4 on a Friday: DS invests in AVSimulation, Newforma acquires, more on Cadence+Numeca, Siemens’ MindSphere on Red Hat OpenShift
4 on a Friday: DS invests in AVSimulation, Newforma acquires, more on Cadence+Numeca, Siemens’ MindSphere on Red Hat OpenShift It’s been another busy week of earnings and other PLMish news. Here are some bits and pieces I didn’t have the time to...
Altair acquires Flow Simulator & Autodesk acquires Innovyze
Altair acquires Flow Simulator & Autodesk acquires Innovyze Goodness. Not even 7:30AM here on the US East Coast and the news is flying fast. Autodesk just announced it will acquire Innovyze, a leader in “water infrastructure software”, for $1 billion...
Hexagon’s 2020 showed sequential improvement — should continue in 2021
Hexagon’s 2020 showed sequential improvement — should continue in 2021 Continuing the earnings catchup, today we tune into Hexagon, the parent company of brands such as MSC Software, Leica, and PPM (fka Intergraph PPM). In all, 2020 was a mixed year for...
DS’s needle moved in 2020, mostly in life sciences — and SolidWorks is a billion-dollar brand!
DS’s needle moved in 2020, mostly in life sciences — and SolidWorks is a billion-dollar brand! Earlier this month, Dassault Systèmes (DS) reported results for its fourth quarter and, therefore, the full year of 2020. First a quick recap, then a bit about...
5 on a Friday: Rescale, Lectra+Gerber, Hexagon’s R-evolution, C3D Labs’ 2020 results, and SAP’s no-code acquisition
5 on a Friday: Rescale, Lectra+Gerber, Hexagon’s R-evolution, C3D Labs’ 2020 results, and SAP’s no-code acquisition It’s been a week. Let’s wrap it up with a few newsy tidbits that didn’t make it into full blog posts. Rescale, the...
Why so many CADs? And can I switch between them?
Why so many CADs? And can I switch between them? I am often asked, especially by people who are new to the CAD world, what the differences are between all of the CAD tools on the market. What’s the best? And what happens if I don’t like the product I...
Schneider Electric reports Q4, talks AVEVA
Schneider Electric reports Q4, talks AVEVA Schneider Electric reported Q4 results today — you can see them in full here — that also touched on how important AVEVA is to the overall product menu. A couple of nuggets from the press release and investor call...
ESI’s 2020 results show continued improvement
ESI’s 2020 results show continued improvement ESI yesterday announced preliminary results for its fiscal fourth quarter — and they show sequential improvement that leads CEO Cristel de Rouvray to moderate optimism for the year ahead. First, the results: In...

