Very sad news: Chuck Grindstaff has died

Very sad news: Chuck Grindstaff has died

I’m sorry to tell you that Chuck Grindstaff, former CEO of Siemens PLM and long-time PLMer, has died. To the left is Siemens’ stock photo of Chuck but it’s so formal and posed — and Chuck never was. He was usually pacing and gesturing,...
Quickie: Arena acquires Onmify as PLM consolidates

Quickie: Arena acquires Onmify as PLM consolidates

Arena Solutions announced via Twitter that it has acquired Omnify Software. Arena’s PLM and quality management solutions target high tech and medical device companies, offering everything from bill of material (BOM, where the company started) to collaboration...
AVEVA says H1 went well

AVEVA says H1 went well

Oh so many earnings this week! So far, the news has been mostly positive as customers are buying to plan. PTC continues its march to subscriptions (and caused endless kerfuffles on the earnings call because it’s adopting a new accounting standard). Dassault...
AVEVA says H1 went well

MuM’s Q3 “happy” results look good for Autodesk

Germany’s Mensch und Maschine (MuM) reported results earlier this week and, as usual, we look at them to see what they might mean for Autodesk and for its broader VAR network. In case you’re unaware, MuM is probably Autodesk’s largest European...
Quickie: Arena acquires Onmify as PLM consolidates

Hexagon acquires Bricsys for AEC workflows

Hexagon just announced that it has acquired Bricsys, a company that’s been around a long time and keeps reinventing itself — most recently, as a provider of open, collaborative solutions for the construction CAD market with BricsCAD. BricsCAD today is a...
Quickie: Arena acquires Onmify as PLM consolidates

Quickie: Altair acquires SIMSOLID

Taking a break from all things Bentley, Altair just announced that it has acquired SIMSOLID, the company based on the notion that we shouldn’t need to create a mesh in order to run a simulation. Founded by Ken Welch and Victor Apanovitch, they sought to simplify...
Construction BIM heats up, Procore acquires BIManywhere

Construction BIM heats up, Procore acquires BIManywhere

The key to this acquisition is in the name of the company being acquired: anywhere. Procore makes cloud-based applications for the construction industry, offering a single platform that enables project stakeholders to share information. BIM, building information...