Jan 12, 2017 | Hot Topics
Hexagon today announced that Mattias Stenberg has taken over as President of the Process, Power & Marine (PPM) business, succeeding Gerhard Sallinger, who has been appointed Senior Vice President of Strategic Alliances for Hexagon. Mr. Sallinger, who has been with...
Jan 10, 2017 | Hot Topics
Quick: what do you think of when I say “Siemens”? Since you read here, probably PLM, and that makes sense. But Siemens AG is so much bigger than the PLM part of the business, encompassing energy, medical diagnostic systems, manufacturing automation...
Dec 28, 2016 | Hot Topics
While we were all off sipping warm beverages, MSC Software made what was probably the last PLMish deal of 2016 when it acquired Software Cradle, makers of the SC/Tetra CFD software. On December 15, according to Asian media outlets and confirmed on the Cradle website,...
Dec 20, 2016 | Hot Topics
Nemetschek, the holding group for the Nemetschek, Graphisoft, Allplan, Solibri and other AEC-focused brands, announced today that it is acquiring dRofus AS, a Norweqian provider of BIM planning, data management and collaboration tools. I am not aware of dRofus, but...
Dec 19, 2016 | Hot Topics
Dear everybody, We’re closing out 2016 with a few more blog posts and some Glühwein (German mulled wine, yum) but know that many of you are heading out on your year-end holidays. We wish you and yours a happy ending to 2016 and nothing but the best for 2017....
Nov 30, 2016 | Hot Topics
Autodesk surprised investors yesterday when it reported positive movement on any number of fronts during its fiscal third quarter. But weaker than expected guidance for Q4 will dampen investor enthusiasm. The highlights: Total revenue was $490 million, down 18% as...
Nov 28, 2016 | Hot Topics
Have you ever been to AU? I’ve been to perhaps 10 or 15 –tend to lose count after the first 5 or so– and they continue to captivate. This year’s was the usual combo of showbiz and nerdly, huge and more contained, general and targeted. We went...
