PTC’s Q4 revenue down, subs & manufacturing economy

PTC’s Q4 revenue down, subs & manufacturing economy

Oct 28, 2015 | Hot Topics

Earnings come, whether I’m there to listen or not. PTC just reported fiscal Q4 and 2015 results — and, at first glance, they’re decent given the change to a subscription model. About to hop on a plane but here are the bare facts: Total revenue in Q4...
AVEVA showcases toys & tech at World Summit

AVEVA showcases toys & tech at World Summit

Oct 28, 2015 | Hot Topics

Dubai is hot, both in temperature and in infrastructure buildup. If you followed along last week you saw the view from my hotel window: construction everywhere, towers rising in a no-mans land of scrubby desert. Where the buildings are finished, they’re surrounded by...
PTC’s Q4 revenue down, subs & manufacturing economy

Hexagon’s Q3 shows acceleration

Oct 27, 2015 | Hot Topics

Hexagon, the parent company of brands such as Intergraph, Leica and Vero, just announced that total reported revenue was up 14% in Q3 to €742 million; on an organic and constant currency basis, revenue was up 6%. In prepared remarks, CEO Ola Rollén said that Q3 showed...
PTC’s Q4 revenue down, subs & manufacturing economy

MuM ups guidance on strong year to date

Oct 26, 2015 | Hot Topics

Germany’s Mensch und Maschine (MuM) today announced that the strong growth it had seen through the first 6 months of 2015 continued in Q3, with total revenue for the year-to-date up 16% as reported to €119 million. M+M Software was up a more modest 8% to €30...
PTC’s Q4 revenue down, subs & manufacturing economy

Stratasys sees trouble in maker sales

Oct 22, 2015 | Hot Topics

Late yesterday, Stratasys announced that Q3 results would be well below expectations, coming in at around $167 million (versus earlier guidance of $155 million to $190 million), with a GAAP net loss of  $155 million to $190 million that’s largely due to asset...
PTC’s Q4 revenue down, subs & manufacturing economy

DS’ Q3 blew past expectations

Oct 22, 2015 | Hot Topics

Dassault Systèmes just announced Q3 results that nicely exceeded July’s guidance of total, non-IFRS revenue of about €665 million; Q3 came in at non-IFRS revenue of €686 million, up 9% in constant currencies. I think that’s also a bit above market...
A little paranoia …

A little paranoia …

Oct 21, 2015 | Hot Topics

From the Travel Desk at Schnitger Corporation Dear Sir, We know you’re important, that your time is in demand. And that it’s hard to schedule all of your calls and meetings around travel — heck, we’ve been there. But –but– we...
SimSci boosts process performance, profit

SimSci boosts process performance, profit

Oct 15, 2015 | Hot Topics

You likely know that AVEVA and Schneider Electric Software are poised to merge, assuming due diligence and regulatory hurdles don’t throw up insurmountable obstacles. What will that mean for plant designers? For engineering and construction companies? For asset...
PTC’s Q4 revenue down, subs & manufacturing economy

Field-to-office heats up, Trimble acquires PocketMobile

Oct 14, 2015 | Hot Topics

We need to get past the idea that design and engineering begin and end in an office, drawing room or lab; it’s time we joined much of the rest of  the business world by taking work to where it needs to be, even if that is outside the office. That’s enabled...
PTC’s Q4 revenue down, subs & manufacturing economy

PTC gets into AR with Vuforia acquisition

Oct 12, 2015 | Hot Topics

Interesting news — from the “I didn’t see this coming” department: PTC just announced that it is acquiring Qualcomm’s Vuforia business for $65 million. Vuforia makes augmented reality (AR) technology, which PTC says is “the...