The additive saga continues: Stratasys buys MarkForged

The additive saga continues: Stratasys buys MarkForged

The additive saga continues: Stratasys buys MarkForged I’ve written plenty about how technology needs to be timed just right: too early to market and a company expends all its energy and capital on educating that market on why the tech matters; too late, and a...
The additive saga continues: Stratasys buys MarkForged

Nemetschek expands Build with HCSS acquisition

Nemetschek expands Build with HCSS acquisition Nemetschek just announced that it will acquire Heavy Construction Systems Specialists (HCSS) from private equity firm Thoma Bravo. I know you’re all asking, who?? HCSS makes specialized software for civil,...
The additive saga continues: Stratasys buys MarkForged

Evolution continues: Hexagon buys Waygate

Evolution continues: Hexagon buys Waygate Hexagon continues its reinvention — the PPM spin-off, Octave, won’t be complete until May, in all likelihood — today announcing the acquisition of Waygate Technologies for $1.45 billion in cash (about €1.24 billion), in...
PTC’s Strategic Pivot: Back to the Future – and welcome, Velotic

SaaS isn’t going away—even in the age of AI

SaaS isn’t going away—even in the age of AI I get asked this a lot: “Is SaaS dead?” — and, given that all of the PLMish companies in our space sell their software that way, it’s a good question. The whole “SaaS is dead” thing apparently...
“Flow” wars: Autodesk sues Google over product name

“Flow” wars: Autodesk sues Google over product name

“Flow” wars: Autodesk sues Google over product name Reuters reported yesterday that Autodesk is suing Google for infringing on its “Flow” trademark and marketing competing AI-enabled tools that, like Autodesk’s Flow, are used to make movies, TV...
The additive saga continues: Stratasys buys MarkForged

Super quick: Siemens adds to EDA portfolio

Super quick: Siemens adds to EDA portfolio Siemens just announced that it has acquired Canopus AI, makers of a computational metrology platform for semiconductor manufacturers. [If you Google, note that there are two companies called Canopus AI; Siemens acquired this...
PLM earnings check: AI, tariffs, and longer sales cycles

PLM earnings check: AI, tariffs, and longer sales cycles

PLM earnings check: AI, tariffs, and longer sales cycles Earnings season kicked off last week. No true PLM heavyweights yet, but enough software and industrial results to start looking at sales and demand trends. And some interesting bits and pieces. Fasten your...
PLM earnings check: AI, tariffs, and longer sales cycles

Autodesk to RIF 7% of staff – most in sales/marketing

Autodesk to RIF 7% of staff – most in sales/marketing In a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission today, Autodesk announced that it was restructuring its sales and marketing organization (again, still), which the company expects will “result in...