Out of the COVID-19 mailbag — answering your top questions
Out of the COVID-19 mailbag — answering your top questions I hope you’re all safe and healthy — and supporting the nurses, doctors, grocery store people, truck drivers, restaurant workers and all the others who are making it possible for those of us...
AVEVA updates for FY 2020 (good) and calendar 2020 (cautious)
AVEVA updates for FY 2020 (good) and calendar 2020 (cautious) AVEVA just gave an update on how fiscal 2020 turned out (ended March 31) and hinted at what it expects for the rest of calendar 2020. It was the typical, brief, “we’ll say more later” news...
How you can help: lend your compute power to Folding@Home
How you can help: lend your compute power to Folding@Home Here’s one that requires literally no effort on your part, after you download the app to your PC tower: Lend your CPU and GPU to scientists who are trying to discover how to block the Coronavirus from...
Autodesk takes minority stake in Aurigo, for infrastructure project delivery
Autodesk takes minority stake in Aurigo, for infrastructure project delivery Here’s an interesting one that I didn’t see coming: rather than acquiring, Autodesk is taking a minority stake in the privately-held AEC-focused firm, Aurigo Software....
SAP pre-announces, still sees growth for 2020
SAP pre-announces, still sees growth for 2020 SAP became the latest company in our PLMish universe to pre-announce results for the quarter ended March 31, and offer some glimpses into how other companies may have fared — and to what the rest of 2020 may hold....
How you can help: Join MIT’s Beat the Pandemic hackathons
Just over the transom: MIT is hosting two hackathons THIS WEEKEND to tackle specific problems related to the COVID-19 epidemic. They’re calling this Beat the Pandemic, and say that The Challenge is a 48-hour sprint beginning on Friday afternoon (4/3) and ending...
PTC and Ansys DON’T preannounce
PTC and Ansys DON’T preannounce What a strange time, when it’s notable that companies just go ahead and schedule their earnings releases as per normal, like PTC did today (for April 29), or craft a special letter to investors that ends with the earnings...
How you can help: support businesses that make PPEs
How you can help: support businesses that make PPEs You don’t come here for politics, so we’ll leave all that aside, and point out that many businesses that are working to make personal protective equipment (PPEs), often without knowing if or how...
