Quickie: DS catches Boeing, reports Q2 revenue up

Quickie: DS catches Boeing, reports Q2 revenue up

Jul 26, 2017 | Hot Topics

Dassault Systemes, never shy about wins, folded an announcement that Boeing will be adopting the 3D EXPERIENCE platform across its commercial aviation, space, and defense divisions. That’s likely a big, big deal financially and from a marketing/spin perspective,...
Quickie: DS catches Boeing, reports Q2 revenue up

Quickie: PTC’s FQ3 suffers from weakness in Japan

Jul 21, 2017 | Hot Topics

It’s tough to be PTC. Revenue ahead of expectations, license and subscription bookings not so much, “sales execution issues” in Japan … weak guidance for the company’s fiscal Q4 … stock gets hammered. A few of the details — much more...
The Thirteenth Doctor is a woman!

The Thirteenth Doctor is a woman!

Jul 16, 2017 | Hot Topics

Yes, let’s get it out there: there are more important things to talk about. Hunger, world peace, inequality — but this is big too: Today the BBC announced that the Thirteenth Doctor will be played by Jodie Whittaker, a female actor most known for...
Quickie: DS catches Boeing, reports Q2 revenue up

ANSYS acquires CEI to boost post-processing with EnSight

Jul 11, 2017 | Hot Topics

ANSYS has announced that it has acquired Computational Engineering International, Inc. (CEI), makers of EnSight, a nifty post-processor for Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and Finite Element Analysis (FEA) simulations. As you might be aware, simulations result in...
Quickie: DS catches Boeing, reports Q2 revenue up

Here we go again: AVEVA+Schneider?

Jul 10, 2017 | Hot Topics

A couple of UK media outlets reported yesterday that Schneider Electric is considering once again making an offer for AVEVA. This is one such report, repeating what was in a Sunday Times (paywall) article. As before, such a deal would make a lot of sense: Schneider...
Quickie: DS catches Boeing, reports Q2 revenue up

DS deepens its bench in naval architecture

Jun 12, 2017 | Hot Topics

News broke this morning that Dassault Systèmes has acquired AITAC BV, a Dutch company that uses the DS suite of products to design superyachts, cruise liners, frigates, tugboats and other smaller ships. As a complement to its services offerings, AITAC devised Smart...
Quickie: DS catches Boeing, reports Q2 revenue up

OpenText gets on the IoT bus

Jun 9, 2017 | Hot Topics

I know I’m way behind on event reports but need to let you know about this: Earlier this week, OpenText, the document management and collaboration vendor, announced that it is acquiring Covisint Corporation, a cloud platform for automotive and Internet of Things...
Quickie: DS catches Boeing, reports Q2 revenue up

Altair moves further into EDA with MODELiiS acquisition

May 26, 2017 | Hot Topics

Altair continues to expand its portfolio, yesterday adding MODELiiS, a French supplier of electronic design automation (EDA) software for circuit design and simulation. MODELiiS spun out of an entity called EASii IC, which develops Application-Specific Integrated...
Quickie: DS catches Boeing, reports Q2 revenue up

CAE rumbles on: ANSYS, ESI and Exa earnings recaps

May 25, 2017 | Hot Topics

Over the last few weeks, CAE companies have released earnings that highlight the growing importance of CAE technology in many companies’ product development processes, and the impact these technologies are having on the enterprises that use them. First, key...