Jan 23, 2023 | Hot Topics
Super quick: Hexagon preannounces because of data breach Almost every earnings season, someone asks why companies preannounce, and I reply that it’s usually to make sure no ethics violations can occur. Earnings info is usually considered market-moving so if a...
Jan 20, 2023 | Hot Topics
Sandvik’s Q4 2022 knocked expectations out of the park Sandvik started the PLMish reporting season with a bang, reporting Q4 2022 results that beat expectations in nearly all instances. (Note that Sandvik doesn’t give exact guidance, so the numbers that were...
Jan 18, 2023 | Hot Topics
It’s finally done: Schneider Electric owns AVEVA And so we have the final episode of this saga: AVEVA shares are no longer being traded on the London Stock Exchange today as the final step in the sale of AVEVA to Schneider Electric. The last trades yesterday put...
Jan 12, 2023 | Hot Topics
Hexagon to buy SaaS-based Projectmates for construction offering Remember years ago when Hexagon first said it was interested in expanding from design into construction? Given its strength in plant design, this was a natural progression. But the companies that build...
Dec 20, 2022 | Hot Topics
… be filled with health, happiness, joy, and success. It’s almost time for a lovely winter nap — and perhaps some frolicking in the snow if that big storm materializes — but first, we’d like to thank you for an amazing 2022. See you in...
Dec 12, 2022 | Hot Topics
5 on a Monday: update on Ansys+DYNAmore; Gamma, TECHNIA and Lectra acquire; HOOPS goes Epic It’s Monday, one of the last of 2022 — and so much is happening. First, an update on Ansys’ acquisition of DYNAmore: I posited that Ansys was also acquiring Scale, the DYNAmore...
Nov 30, 2022 | Hot Topics
YII 2022: Bentley’s evolution nudges a data revolution Earlier this month, I was lucky enough to attend the 2022 edition of Bentley Systems’ Year in Infrastructure. While much was similar to prior years’ in-person YIIs, a lot was different. There was certainly the...
