ESI goes big — data, that is

ESI goes big — data, that is

Apr 1, 2015 | Hot Topics

ESI Group is on a roll, announcing two acquisitions in less than a week. Today, the company said it is acquiring the assets of Picviz Labs, which creates data-mining and cyber-security technologies. Picviz Inspector enables users to examine large, complex datasets...
ESI goes big — data, that is

Hexagon acquires Q-DAS for factory optimization

Mar 30, 2015 | Hot Topics

Two acquisitions in a weekend — consolidation continues as engineering software suppliers broaden their reach, hunt for new customers and deepen their hold on existing clients. We wrote on Saturday about ESI’s acquisition of CIVITEC, which will enable it...
ESI goes big — data, that is

ESI gets deeper into automotive controls

Mar 28, 2015 | Hot Topics

ESI announced today that it is acquiring CIVITEC, maker of Pro-SiVIC, a platform for the modeling and simulation of sensors in what it calls “perception assistance systems”. You’ve seen the commercial for the car that parallel parks itself: how does...
ESI goes big — data, that is

Very quick: Intergraph acquires Visual Vessel Design

Mar 19, 2015 | Hot Topics

Dashing to the airport (from warm and lovely San Diego, to a cold and possibly snowy Boston — what am I thinking?!) and just got an email announcing that Intergraph has acquired Ohmtech, makers of Visual Vessel Design, an analytical tool to design pressure...
ESI goes big — data, that is

ESI reports strong close to 2014, ends with growth

Mar 17, 2015 | Hot Topics

ESI last week reported results for Q4 and the fiscal year ended January 31, 2015 that were surprisingly strong, with Q4 total revenue up 8% as reported to €49 million, boosting full year revenue to €110 million, up 1.5%. That’s quite a reversal, given that...
Q&A: Which is better?

Q&A: Which is better?

Mar 16, 2015 | Hot Topics

I get asked this a lot: Which is better, NX or CATIA? ANSYS or Nastran? Which Nastran? Onshape or Fusion 360? PDMS or SmartPlant? As with the last Q&A post, I see that search engines deposit you at Schnitger Corp as you try to discover what others recommend. I...
ASNE highlights need for affordable, flexible ships

ASNE highlights need for affordable, flexible ships

Mar 11, 2015 | Hot Topics

It’s ASNE time again, when the US naval engineering community gets together to figure out how to better spend the scarce resource that is taxpayer money in the defense of the nation. I wrote last year about the dynamics of the US shipbuilding industry—mostly...
ESI goes big — data, that is

Trimble’s Fifth Element for the Connected Forest

Mar 10, 2015 | Hot Topics

AEC acquisitions have been all the rage so far this year — and Trimble keeps the ball rolling with today’s announcement that it’s bought Fifth Element (no, that was a movie; this is forestry), based in Finland. Financial terms were not disclosed....
Onshape’s here! Finally, we can talk about it …

Onshape’s here! Finally, we can talk about it …

Mar 9, 2015 | Hot Topics

Onshape, the latest CAD company founded by Jon Hirschtick, John McEleney and other names you likely recognize, took the wraps off this morning to finally let us talk about the worst-kept secret in the CAD world. To skip right to the part you probably care about: What...