Symphony ups its offer to $8.15/share for MSC

Sep 17, 2009 | Hot Topics

In a sort of non-announcement, MSC Software today announced that Symphony Technology Group has bumped its offer to $8.15 per share in cash, equalling the offer it received from an unnamed third party last week. According to the press release, “The MSC Board of...

Now THAT’s a headline!

Sep 17, 2009 | Hot Topics

Last week I wrote about crafting a press release that is brief, compelling and spurs the reader on to a desired next step. Today Dassault Systèmes issued a release that isn’t brief but is quite compelling: Entergy Nuclear Expects to Save Up to $1 Million per Day with...

ANSYS hopes CAD+CAE = better CAE

Sep 16, 2009 | Hot Topics

So you’re a CAD company without an analysis capability or a CAE vendor without strong ties to any one 3D modeling engine. How do you compete with the integrated suites offered by vendors such as Autodesk, Dassault Systèmes, PTC and Siemens? You partner. Last week,...

ESI reports Q2 flat with last year

Sep 16, 2009 | Hot Topics

ESI Group yesterday reported preliminary results for the quarter ended July 31 that echoed the business conditions seen by others in the PLM universe: companies need the innovation solutions PLM supplies, but are having a hard time signing up right now. Repeatable...

WSJ on helping displaced workers

Sep 15, 2009 | Hot Topics

The Wall Street Journal today showcases how a carpet manufacturer, legal information service and PLM vendor are helping their unemployed former customers retool and retrain for an eventual economic recovery.The best idea comes from David Carr, an interior architect...

MSC bidding war heats up

Sep 15, 2009 | Hot Topics

MSC Software announced that its board of directors has received revised offers to acquire the company. The original offer of $7.63 per share from Symphony was trumped last week when an unnamed party offered $8.00 per share; under the original agreement between...

Using Xbox 360 to simulate more than games

Sep 15, 2009 | Hot Topics

In the “How cool is this!” pile: According to HPCWire, researchers in the UK used a number of Xbox 360 gaming console chips to build a cheaper parallel processing engine for their research into the predictability of cardiac arrhythmias. The research is described in...

Social media the answer to PLM marketing budgets?

Sep 14, 2009 | Hot Topics

At a time when it is more expensive than ever to rely on traditional marketing outlets like user meetings, mailings, magazine ads and call centers, the perceived “free” nature of online marketing is very appealing. Do PLM/design/engineering/analysis software buyers...

MSC gets another offer

Sep 9, 2009 | Hot Topics

Remember suitor M, described in MSC’s proxy as not having financing available by the end of August? Well, that may have changed. Or it may be a completely new entrant – who knows?MSC just announced that it has received a proposal “superior” to that from Symphony...

HPC explained

Sep 8, 2009 | Hot Topics

I don’t usually promote vendors’ marketing materials, but this one is just too good to pass up. Sun Microsystems and AMD have teamed up to sponsor HPC for Dummies, an ebook in the famous yellow and black Dummies series. You do need to give some contact information and...