AU 2015 pregame: what I want to know

AU 2015 pregame: what I want to know

Nov 30, 2015 | Hot Topics

It’s the week after Thanksgiving so it must be time for Autodesk University, the almost-week-long festival of all things Autodesk with a lot of maker thrown in. This year is special, in that a lot of things are changing for Autodesk’s business and for the...

Siemens acquires Polarion, gets further into ALM

Nov 25, 2015 | Hot Topics

Siemens just announced that its PLM unit is acquiring Polarion, makers of the eponymous Polarion ALM, Polarion QA and other solutions in a browser-based platform used by at makers of the myriad products that include software. Syncing software versions with...
Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Nov 25, 2015 | Hot Topics

It’s a crazy time here in the US. Tomorrow, we celebrate the fact that immigrants came to North America and survived, yet our politicians are talking about not admitting new immigrants (and never mind all of the fallacies in the original Thanksgiving...
Autodesk and ZWSoft settle IP suit

Autodesk and ZWSoft settle IP suit

Nov 18, 2015 | Hot Topics

Autodesk and ZWSoft, maker of ZWCAD, just announced that they have settled their dispute over who improperly used what intellectual property (IP). According to Autodesk, ZWSoft “discovered that an employee had … improperly used AutoCAD intellectual...
Autodesk and ZWSoft settle IP suit

AVEVA H1 results show possible bounceback

Nov 10, 2015 | Hot Topics

AVEVA announced results for the first half of its fiscal 2015/2016 fiscal year that aren’t nearly as bad as some had suggested, given the company’s weighting towards upstream oil and gas. Lots more after I have a chance to listen to the earnings call...
#YII2015 serves up clouds, photos, the IoT and more

#YII2015 serves up clouds, photos, the IoT and more

Nov 5, 2015 | Hot Topics

Bentley’s Year in Infrastructure (YII) conference is BIG by just about every measure. It’s 800ish people, drawn together to discuss the most complex infrastructure engineering challenges in the world. The venue is big, covering nearly 1/2 mile,...
Autodesk and ZWSoft settle IP suit

ANSYS Q3 near top of guidance; sees 9% growth in 2016

Nov 5, 2015 | Hot Topics

ANSYS just announced that GAAP-basis revenue in Q3 was $238 million, up 2% as reported and up 9% in constant currencies — and near the top end of its earlier guidance. Software license revenue was $140 million, flat year/year as reported, while...
Autodesk and ZWSoft settle IP suit

FARO revenue down, CEO departing

Nov 4, 2015 | Hot Topics

It’s been a tough couple of weeks for reality computing companies, as first Stratasys announced a marked slowdown in demand for its MakerBot prosumer offerings, then 3D Systems CEO Avi Reichenthal left under what sound like contentious circumstances...
Autodesk and ZWSoft settle IP suit

TRMB, AZPN report results; Bentley doesn’t

Nov 3, 2015 | Hot Topics

I’m at Bentley Systems’ Year in Infrastructure event in London, so it seems appropriate to look at recent AECish earnings. You may recall that Bentley said it filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public offering of its...
#SEU15: Invention and drawings

#SEU15: Invention and drawings

Nov 1, 2015 | Hot Topics

The theme for the latest Solid Edge release, ST8, is “Design Without Boundaries”. I don’t think the team at Siemens could have predicted how wildly appropriate it would be at this year’s Solid Edge University (SEU). SEU is a typical user event: a lot of tactical...