Bentley’s AEC digital twin combines BIM, CAD and more
The Year in Infrastructure (YII) is Bentley Systems’ annual media fest, where new product releases, customer successes and acquisitions vie for attention. We’ll cover more of those over the next several blog posts, but today we’ll focus on one...
Very sad news: Chuck Grindstaff has died
I'm sorry to tell you that Chuck Grindstaff, former CEO of Siemens PLM and long-time PLMer, has died. To the left is Siemens' stock photo of Chuck but it's so formal and posed -- and Chuck never was. He was usually pacing and gesturing, passionately...
Quickie: Arena acquires Onmify as PLM consolidates
Arena Solutions announced via Twitter that it has acquired Omnify Software. Arena's PLM and quality management solutions target high tech and medical device companies, offering everything from bill of material (BOM, where the company started)...
AVEVA says H1 went well
Oh so many earnings this week! So far, the news has been mostly positive as customers are buying to plan. PTC continues its march to subscriptions (and caused endless kerfuffles on the earnings call because it's adopting a new accounting...
MuM’s Q3 “happy” results look good for Autodesk
Germany's Mensch und Maschine (MuM) reported results earlier this week and, as usual, we look at them to see what they might mean for Autodesk and for its broader VAR network. In case you're unaware, MuM is probably Autodesk's largest European...
Hexagon acquires Bricsys for AEC workflows
Hexagon just announced that it has acquired Bricsys, a company that's been around a long time and keeps reinventing itself -- most recently, as a provider of open, collaborative solutions for the construction CAD market with BricsCAD. BricsCAD...
Siemens’ Analyst Conference 2018: Insights, intrigue and musings
Sometimes I get to do really cool things, like this. A few weeks ago, I recorded a web episode of Allan Behrens' series on all things PLMish and IoTish for disruptive live, "the UK’s first tech TV channel". We riff on what happened (and what we...
Quickie: Altair acquires SIMSOLID
Taking a break from all things Bentley, Altair just announced that it has acquired SIMSOLID, the company based on the notion that we shouldn't need to create a mesh in order to run a simulation. Founded by Ken Welch and Victor Apanovitch, they...
Quickie: Bentley acquisitions continue portfolio buildout
Bentley's annual extravaganza, the Year in Infrastructure, kicks off today in London -- and there are (and will be) many announcements. Rather than dumping them all into one impossibly long post, I'm going to focus on one batch at a time. today, it's...
Digitalization in the power industry: each, an individual journey
The best part of my job is talking to people who are implementing technology to make their companies better. There are so many starting points: a design process that starts with simulation, hybrid manufacturing, smart operations or, today, connecting all...
Construction BIM heats up, Procore acquires BIManywhere
The key to this acquisition is in the name of the company being acquired: anywhere. Procore makes cloud-based applications for the construction industry, offering a single platform that enables project stakeholders to share information. BIM, building...
Getting started with Generative Design
I get so many questions about technology directions, from people who want to know what to learn to get that next job, from companies that want to be sure they're not on the bleeding edge but also not falling behind, from investors who want to...
Big changes afoot at ESI, even as H1 was so-so
ESI recently released half-year results in an announcement that was packed with big news. The biggest: ESI co-founder and CEO Alain de Rouvray will step aside in the new year, as ESI's board has appointed his daughter Cristel de Rouvray as CEO, effective...
Siemens closes Mendix acquisition — here’s why it matters
As you may remember, Siemens announced over the summer that it would acquire Mendix, makers of a low-code app development platform. That deal closed today and we learned a bit more about Siemens' plans for the platform (and how it will affect...
Quick update on Aras + Comet: free means free
Yesterday, Aras announced that it has acquired Comet Solutions, to add simulation data and process management to its PLM platform. One of the intriguing things in the announcement was that Comet would be free to all subscribers. I didn't see...
Aras acquires Comet Solutions to add CAE-specific SPDM to its platform
I must say that I didn't see this one coming but I probably should have: Aras just announced that it has acquired Comet Solutions, makers of simulation process management tools that enable users to be systematic in their application of CAE --...
Autodesk #XLR8s its way to Fusion
(Sorry - really bad hashtag-based pun. XLR8 = Accelerate, and the complete hashtag for the event was ##XLR8Fusion.) Autodesk's first Accelerate event happened when PLM 360 was oh-so-new. Autodeskers, VARs and early adopters huddled around laptops to work out how to...
Siemens to acquire Lightwork Design
In transit, so this has to be brief: Siemens just announced that it is acquiring Lightwork Design -- the people you likely know for their gorgeous rendering software, Lightworks. Siemens says that this type of realistic imaging will "help...
Totally OT: #MVGasFire
First, to all of you who reached out to check on me and my family: thank you. We are fine, in our home and sustained no damage. But it's been an interesting ride. Many people remain in shelters, one person has died and dozens were hurt. But not us. We were...
Altair: Bells, clouds, platforms and units bring simulation to the masses
If you've ever watched the news in the US, at some point you will have seen a company ring the bell at the New York Stock Exchange (Wall Street) or the Nasdaq (further up the island of Manhattan, in Times Square). I've never given much thought to who or...
