Quickies: Autodesk acquires & Dassault Systèmes updates guidance
Quickies: Autodesk acquires, Dassault Systèmes updates guidance Autodesk University starts today, virtually, so expect a lot of news. First up, Autodesk announced that it is acquiring Spacemaker, a company that makes artificial intelligence (AI) and generative design...
It’s good to be a CAE supplier: notes on Ansys and Altair earnings
It’s good to be a CAE supplier: notes on Ansys and Altair earnings Altair and Ansys reported results for the quarter ended September 30, 2020, a few weeks agoand it’s time to catch up. First, a quick recap of the individual results, then what investment...
Tech Soft 3D continues buildout, acquires Visual Kinematics
Tech Soft 3D continues buildout, acquires Visual Kinematics Tech Soft 3D today announced that it has acquired Visual Kinematics (VKI), which makes DevTools, a suite of component software development kits (SDKs) for CAE applications. This comes just a few weeks after...
PTC’s Q4 ends fiscal year on a strong note
PTC’s Q4 ends fiscal year on a strong note PTC announced fiscal Q4 and 2020 results a week ago and I haven’t had time for a full write-up — and now the earnings are starting to pile up. So here’s a quick recap of what we learned during the PTC...
Hexagon acquires PAS Global for its OT, cybersecurity expertise
Hexagon acquires PAS Global for its OT, cybersecurity expertise Hexagon just announced that it will acquire PAS Global, a maker of operations technology (OT) and cybersecurity solutions that are used across industries to prevent, detect, and remediate cyber threats,...
Battery Ventures buys Cimatron & GibbsCAM from 3D Systems
Battery Ventures buys Cimatron & GibbsCAM from 3D Systems It was just announced that Battery Ventures, an investor across our PLMish universe and most recently in Tech Soft, will buy the Cimatron and GibbsCAM software businesses from 3D Systems Corporation. But...
Siemens adds computational chemistry modeling to Simcenter
Siemens adds computational chemistry modeling to Simcenter This is interesting. Maybe ten years ago, innovation was all about electrifying mechanical systems. Today, it seems to rely on material science: what can we create that’s lighter, stronger, conductive,...
Quickie: Hexagon snaps up ESPRIT CAM solutions
Quickie: Hexagon snaps up ESPRIT CAM solutions Remember just yesterday, when Hexagon CEO Ola Rollén told investors to stay tuned, that there was significant acquisition activity, even in a time of Covid? Welp. Today, Hexagon announced that it will acquire D.P....
