Schneider Electric to acquire a controlling stake in ETAP
Schneider Electric to acquire a controlling stake in ETAP Super quick: Schneider Electric announced that it will acquire a controlling stake in ETAP Automation Inc. You may be familiar with ETAP: their platform for modeling electrical power systems is integrated with...
Aspen Tech acquires Camo Analytics for … analytics
Aspen Tech acquires Camo Analytics for … analytics It’s been a bit quiet on the acquisition front lately but Aspen Technology (AspenTech) just announced that it has acquired Camo Analytics AS, a provider of industrial analytics solutions. Camo Analytics...
Quickies: Autodesk acquires & Dassault Systèmes updates guidance
Quickies: Autodesk acquires, Dassault Systèmes updates guidance Autodesk University starts today, virtually, so expect a lot of news. First up, Autodesk announced that it is acquiring Spacemaker, a company that makes artificial intelligence (AI) and generative design...
It’s good to be a CAE supplier: notes on Ansys and Altair earnings
It’s good to be a CAE supplier: notes on Ansys and Altair earnings Altair and Ansys reported results for the quarter ended September 30, 2020, a few weeks agoand it’s time to catch up. First, a quick recap of the individual results, then what investment...
Tech Soft 3D continues buildout, acquires Visual Kinematics
Tech Soft 3D continues buildout, acquires Visual Kinematics Tech Soft 3D today announced that it has acquired Visual Kinematics (VKI), which makes DevTools, a suite of component software development kits (SDKs) for CAE applications. This comes just a few weeks after...
PTC’s Q4 ends fiscal year on a strong note
PTC’s Q4 ends fiscal year on a strong note PTC announced fiscal Q4 and 2020 results a week ago and I haven’t had time for a full write-up — and now the earnings are starting to pile up. So here’s a quick recap of what we learned during the PTC...
Hexagon acquires PAS Global for its OT, cybersecurity expertise
Hexagon acquires PAS Global for its OT, cybersecurity expertise Hexagon just announced that it will acquire PAS Global, a maker of operations technology (OT) and cybersecurity solutions that are used across industries to prevent, detect, and remediate cyber threats,...
Battery Ventures buys Cimatron & GibbsCAM from 3D Systems
Battery Ventures buys Cimatron & GibbsCAM from 3D Systems It was just announced that Battery Ventures, an investor across our PLMish universe and most recently in Tech Soft, will buy the Cimatron and GibbsCAM software businesses from 3D Systems Corporation. But...

