Shakeup at SolidWorks: Sicot out, Bassi in

Shakeup at SolidWorks: Sicot out, Bassi in

Jan 15, 2015 | Hot Topics

Well, this is big (and surprising): Dassault Systèmes just announced that Gian Paolo Bassi has been appointed CEO of SOLIDWORKS, replacing Bertrand Sicot. M. Sicot moves on to become DS’ VP Sales of the Value Solutions sales channel, the indirect sales...
Bentley adds C3global’s Amulet for IoT asset management

Bentley adds C3global’s Amulet for IoT asset management

Jan 14, 2015 | Hot Topics

Bentley Systems just announced that it has acquired C3global, maker of the web-based Amulet suite software for operational analytics. Amulet will be added to Bentley’s AssetWise offering, expanding on the Ivara acquisition by adding configurable predictive and...
PLM, the Resource Revolution and you (yes, you)

PLM, the Resource Revolution and you (yes, you)

Jan 13, 2015 | Hot Topics

I gave a talk last week over at PI Live, Market Key’s online platform for all things PLM. When the Market Key team and I were brainstorming the topic for that session, they asked me to focus on something a bit “bigger picture” than implementation stories or best...
Bentley adds C3global’s Amulet for IoT asset management

AVEVA snaps up 8over8 for contract execution management

Jan 5, 2015 | Hot Topics

Happy new year! It’s always exciting to start afresh and AVEVA gets 2015 off to a roaring start with the first PLMish acquisition of the year: it snapped up 8over8 Limited for its ProCon capital project risk management software platform. 8over8 says it’s...
Happy Holidays!

Happy Holidays!

Dec 24, 2014 | Hot Topics

Our world is a troubled place. I, for one, plan to unplug for a few days, hope for snow (but not too much) and enjoy my family and friends. And perhaps too much Stollen. We’ll see. I wish the same for you and look forward to continuing our conversation in the...
Bentley adds C3global’s Amulet for IoT asset management

Trimble stretches into agricultural sales automation

Dec 23, 2014 | Hot Topics

Trimble announced today that it has acquired privately-held IRON Solutions to help automate farm operations by linking equipment dealers, seed and chemical providers to the grower’s ERP and CRM systems. That’s a very cool idea, and one that’s been...
AU 2014: a potent mix of strategy and tactics

AU 2014: a potent mix of strategy and tactics

Dec 17, 2014 | Hot Topics

I’ve been trying to wrap my brain around Autodesk University and am still not sure what my main takeaways are — and it ended almost two weeks ago! On the one hand, it was the most strategic and visionary AU ever, as Autodesk flexes its muscles in both technical and...
3DEXPERIENCE: Think differently to innovate more effectively

3DEXPERIENCE: Think differently to innovate more effectively

Dec 8, 2014 | Hot Topics

Why do you do what you do? What’s your end goal? Only when you’ve answered those questions, think about how —which tools and techniques, how you’ll approach the task, whether and how you’ll simulate and collaborate … That’s the nexus of Dassault Systèmes (DS) 3D...