2 on a Friday: Chaos buys into archviz and Modelon announces Q1 results
2 on a Friday: Chaos buys into archviz and Modelon announces Q1 results The beginning of the week featured Memorial Day here in the US and the week ends with the Jubilee of the Queen of England. The combo seems to have created a slow news week — but here are two...
Autodesk’s Q1 beats expectations, sets up for strong fiscal 2023
Autodesk’s Q1 beats expectations, sets up for strong fiscal 2023 You know me: cynical. When I saw that Autodesk had scheduled its earnings release for the Thursday before Memorial Day weekend, in a year that’s reputed to be “revenge...
Sandvik lays out CAM ambitions
Sandvik lays out CAM ambitions I am seriously behind on posting earnings writeups but for now, know that most companies reported good results for the March quarter and that our corner of the IT vendor space has little exposure to Russia and Belarus, so won’t see...
Digital transformation? Let’s talk.
Digital transformation? Let’s talk. I was at Autodesk’s Accelerate conference in New Orleans earlier this week. Many great speakers talked about how they are adapting to the realities they find themselves in—demanding customers, changing supply chains, squeezed...
MakerBot and Ultimaker to merge, secure $60 million investment
MakerBot and Ultimaker to merge, secure $60 million investment Remember when we were all going to have 3D printers at home, making replacement knobs for our stoves, printing toys for kids, and doodads for our offices? Not so much. That never took off for many reasons...
Quickie: Ansys acquires MDL & its Motor-CAD
Quickie: Ansys acquires MDL & its Motor-CAD Ansys just announced that it has acquired Motor Design Limited (MDL) Motor-CAD to “strengthen Ansys’ Electronics portfolio, enabling customers to design more efficient electric machines and apply them to...
PTC closes Codebeamer deal, reports solid FQ2
PTC closes Codebeamer deal, reports solid FQ2 PTC just announced that it has closed its acquisition of Intland Software and its Codebeamer. And that reminds me that I never did publish a note on PTC’s earnings last week — which were very positive. First,...
Quickie: DS Q1 revenue up 13%, ups year to 10% to 11% growth
Quickie: DS Q1 revenue up 13%, ups year to 10% to 11% growth Dassault Systèmes announced Q1 results this morning — they were very, very good, and caused the company to raise its targets for the full fiscal year. More when there’s time, but here ar the...

