PLM’s platform play

PLM’s platform play

Jun 23, 2016 | Hot Topics

Platforms are hot right now, but they’re hardly a new idea. I learned a few weeks ago from Dr. Marshall Van Alstyne (whose research is accessible here) that newspapers, which connect advertisers to consumers, are platforms. HMOs connect physicians and patients....
LiveWorx 2016 celebrates the physical+digital world

LiveWorx 2016 celebrates the physical+digital world

Jun 21, 2016 | Hot Topics

What happens when you mix a lot of old-time CAD super-users with new, edgy technology? Some cross mojonation* but also quite a bit of resistance. It’s interesting; people who are excellent at their jobs are the most resistant to change because it will make them...
AVEVA + Schneider a no-go

AVEVA + Schneider a no-go

Jun 15, 2016 | Hot Topics

In a very brief statement even by UK standards AVEVA just said, “Following the termination of the preliminary discussions between AVEVA Group Plc (“AVEVA”) and Schneider Electric SE, AVEVA has applied to the UKLA for the suspension of its shares to...
AVEVA + Schneider a no-go

Deal and … maybe deal

Jun 13, 2016 | Hot Topics

What happens when I spend the day on a plane? News! Briefly, AVEVA and Schneider Electric have resumed their tango. AVEVA today addressed press speculation by issuing an announcement that it was again in talks with Schneider Electric about a deal that would combine...
AVEVA + Schneider a no-go

ESI seeks to reinvent PLM by moving to PPL

Jun 12, 2016 | Hot Topics

ESI hopes to move manufacturing beyond PLM, and into what it calls PPL, Product Performance Lifecycle. The company defines traditional PLM as “product development until commercial launch” while PPL addresses the product’s “whole...
“One word: Plastics”

“One word: Plastics”

Jun 9, 2016 | Hot Topics

That’s a paraphrase of the wonderful scene in The Graduate, where Mr. Maguire tells a young and confused Benjamin (played by Dustin Hoffman) that plastics are the future. In many ways, he was right. If your job is plastics, you know that that little phrase hides...
AVEVA + Schneider a no-go

AspenTech acquires Fidelis for asset optimization

Jun 7, 2016 | Hot Topics

You may remember that Aspen Technology was rebuffed earlier this year when it tried to acquire KBC and its refinery optimization expertise. Well, that didn’t slow them down much: Today, AspenTech announced that it has acquired FidelisGroup, maker of Titan 2,...
AVEVA + Schneider a no-go

Autodesk subs momentum builds in FQ1

Jun 6, 2016 | Hot Topics

I continue to try to catch up — and today we take a look at Autodesk’s calendar Q1 results, for the three months ended April 30. Autodesk reported these back on May 19, so this isn’t new news. What it is, however, is a great pointer to what...
3DX Science aims to take users from atoms to systems

3DX Science aims to take users from atoms to systems

Jun 3, 2016 | Hot Topics

What happens when you put a lot of chemists and biologists in a room with engineers? Actually, more fun than you might think. And a lot of geeking out. But that’s to be expected. Last week, Dassault Systèmes threw the first-ever combined user group meeting for...
AVEVA + Schneider a no-go

Quickie: DS acquires Ortems for production scheduling

Jun 2, 2016 | Hot Topics

Dassault Systèmes just announced that it has acquired Ortems, a provider of on-premise and on the cloud capacity constraint-based production scheduling and dispatching software. Ortems’ solutions, Agile Manufacturing and PlannerOne, manage manufacturing operations...