ANSYS’ Q1 again tops forecasts. A lot.

ANSYS’ Q1 again tops forecasts. A lot.

May 2, 2019 | Hot Topics

I posted a quick update about ANSYS’s Q1 results right after they were announced yesterday and managed to leave out one important item: an acquisition. So let’s start there and then dive into more earnings detail. ANSYS continues to built out its offering...
ANSYS’ Q1 again tops forecasts. A lot.

More earnings-apalooza: ANSYS, Trimble and FARO

May 1, 2019 | Hot Topics

Sorry – no unifying theme for this afternoon’s earnings announcements from ANSYS, Trimble and FARO. ANSYS is the CAE powerhouse; Trimble makes design, measurement and other software used in the construction, mining, trucking and similar industries. Both...
ANSYS’ Q1 again tops forecasts. A lot.

MuM is “completely satisfied” with Q1

Apr 29, 2019 | Hot Topics

— and that’s a good thing for Autodesk, too. Mensch und Maschine said today that it had “a fantastic start to fiscal year 2019”, with revenue up for in proprietary software business, its new SOFiSTiK acquisition and its Autodesk reseller...
ANSYS’ Q1 again tops forecasts. A lot.

Earnings-apalooza, part 2: PTC and AspenTech

Apr 24, 2019 | Hot Topics

This morning started strong, with news from SAP and Dassault Systèmes announcing nice revenue growth, highlighting customer adoption of their newer offerings. I’ll have more on those later, but here’s a quick snapshot fo the highlights. Now we’re...
ANSYS’ Q1 again tops forecasts. A lot.

Earnings-apalooza! SAP, DS, PTC, AspenTech today

Apr 24, 2019 | Hot Topics

SAP and DS have already reported, PTC and AspenTech report later this afternoon. More on each when time allows, but so far (at 8:45AM ET), we’ve learned: Dassault Systèmes’ Q1 2019 non-IFRS revenue was up 13% in constant currencies (cc) and up 8% on a cc...
ANSYS’ Q1 again tops forecasts. A lot.

AVEVA says full steam ahead

Apr 18, 2019 | Hot Topics

AVEVA issued one of its periodic trading updates — they don’t really say much but seem to be required to coincide with parent company Schneider Electric’s earnings releases. Schneider Electric is on a December year-end, quarterly pattern while AVEVA...
Helping to rebuild Notre Dame

Helping to rebuild Notre Dame

Apr 16, 2019 | Hot Topics

If you’re like me, you wanted to tune out the destruction of Paris’ Cathedral of Notre Dame yesterday, but just couldn’t. It’s a place of spiritual significance to many, an iconic Paris tourist destination to others. To me, it’s also a...
First steps to AI: data, man

First steps to AI: data, man

Apr 11, 2019 | Hot Topics

I was speaking to a group of AEC professionals a while back about the technologies they should be investigating. I covered everything from 0D to 6D, from conceptual sketches to advanced BIM, conceptual design to operations — but, as is often the case today, we...
Nemetschek ups rendering with Redshift

Nemetschek ups rendering with Redshift

Apr 9, 2019 | Hot Topics

The Nemetschek Group just announced that its Maxon subsidiary has acquired Redshift Rendering Technologies, maker of the Redshift rendering engine. Redshift (the tech) is a GPU-accelerated renderer that’s available as a plugin to Maxon’s own Cinema 4D as...