HxGN LIVE merges old and new, urges epic leaps forward

HxGN LIVE merges old and new, urges epic leaps forward

HxGN LIVE, the Hexagon group’s annual userfest, brings together thousands of people from manufacturing to fire/rescue/police to construction to mapping professionals. Walking the halls, it’s hard not to run into someone who does something I know nothing...
Nemetschek NEVARIS addresses SMB construction with acquisition

DS takes majority position in Centric Software

DS takes majority position in Centric Software Dassault Systèmes just announced that it will acquire a majority stake in Centric Software, the privately-held maker of PLM solutions for the fashion, apparel, luxury and retail sectors. DS said that, “with this...
Quickie: Historic AVEVA surged in FY18

Quickie: Historic AVEVA surged in FY18

AVEVA had an awesome fiscal 2018 (ended March 31). You’ll recall that the AVEVA merged with Schneider Electric Software earlier this year to create a much bigger company with software that reaches from plant design to operations. That combined group reported...
A few implications of PTC+Rockwell

A few implications of PTC+Rockwell

Yesterday, all I had time to do was tell you about Rockwell Automation’s $1 billion stock buy of newly issued shares of PTC, but not to muse on the implications. To be clear, PTC says it will use the proceeds to buy back shares so that the overall effect of this...
Nemetschek NEVARIS addresses SMB construction with acquisition

Hexagon grows in autonomous

Hexagon has quietly been building out a solid set of assets that get it ever-closer to the coming autonomous world, starting waaay back when it acquired Leica and Intergraph and, last weekend, announced its intent to add AutonomouStuff (great company name, btw) to the...