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Autodesk’s buying binge is not over yet for 2011, as the company announced early today that it has acquired “certain technology-related assets from T-Splines Inc., a privately-held surface modeling software company … Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.”...Dec 15, 2011 | Hot Topics
ESI Group reported today that third quarter 2011 revenue was €17.6 million, up 10% both as reported and in constant currencies on strong demand for its services offerings. ESI CEO Alain de Rouvray said that the third quarter results “show the offensive and defensive...Dec 14, 2011 | Hot Topics
Last month, ESI Group said that it had opened a 7-year, €30 million credit facility to help fund its acquisition strategy — and today we learn of the second* deal under the new financing arrangement: the acquisition of Efield, a Swedish supplier of...Nov 30, 2011 | Hot Topics
If you follow my twitter feed (@monica_schnitge), you’ll know that I’m one of 9,000 attending the 2011 edition of Autodesk University in Las Vegas. Days are crammed, so this has to be brief, but there’s a lot going on: • Autodesk formally entered the PLM fray, after...Nov 23, 2011 | Hot Topics
Earlier in November, I was fortunate enough to attend Bentley Systems’ Be Inspired event in Amsterdam, where Bentley showcases the customer finalists in what could be termed “extreme infrastructure” –plants, buildings, roads, construction, utilities–...Nov 21, 2011 | Hot Topics
The consolidation train keeps rolling.Stay with me now: Ratos AB of Sweden announced that its Danish subsidiary, Contex Group, signed an agreement to sell its subsidiaries Z Corporation and Vidar Systems to 3D Systems Corporation for about $137 million. Contex will...Nov 21, 2011 | Hot Topics
Last week, I briefly noted that Cimatron had reported Q3 revenue of $9.6 million, up 10% from the $8.7 million reported last year. Here are a few more details about what actually was a really good quarter for Cimatron: License revenue was 42% of total, or $4.0 million...
