Jun 23, 2013 | Hot Topics
PTC has spent the last, well, decade redefining itself. For a long time, it was the feature-based modeling powerhouse in a direct-modeling CAD world. Then it decided CAD was passé and devoted itself to building a PLM platform. Most recently, PTC entered the brave new...
Jun 20, 2013 | Hot Topics
Have you ever wondered how a construction site works? It’s much more complicated — and way higher-tech — than most people realize. Trimble has been on a mission over the last 5 years or so to bring technology to the job site, since that’s...
Jun 17, 2013 | Hot Topics
Still working to catch up on what happened while you were at PTC Live? Me too! Honestly, it would be so much simpler if everything just went on hold while we’re these things, right?! Not gonna happen, so catch-up it is. In addition to 3D Systems trying to...
Jun 14, 2013 | Hot Topics
Not surprisingly, while a lot of us were at PTC’s Live Global user conference in Anaheim this week, everyone else was doing … whatever they were doing. And that, it turns out was quite a bit. 3D Systems Acquires (Most of) Phenix Systems 3D Systems makes...
Jun 11, 2013 | Hot Topics
Picture this: we’re in an ancient city of castles, cathedrals and really good cake, meeting to talk about advancements in cutting-edge technology: simulation. It’s a little like the picture to the right, of St. Stephen’s cathedral reflected in a...
May 29, 2013 | Hot Topics
First day back from a lot of travel –ask me about Vienna, the SIMULIA user conference and the General Clinton Canoe Regatta, pictured below, when you next see me– and there’s lot’s of news — oh, and a big acquisition to cover, too....
May 20, 2013 | Hot Topics
This earnings season has been incredibly busy and I have fallen far, far behind in summarizing the highlights. To try to catch up a bit, I’ll be grouping these companies by general product category for you, since that’s so much more useful than...
