Jun 28, 2023 | Hot Topics
Can PLM save the planet? Creating sustainable product lifecycles was a big-stage topic at every event I attended this spring. Presenters started their talks with dire statistics about a planet in peril and wound up encouraging us to focus on those aspects we can do...
Jun 20, 2023 | Hot Topics
Realize LIVE 2023: Siemens says it’s shifting the conversation There’s something special about being at a user conference in person. The random encounters. A roomful of people nodding when they agree with a speaker — or the look of confusion when the room’s...
Jun 13, 2023 | Hot Topics
Dassault Systèmes in 2023: nothing but potential I recently spent a few days with the Dassault Systèmes team in Paris. I’m still digesting it all — there was a LOT, and since my job is to find patterns, make comparisons, and note contrasts, I still much to ponder— so...
May 26, 2023 | Hot Topics
It’s a wrap: A recap of PTC Liveworx 2023 Big user events are back! PTC’s Liveworx filled the Boston Convention Center, a full 12-minute walk from end to end. We had Creo users, Windchill admins, Codebeamer coders, Vuforia wizards, Servigitics partners,...
May 16, 2023 | Hot Topics
Ansys acquires Diakopto, adding to its IC simulation arsenal I’m missing a Vuforia party, so this will be brief: Ansys just announced that it will acquire Diakopto, maker of integrated circuit (IC) simulation solutions — specifically, to find problems...
May 16, 2023 | Hot Topics
LiveWorx, the preview (notes from day 0) I loved set-up time at Daratech conferences. I would stand on a balcony or walkway and watch it all come together on the exhibit floor below me. Vendors building their booths, the service people laying down cables and bringing...
May 15, 2023 | Hot Topics
Digital Twins, Threads, and Tapestries – oh my A couple of weeks ago, I attended the CIMdata PLM Road Map & Eurostep PDT North America 2023 event in Washington DC and, I’ve got to say, it was terrific. A great speaker lineup, high-level content, vendor...
Apr 28, 2023 | Hot Topics
Hexagon’s Q1 showed growth –also in China– even as the company exited unprofitable US defense contracts Hexagon reported results this morning — and they tell a different story of the environment in China. Read on. Total revenue in Q1 was €1287...
Apr 27, 2023 | Hot Topics
PTC’s ramp deals: “nothing but goodness” in a solid FQ2 PTC reported results last night that were quite good, though a lot of what interests me (at any rate) is buried inside unhelpful product buckets. When PTC says “CAD” in these earnings...
Apr 26, 2023 | Hot Topics
Dassault Systèmes wobbles on license, otherwise good Q1 Dassault Systèmes reported Q1 results this morning — they were decent but some investors were unhappy about the (tiny in € terms) miss in the (tiny) license revenue category. The details: Total revenue increased...
