PLM goes green?

PLM goes green?

Jan 21, 2020 | Hot Topics

PLM goes green? I believe in science. In the null hypothesis. In finding the root cause. And science says we are not doing nearly enough to reverse the damage already done to our planet by our homes, factories, cars, ships and planes, and to prevent further climate...
Aras & ANSYS team up but no acquisition

Aras & ANSYS team up but no acquisition

Jan 14, 2020 | Hot Topics

Aras & ANSYS team up but no acquisition This just came into the inbox: Aras Licenses Platform to ANSYS in Strategic OEM Deal Partnership will enable better processes and data management of simulations for digital thread traceability across the lifecycle You know...
At AU 2019, AEC continued to rule

At AU 2019, AEC continued to rule

Jan 9, 2020 | Hot Topics

At AU 2019, AEC continued to rule Did I go to AU in 2019? Why, yes, I did. But I had the flu so only participated in a fraction of what was going on and only now have the time to share what I learned. 13,000 people, 13,000 stories and I only got a tiny bit, sigh....
Hexagon ups the ante – announces deals in mining & geosystems

Altair starts 2020 with an EMAG deal

Jan 6, 2020 | Hot Topics

Altair starts 2020 with an EMAG deal Surprise! One of the PLMish world’s most acquisitive companies has done it again: Altair announced today that it has snapped up Spain’s newFASANT, which makes software used for high-frequency electromagnetic analysis....
Do we even still fax?

Do we even still fax?

Jan 3, 2020 | Hot Topics

Do we even still fax? Hello and welcome back! I hope you had a bit of time off at the year-end and are not stressing too much over how many cookies you might (or might not, we’ll never know) have consumed. I’m easing back in and discovered this marvelous...
Hexagon ups the ante – announces deals in mining & geosystems

Quickie: Nemetschek adds to its media brands

Dec 17, 2019 | Hot Topics

Quickie: Nemetschek adds to its media brands Just across the newswire (well, into the inbox since that’s how it all works nowadays): Nemetschek, best known for its BIM brands Allplan and Graphisoft, also has a media and entertainment division called Maxon....
YII is all about the twins, ’bout the twins, no singles*

YII is all about the twins, ’bout the twins, no singles*

Nov 30, 2019 | Hot Topics

Hot Topics (* Massive apologies to Meghan Trainor, on whose All About That Base lyrics it is based. Great song, bad pun.) Last month’s Year in Infrastructure (YII) in Singapore, hosted by Bentley Systems, lived up to the hype: amazing infrastructure projects,...