Nov 28, 2022 | Hot Topics
Quickie: AVEVA shareholders approve sale to Schneider Electric I hope you had a wonderful, restful weekend! While some of us were enjoying turkey and trimmings, AVEVA’s minority owners approved a sale of their shares to Schneider Electric (SE). This ends the...
Nov 23, 2022 | Hot Topics
Happy Thanksgiving! It’s been a frantic Fall, so it’s lovely to feel things slowing down this week. In the US, Thanksgiving Thursday is about food, family, friends, and being grateful for the bounty in our lives. My list of things to be thankful for is...
Nov 17, 2022 | Hot Topics
Super quick: PTC to acquire ServiceMax for $1.5 billion PTC just announced that it will acquire ServiceMax in a $1.46 billion deal that’s expected to close in January. You’ve probably heard of ServiceMax; they offer field service management solutions in...
Nov 12, 2022 | Hot Topics
4 on a Saturday: travel catchup edition I’ve been AWOL the last two weeks, walking the length of the Kennet and von canal in England. Amazing engineering, water control in a place where rain is a given … and beautiful countryside. More on that at some point....
Oct 30, 2022 | Hot Topics
AU 2022: a joyous in-person extravaganza Last month, Autodesk held its first Autodesk University (AU) in person since the whole COVID drama began. It was both a very familiar event and completely new. New: New Orleans instead of Las Vegas! Being handed a COVID test...
Oct 28, 2022 | Hot Topics
4+ on a Friday, earnings edition: Addnode, AspenTech, Cadence and Schneider Electric So much news this week! A quick recap: Addnode gets two spaces in this roundup, one for acquisition and the other for earnings. First, the company announced that it has acquired JBL’s...
Oct 26, 2022 | Hot Topics
DS’ Q3 shows the challenges in the perpetuals-to-subs transition If you look at the financial news, you’ll probably see headlines about today’s earnings announcement by Dassault Systèmes that focus on how license revenue was below expectations — and that’s true....
Oct 25, 2022 | Hot Topics
4 on a Tuesday: Stratasys and AspenTech acquire, Samp gets funding, SAP reports It’s only Tuesday, and it’s already been quite a week. Here, in no particular order, are newsy bits that I think are interesting: Stratasys, the 3D printer company and owner...
