Bentley maybe inching towards an IPO again?!

Bentley maybe inching towards an IPO again?!

Bentley maybe inching towards an IPO again?! Bentley issued a terse press release yesterday, saying in its entirety EXTON, Pa., U.S.A. – February 13, 2020 – Bentley Systems, Incorporated today announced that it has confidentially submitted a draft registration...
ESI reports revenue up 8% in 2019

ESI reports revenue up 8% in 2019

ESI reports revenue up 8% in 2019 ESI reported results yesterday for the 12 months ended 31 December 2019 and for the 11 months from 1 February 2019 to 31 December 2019. Since ESI is shifting its financial year to reflect the calendar, we’ll just focus on the 12...
Schneider Electric gets into construction, buys RIB

Schneider Electric gets into construction, buys RIB

Schneider Electric gets into construction, buys RIB How interesting: Schneider Electric just announced that it is buying RIB Software, the German maker of cloud and desktop solutions for AEC/construction projects, for €1.4 billion (a 6.5x revenue multiple). Why?...
Schneider Electric gets into construction, buys RIB

Koch Equity buys rest of Infor

Koch Equity buys rest of Infor It’s not as though this is a slow news week … here’s one more, super quick: Infor, the ERP vendor, is being acquired by Koch Equity Development LLC, the investment subsidiary of Koch Industries, the huge conglomerate...
ESI reports revenue up 8% in 2019

Nemetschek reports revenue up 21% in 2019

Nemetschek reports revenue up 21% in 2019 It’s a big day for PLMish earnings, with Siemens, Hexagon and Nemetschek all announcing results for the year ending quarter, so let’s get right to it. Nemetschek issued preliminary results which include only...
Schneider Electric gets into construction, buys RIB

Hexagon adds to its GIS CaaS offering

Hexagon adds to its GIS CaaS offering You could be forgiven for not realizing that Hexagon, besides offering lots of design, engineering and manufacturing technology, also sells data. In fact, that was a major feature of Hexagon’s Capital Markets Day back in...
ESI reports revenue up 8% in 2019

A bit more on the ANSYS / Aras OEM deal

A bit more on the ANSYS / Aras OEM deal I had a number of questions about the new / upgraded relationship between ANSYS and Aras that was announced last week and reached out to both companies for more details. ANSYS VP Strategy and Partnerships Sin Min Yap told me the...