Quickie: PTC’s FQ4 as expected — and a huge SLM deal

Quickie: PTC’s FQ4 as expected — and a huge SLM deal

Oct 26, 2016 | Hot Topics

You might recall that PTC pre-announced its fourth fiscal quarter earlier this month that set expectations for Q4 revenue rather low but raised the bar on future results. Today, the company filled in the details: Total revenue in FQ4 was down 8% from a year ago to...
Quickie: PTC’s FQ4 as expected — and a huge SLM deal

Quickie: DS Q3 beat expectations on EXPERIENCE momentum

Oct 25, 2016 | Hot Topics

I’m on my way to the airport (Solid Edge University in Indianapolis, anyone?) but just saw this come into the inbox: Dassault Systèmes beat its own revenue guidance and analyst consensus in Q3, reported IFRS revenue of €735 million (up 9% as reported and up 9%...
Quickie: PTC’s FQ4 as expected — and a huge SLM deal

ESI blows past forecasts in H1 2016

Oct 15, 2016 | Hot Topics

ESI reported Q2 results last month (apologies for the delay in getting to this) that show that its vision for virtual prototyping may be starting to take hold. The company reported that H1 revenue was up 16% as reported, led by license growth. Acquisitions, namely...
Quickie: PTC’s FQ4 as expected — and a huge SLM deal

Nemetschek says 2016 growth to be WAY ahead of targets

Oct 13, 2016 | Hot Topics

Another preannouncement — this time, an unambiguously good one from Nemetschek. The company said that it expects fiscal 2016 revenue to be right around €340 million, with would be growth of 18% to 20%. Why? Nemetschek doesn’t give details other than to say that...
Autodesk transfers utility-industry products to SBS

Autodesk transfers utility-industry products to SBS

Oct 4, 2016 | Hot Topics

Autodesk and Spatial Business Systems (SBS) announced yesterday that further development of Autodesk’s utility industry products is being moved to SBS. This news affects users of the Autodesk Substation Design for Inventor, Autodesk Substation Design for...
Quickie: PTC’s FQ4 as expected — and a huge SLM deal

PTC says Q4 revenue will be low because of … subs

Oct 3, 2016 | Hot Topics

PTC just announced preliminary results for Q4 of fiscal 2016 (ended last week) that show bookings will be well ahead of plan but revenue lower than expected. Blame math: more buyers chose subscriptions than perpetuals, which means revenue will be below expectations...
Quickie: PTC’s FQ4 as expected — and a huge SLM deal

Big news: Siemens PLM CEO Chuck Grindstaff moving up

Sep 22, 2016 | Hot Topics

Siemens PLM just told me that Chuck Grindstaff is moving up, taking on a new role as Executive Chairman of Siemens PLM Software; current EVP of Global Sales, Marketing and Service, Tony Hemmelgarn, will take over as CEO on October 1. I’m a bit gobsmacked but...
Siemens unleashes the potential of 3D printing

Siemens unleashes the potential of 3D printing

Sep 19, 2016 | Hot Topics

Ahh, Fall! Here in the Northern hemisphere, a time of cooler temperatures, changing foliage and … PLMish conferences. Analyst events, user conferences, product launches — it’s a busy time in our little world. In order to keep up with it all,...