Mar 14, 2018 | Hot Topics
Yes, the Boston area is digging out from the third major storm in two weeks, much of the news is lousy and uncertain — but it’s Pi Day! Today is March 14, which the US writes as 3/14 or perhaps 3.14. Hmm. That looks suspiciously like the first few digits...
Feb 27, 2018 | Hot Topics
I’ve been recapping earnings for you for years but with the ready availability of the source materials it seems silly to just reproduce it all and make you hunt for my commentary. To make this more productive for you and for me, we’re trying something new: I’m...
Feb 22, 2018 | Hot Topics
Topcon announced earlier this week that it has acquired ClearEdge3D, a maker of 3D modeling and construction verification software. Unless you’re into AECish topics, you may not have heard of Topcon. Topcon is a Japanese company that makes positioning...
Feb 21, 2018 | Hot Topics
I spent the last week with AVEVA at its North American user conference. I haven’t attended one of these in years, mostly going to the international Summit events (here, here … search the site for more). The Summit is strategic; it’s about IT and economic trends,...
Feb 21, 2018 | Hot Topics
Altair just announced that it has acquired TES International’s technology and intellectual property and hired founder Ben Zandi to lead its thermal solutions software development efforts. Dr. Zandi founded TES to address electronics cooling and today (yesterday?) the...
Feb 12, 2018 | Hot Topics
SOLIDWORKS World is always a spectacle of maker-ness, designers competing to out-SOLIDWORKS one another in design competitions and learn from one another. It’s, as one speaker put it, nerd-heaven. This year was the twentieth anniversary event and many attendees...
