Q&A: VARs, AspenTech, Nastran and more

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

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

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

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

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

AVEVA F15 meets expectations, not in talks

May 19, 2015 | Hot Topics

For those of you who are wondering: AVEVA still hasn’t been acquired. In fact, CEO Richard Longdon told CNBC and told that reporter that “there’s  nothing to say” about a possible acquisition and that AVEVA is not talking with Schneider, GE or...
PLMish focus on big data continues: ANSYS snaps up Gear Design

Calm down; AVEVA not acquired (yet?)

May 18, 2015 | Hot Topics

People, breathe. The Financial Times yesterday ran a story about AVEVA, saying that several companies were in the running to acquire it. That led to all sorts of speculation in the media, which sent AVEVA’s share price up 10% or so today on the London Stock...