The additive saga continues: Stratasys buys MarkForged
The additive saga continues: Stratasys buys MarkForged I’ve written plenty about how technology needs to be timed just right: too early to market and a company expends all its energy and capital on educating that market on why the tech matters; too late, and a...
Nemetschek expands Build with HCSS acquisition
Nemetschek expands Build with HCSS acquisition Nemetschek just announced that it will acquire Heavy Construction Systems Specialists (HCSS) from private equity firm Thoma Bravo. I know you’re all asking, who?? HCSS makes specialized software for civil,...
Evolution continues: Hexagon buys Waygate
Evolution continues: Hexagon buys Waygate Hexagon continues its reinvention — the PPM spin-off, Octave, won’t be complete until May, in all likelihood — today announcing the acquisition of Waygate Technologies for $1.45 billion in cash (about €1.24 billion), in...
PTC’s Strategic Pivot: Back to the Future – and welcome, Velotic
PTC’s Strategic Pivot: Back to the Future – and welcome, Velotic You might recall PTC’s announcement last year regarding the sale of its ThingWorx and Kepware businesses to TPG for $725 million. Last week, the deal officially closed. While the headline figure is...
Hexagon and Cadence complete transfer of design & engineering business
Hexagon and Cadence complete transfer of design & engineering business Superquick. Blizzard bearing down, may lose power (but warm and cozy so far). Hexagon and Cadence just announced that completion of the sale of Hexagon’s Design & Engineering business...
SaaS isn’t going away—even in the age of AI
SaaS isn’t going away—even in the age of AI I get asked this a lot: “Is SaaS dead?” — and, given that all of the PLMish companies in our space sell their software that way, it’s a good question. The whole “SaaS is dead” thing apparently...
“Flow” wars: Autodesk sues Google over product name
“Flow” wars: Autodesk sues Google over product name Reuters reported yesterday that Autodesk is suing Google for infringing on its “Flow” trademark and marketing competing AI-enabled tools that, like Autodesk’s Flow, are used to make movies, TV...
Super quick: Siemens adds to EDA portfolio
Super quick: Siemens adds to EDA portfolio Siemens just announced that it has acquired Canopus AI, makers of a computational metrology platform for semiconductor manufacturers. [If you Google, note that there are two companies called Canopus AI; Siemens acquired this...
