weighs in on 2020 and 2021 — and is optimistic Last month, I was fortunate enough to speak with Tony Hemmelgarn, CEO Siemens’ Digital Industries Software division. Mr. Hemmelgarn oversees much of what we think of as Siemens’ PLM business,...
Shapr3D: Cool CAD on an iPad (and now, macOS too)

Shapr3D: Cool CAD on an iPad (and now, macOS too)

Shapr3D: Cool CAD on an iPad (and now, macOS too) You probably don’t know this about me, but I used to be really good at CAD. A long time ago, after the advent of the PC but before Bitcoin. I used to demo CAD in some of my product management roles. Still, stone...
Aras secures investment from GI Partners

Hexagon to acquire CADLM for AI-powered CAE

Hexagon to acquire CADLM for AI-powered CAE Hexagon announced that it will acquire CADLM SAS, a “pioneer in powering computer-aided engineering (CAE) with artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to revolutionise the impact of simulation in product...
Aras secures investment from GI Partners

Super quick: Bentley snaps up another Maximo reseller

Super quick: Bentley snaps up another Maximo reseller You may remember that Bentley acquired The Cohesive Companies IBM Maximo’s largest North American reseller, last summer. Well, Cohesive has just acquired Ontracks Consulting, which Bentley says is “a...