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PLMish earnings are off to a good start with MuM and Cadence reporting strong performance

Jul 27, 2021 | Hot Topics

We’re deep into earnings this week, as Cadence, Dassault Systèmes, Hexagon, Nemetschek, and PTC all report about what happened during the quarter that ended in June. Before that all kicks off, Mensch und Maschine last week gave us a preview of what to expect....

Siemens to acquire FORAN marine design solutions

Jul 20, 2021 | Hot Topics

Siemens just announced that it is acquiring the FORAN software business from SENER, a Spanish engineering, procurement, and construction firm. FORAN’s solutions are used in the design and construction of ships of all sorts, and marine structures like offshore...

3 on a Tuesday: Autodesk walks away from Altium deal; MarkForged is a public company; DS 3DX moves beyond CAD in AEC

Jul 20, 2021 | Hot Topics

I know – it’s not Friday, no matter how much we might wish it to be. But there’s a lot to catch up on, so let’s get right to it: Remember last month, when news broke that Autodesk was interested in acquiring Altium, the maker of EDA solutions?...

Hexagon adds location to AR, snaps up Immersal

Jul 16, 2021 | Hot Topics

Hexagon adds location to AR, snaps up Immersal What’s new: Hexagon acquires Immersal, which makes an SDK that adds spatial location to AR solutions. Why it matters: Sometimes, the location of an AR experience is irrelevant (doing maintenance on a unique item, for...

Quickie: Bentley expands underground modeling with acquisition of Aarhus

Jul 7, 2021 | Hot Topics

Quickie: Bentley expands underground modeling with acquisition of Aarhus I’m watching the UEFA Cup, so this will be brief: Bentley just announced that the Seequent business unit Bentley just acquired is, in turn, acquiring the Danish company, Aarhus GeoSoftware....

Hexagon to acquire Infor’s EAM business for $2.75 billion

Jul 6, 2021 | Hot Topics

Hexagon to acquire Infor’s EAM business for $2.75 billion Much more to come on this, but news broke earlier today that, pending regulatory approvals, Hexagon will acquire Infor’s EAM (Enterprise Asset Management) business, for approximately $2.75 billion in cash...

Gamma Technologies acquires to add power converter tech to GT-SUITE

Jul 1, 2021 | Hot Topics

Gamma Technologies acquires to add power converter tech to GT-SUITE CAE consolidation continues — and it isn’t just at the big-company level. Gamma Technologies (GT) just announced that it has acquired Power Design Technologies SAS (PDT), maker of the...

3 on a Friday: Bentley goes for more debt, Rockwell acquires Plex, FARO grabs HoloBuilder

Jun 25, 2021 | Hot Topics

3 on a Friday: Bentley goes for more debt, Rockwell acquires Plex, FARO grabs HoloBuilder A quick recap of a few things I didn’t have time to write about this week: Bentley Systems announced this week that it was launching a second private convertible debt...

Cadence on CAE: delight and opportunity

Jun 24, 2021 | Hot Topics

Cadence on CAE: delight and opportunity Over the last few months, Cadence acquired NUMECA for its CFD and Omnis offerings, and Pointwise for its meshing capabilities. These took me by surprise since both are great CAE assets that I had no idea a Cadence would be...

Quickie: FeedBurner’s going away – maybe – so Schnitger Corp email subscriptions are changing

Jun 18, 2021 | Hot Topics

Quickie: FeedBurner’s going away – maybe – so Schnitger Corp email subscriptions are changing A while ago, I wrote about the fact that Google put its FeedBurner service into maintenance mode. When we started the site, we used FeedBurner to get Hot...