Apr 19, 2017 | Hot Topics
AVEVA today gave an update on its performance for the fiscal year that ended 31 March 2017. And it was, as usual, a terse 2-sentence statement: The Board is pleased to report that the Group’s results, assisted by positive currency translation effects, show a...
Apr 18, 2017 | Hot Topics
Do you ever think about how the products you rely on are created? How you can be sure that the car you drive is safe? Or the laptop, not exploding? Or how that latest gadget turns into an object of must-have, while the one next to it on the shelf is just OK? I get to...
Apr 10, 2017 | Hot Topics
You ask the best questions! Here, some quick answers from the mailbag: I probably get more questions on PLM than anything else: what is it, who uses it, why does it matter — and where does it fit into an overall IT strategy. The first thing to realize is that...
Mar 30, 2017 | Hot Topics
Siemens just announced that it has closed the Mentor Graphics acquisition, adding all sorts of EDA and CFD goodness to its portfolio. A quick recap of the particulars: On November 14, 2016, Siemens announced that it would offer Mentor shareholders $37.25 per share in...
Mar 21, 2017 | Hot Topics
When you’re looking at a CAE solution, do you look at brands or vendor names or do you look at capabilities, at how the solution fits into your workflow? Or the workflow you eventually want to have? That, in a nutshell, is Dassault Systèmes’ dilemma as it...
Mar 16, 2017 | Hot Topics
You know that this is news no company wants to release: Yesterday, Hexagon AB said that CEO Ola Rollén has been indicted by the Norwegian economic crime authority (Økokrim) on insider trading charges stemming from investments unrelated to Hexagon. The press release...
Mar 15, 2017 | Hot Topics
It’s been a while since Autodesk reported results for the fiscal fourth quarter and year ended January 31, and I encourage you to look at the details here, if you’re interested. Given that Autodesk is moving its users from perpetual to subscriptions, the...
Mar 14, 2017 | Hot Topics
ESI just reported revenue for the fourth quarter and fiscal year that ended on January 31 — and the news is good. Recall that ESI’s revenue is really backweighted, with the bulk of renewals coming in Q4 and skewing result for earlier periods each year....
