Is the MSC deal a good one?

Jul 14, 2009 | Hot Topics

I don’t usually weigh in on this sort of question — especially since we don’t have the proxy material that details the Board’s decision criteria in selling the company to Symphony Technology Group — but there is so much flying around out there that I’ll...

CAE data management – the breakdowns

Jul 14, 2009 | Hot Topics

CAE data management has become a critical topic for many CAE departments — after all, tying together which CAD models were used as the basis for an analysis, the meshing technique and resulting mesh, the loads and constraints and the resulting data and...

Autodesk and Roopinder Tara cycle for MS research

Jul 14, 2009 | Hot Topics

Roopinder Tara, publisher of TenLinks, and a team of cyclists from Autodesk’s Lake Oswego, Oregon office will participate in a group bicycle ride to raise money to fight multiple sclerosis. The ride, on August 1 and 2, will cover as many as 150 miles.According to...

And the market breathes a sigh of relief …

Jul 13, 2009 | Hot Topics

I’ve been wrong so often on pre-announcements that I waited this time until companies announce their earnings dates: ANSYS and PTC both announced today the dates and times of their June quarter earnings calls, which means that neither is likely to announce results...

AVEVA sees strength in plant, decline in shipbuilding

Jul 9, 2009 | Hot Topics

AVEVA Group provided an update on market conditions from April 1 through June 30 ahead of its shareholder meeting today. The brief note said that the company saw an expected decline in new license sales in the marine sector even though shipyards’ order books for new...

MSC to be acquired by Symphony Tech Group and Elliott Assoc

Jul 8, 2009 | Hot Topics

As we’ve been wondering for a while: MSC today announced that Symphony Technology Group would be paying shareholders approximately $360 million in cash for the company, a 13% premium to yesterday’s closing share price of $6.75, with financing provided in part by...

MSC CEO staying on – at least for now

Jul 7, 2009 | Hot Topics

According to yesterday’s filing with the SEC, MSC Software interim CEO Ashfaq Munshi is continuing on beyond the June 30 deadline originally imposed by the company’s Board of Directors—and will be paid a $500,000 bonus when a permanent CEO is appointed. The filing...

Avatech sells BIMreview, lays off another 41

Jul 6, 2009 | Hot Topics

In an unfortunate sign of the times, Avatech Solutions has reduced its workforce by 41 more people, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These latest layoffs follow an earlier reduction layoff of about 20 people in April, now leaving the...

Rumor-mongering: no news on MSC

Jul 2, 2009 | Hot Topics

Yesterday was July 1, the date on which Elliot Associates’ “standstill” agreement with MSC Software expired. Under the February agreement, Elliott Associates could not buy the additional shares that would give it a 20% stake in MSC, enough to affect management...

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Jun 30, 2009 | Hot Topics

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