Monica Schnitger

HxGN Live: where software, data, sensors meet

Jun 16, 2015 | Hot Topics

Hexagon shepherds to market such diverse offerings as Vero’s CAM software, Intergraph Process, Power and Marine’s SmartPlant, CADWorx and plant-specific simulation solutions, Leica laser scanners and Hexagon Metrology optical probes (for manufacturing tolerance...

Siemens PLM CONX ties together users, systems and products

Jun 15, 2015 | Hot Topics

I’ve been on a quest to find out where designs come from and one thing is clear: nothing is ever created in a vacuum. A good industrial designer will look at what else the prospective buyer might have on his desk, so that the new ergonomic mouse fits into the...

Q&A: VARs, AspenTech, Nastran and more

Jun 9, 2015 | Hot Topics

It’s always fascinating to see what brings people to the Schnitger Corp. website. Some of it makes sense: I write about PLM and you want to know about PLM — boom! Sometimes, though, it’s not so obvious … Do you really want me to write more...

PLMish focus on big data continues: ANSYS snaps up Gear Design

Jun 8, 2015 | Hot Topics

ANSYS just announced that it is merging with Gear Design Solutions, Inc., a provider of big data analytics to the electronics industry. Gear is tiny, with “more than 10 employees”, so it’s not clear why this is a merger and not an outright...

ESI’s new services strategy pays off; Q1 up 20% as reported

Jun 5, 2015 | Hot Topics

ESI yesterday reported that Q1 revenue was up 20% as reported, with a healthy boost from currency effects. Even so, constant currency growth was strong, with license and services revenue each up 10%. The company doesn’t offer much color on its results, but this...

AVEVA grows its steel fab offerings, acquires FabTrol

Jun 1, 2015 | Hot Topics

It’s not even dawn here in Boston and I’m at the airport, waiting to board a flight to Las Vegas and the Hexagon user conference — and this comes into the inbox on my phone: AVEVA will acquire FabTrol Systems, Inc. from the Dowco Group of...

CV Shoutout: CAD to the Bone

Jun 1, 2015 | Hot Topics

Last week I mentioned that Computervision (my alma mater, work-wise), also known as CV, used the tagline “Known by the companies we keep”. That caused some ex-CVers to reach out — thank you! It’s been great walking down memory lane. There are a...

Exa’s Q1 up 7% as reported, up 18% in cc

May 28, 2015 | Hot Topics

Exa Corp. just reported that FQ1 revenue was up a strong 7% as reported and up 18% in constant currencies to $14.8 million, right in the middle of the earlier forecast of $14.5 million to $15.1 million and ever so slightly ahead of Wall Street’s consensus. More...

Reaching that one customer in a PLMish landscape

May 27, 2015 | Hot Topics

I’ve attended a lot of engineering software company events over the last 6 weeks or so and find myself wondering: how can these vendors balance serving their long-term core user bases even as their offerings branch out and get more complex? The story gets harder...

Autodesk’s Q1 revenue up 9%; outlook less rosy

May 19, 2015 | Hot Topics

Autodesk just reported Q1 results that are pretty good, but investors are likely to focus on rising costs and a gloomier outlook for the rest of the year. Total revenue in Q1 was $647 million, up 9% as reported and up 13% in constant currencies (cc), just a bit above...