Is your PLM a uni-tasker? Hope not …
When you buy something, what are your criteria? I look at whether it does what I need it to do, if it’s a good value for the money, and if it leaves me room to grow or adapt as my needs evolve. Like Alton Brown of Good Eats fame (http://altonbrown.com/ – worth a...
Very quick: Yokogawa outbids AspenTech for KBC
You don’t see this every day: AspenTech says that Yokogawa has outbid it to win KBC, which it just last month said would acquire. AspenTech says it “does not intend to revise its offer of 185 pence for each share of KBC Advanced Technologies plc (KBC)...
SolidWorks World 2016: makers, cloud and subs
Kishore Boyalakuntla, SolidWorks Brand User Experience Leader, joked that SolidWorks World is a bit like Disney for engineers — and, you know, it is! This year’s event had a slightly different vibe: it was less serious, more maker and decidedly not DS-centric. Yes,...
Quickies: MuM & GRAITEC earnings surprising
A lot of PLMish companies release earnings news and (as you no doubt know) I fall behind in writing longer posts about each. So, a compromise where I do quick summaries of a few companies while working on longer-form versions for others. This week, Mensch und Maschine...
3D Systems prelim results – surprise: ahead of expectations!
3D Systems has been battered lately, as the consumer market for 3D printing hasn’t developed the way the company envisioned. A management shakeup, exiting the Cube businesses — it’s been a tough six months. Then, this morning, the news that Q4...
DS’ Q4 blows past expectations; CEO doesn’t see AVEVA & CD-adapco as credible acquisitions
When Dassault Systèmes (DS) reports results, there’s a blizzard of information to wade through, all carefully orchestrated to lead the reader to the desired conclusion: that DS is a healthy, growing business with activities on many fronts contributing to long-term...
ESI buys Mineset big data analytics from SGI
ESI today announced that it is acquiring Mineset Inc., a big data visual analytics and machine-learning specialist, from SGI. [Recall that ESI acquired OpenCFD Ltd, owner of the OpenFOAM Trademark, from SGI in 2012. — Ed.] Mineset bills itself...
Trimble acquires Sefaira’s cloud analytics for building design
Trimble continues to build out its design capabilities, announcing today that it is acquiring Sefaira Ltd., which develops cloud-based analytical tools for the architectural market. Sefaira’s Architecture, Strategy and Systems modules enable designers using...
