Quickie: Autodesk extends sale of multi-user subs to August, pushes back named user start date
Quickie: Autodesk extends sale of multi-user subs to August, pushes back named user start date I wrote last week that Autodesk was going to start transitioning customers to named user licenses in May. A couple of readers shared a change to that policy from...
Bentley ups the ante on BIM CDEs, acquires UK’s GroupBC
Bentley ups the ante on BIM CDEs, acquires UK’s GroupBC Bentley Systems just announced that it has acquired GroupBC, the UK-based maker of the BC Projects and BC Enterprise SaaS solutions. You may know that the UK leads the world in BIM focus and...
Autodesk’s anti-piracy efforts finally pay off – oh, and the looming end of maintenance
Autodesk’s anti-piracy efforts finally pay off – oh, and the looming end of maintenance We’ve had a bit of an earnings bottleneck here at Schnitger Corp. HQ, but let’s see if we can get caught up before more news rocks our world. You are...
Ansys acquires Lumerical for photonics ICs
Ansys acquires Lumerical for photonics ICs Ansys just announced that it will acquire Lumerical, maker of the DEVICE suite of component-level simulation products for modeling the optical, electrical and thermal effects in the performance of photonic integrated...
Super-quick, the VIX volatility index is … crazy
I wrote about Bentley’s potential IPO a few weeks ago and mentioned that the company had, in its last possible IPO, told me that it looked at the VIX index to help determine the exact timing of a sale of its shares. Not going into that again, but this...
Hexagon adds Romax for electric drivetrain MBSE
Hexagon adds Romax for electric drivetrain MBSE Hexagon just announced that it will acquire Romax Technology Limited, maker of the Romax Nexus suite of solutions for concept design, durability, NVH and other simulations for electromechanical drivetrain design and...
Schneider Electric reports 2019 revenue up 6%, growing focus on digital offerings
Schneider Electric reports 2019 revenue up 6%, growing focus on digital offerings Schneider Electric is a massively complicated company, making everything from home energy management solutions to software to operate production facilities. And, as we saw last week,...
Tech Soft 3D secures backing from Battery Ventures
Tech Soft 3D secures backing from Battery Ventures Investor interest in out little PLMish world remains strong. Tech Soft 3D yesterday announced that it has closed a “significant” investment from Battery Ventures and that Battery General Partner Morad...
