Nemetschek revenue up 10% in 2011

Feb 17, 2012 | Hot Topics

Nemetschek today announced that preliminary figures show revenue grew 10% in 2011, to €164 million, just below its target of €165 million. License revenue was up 9% (to €81 million) and maintenance revenue was up of 11% to €74 million. Through the first nine months of...

Rand’s product sales up, commissions down

Feb 14, 2012 | Hot Topics

A quick note on Rand Worldwide, which just released results for the quarter ended December 31. Q2 revenue was $23 million, up 4% from a year ago and essentially flat with its fiscal first quarter. For the six months ended December 31, 2011, total revenues were $44...

UPDATE: DS ends strong, cautious about 2012

Feb 13, 2012 | Hot Topics

Dassault Systèmes (DS) reported really good results for its fourth quarter and for fiscal 2011 yet the share price fell, as investors expected a more positive outlook. But let’s close 2011 first, shall we? For Q4: • Total revenue was €512 million, up 11% as reported...

DS ends strong, cautious about 2012

Feb 12, 2012 | Hot Topics

Dassault Systèmes (DS) reported really good results for its fourth quarter and for fiscal 2011 yet the share price fell, as investors expected a more positive outlook. But let’s close 2011 first, shall we? For Q4: • Total revenue was €512 million, up 11% as reported...

Hexagon sets new goals

Feb 12, 2012 | Hot Topics

I’m in San Diego for SolidWorks World, looking out at the harbor and trying to catch up on last week’s news. It’s in the 50s here, cloudy and windy. Wonderful for this New Englander, but cold to the natives who huddle around outdoor propane heaters. It’s likely colder...

Mentor expands CAE offering

Feb 7, 2012 | Hot Topics

Last month, Mentor Graphics announced that it had acquired Flowmaster, a developer of “1D” computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation software. Just look at that sentence: Mentor, Flowmaster, 1D, CFD – how does that fit together, let alone in a...

PTC: 5 markets, higher growth

Feb 7, 2012 | Hot Topics

PTC is hosting an investor day today at which it is describing the new organizational structure that was teased on its recent earning call and explaining how this better reflects changes PTC sees in the marketplace. CEO Jim Heppelmann kicked things off by saying that...

Trimble growing ahead of expectations

Feb 5, 2012 | Hot Topics

A quick update on Trimble, which reported Q4 and fiscal 2011 on February 2, 2012. The company had expected revenue growth of about 20% for 2011, but wound up acquiring at a rapid clip that lead it to report FY 2011 revenue of $1.64 billion, up about 27% over FY...

AspenTech continues its reinvention

Jan 31, 2012 | Hot Topics

AspenTech continues its turnaround, with total revenue climbing 34% to nearly $67 million for the second fiscal quarter ended December 31. The transition from paid-up license/maintenance revenue recognition to subscriptions has been rocky with the company not yet near...

Delcam reports nice surprise

Jan 30, 2012 | Hot Topics

In case you missed it, Delcam also gave a trading update last week. The UK-based maker of CAM solutions said that it saw a “strong finish” to 2011 with “profit before tax to be ahead of current market forecasts of £3.2m (stated before share option charges of £0.1m)....