Quickie: 3D Systems’ Q4 meets lowered expectations
Earnings news is coming fast and furious this week. This morning, 3D Systems announced that Q4 revenue was up 52% to $155 million, on 34% overall organic growth. But, as preannounced a couple of weeks ago, the product mix was not as anticipated, leading to lower than...
Quickies: New record for Cimatron, ANSYS at midpoint in Q4
Last night Autodesk, today ANSYS and Cimatron -- oh my. There's lots more to say about Autodesk's results but, as a lead-in to Cimatron, Autodesk CEO Carl Bass said the following about its recent acquisition of Delcam: "All of a sudden the manufacturing part of...
Autodesk: suites up, revenue down in license model transition
Autodesk just reported that fiscal Q4 revenue was $587 million, down 3% as reported, leading to a 2% decline in revenue for the year, to $2,312 million. Part of that decline is due to buyers choosing subscriptions, and Autodesk offering "flexible license arrangements...
Accelrys announces slight uptick in revenue
Accelrys, the chemistry and materials modeling and simulation company that's currently a Dassault Systèmes acquisition target, just announced that revenue for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2013 was up 5% to $47 million and up 4% to $169 million for the year,...
Too many CAD systems? Read on …
As you may know, I’ve been blogging over at the PTC Creo website, trying to address the issues CAD users and managers ask about most often. This week’s post explores what to do if you find yourself with too many CAD systems. A surprising number of CAD managers wind up...
Morning coffee: goodbye Sochi, hello new week
Welcome to a new week. If you were off last week, welcome back; we missed you. Grab a cup of coffee and an apple (or, let's be real, a pastry) and let’s do a quick recap. It’s the Economy … Last week was relatively quiet on the economic news front, though civil unrest...
Hexagon gets into drones
Hexagon just keeps getting more interesting. Started out as a fish cannery and parts maker, sold off those businesses and acquired sophisticated measuring devices and software, GIS and then Intergraph ... Lots of acquisitions in between, but today Hexagon announced...
Working with your reseller isn’t about the transaction
As you may know, I've been blogging over at the PTC Creo website every couple of weeks. This week's post is all about how to get the most out of your relationship with your resellers. Yes, they sell you stuff, but the good ones are so much more than order takers. Do...
Morning coffee: Valentines, sports, earnings and more
Happy Monday! If you're in the US, odds are you have the day off. Traditionally, you'd be out car shopping but you're probably still in your jammies, watching the Olympics. Great men's hockey game on Saturday, huh? Shame it had to be decided on a shootout, but we'll...
Altair appifies CFD
We take a break from the streak of earnings and acquisitions to focus on CAE -- specifically, CFD. Earlier this year, John Chawner of Pointwise highlighted a survey which found that "58% of engineers aren’t prepared for running CFD. Keeping in mind the difference...
ESI acquires CAMMECH as springboard in Asia
It's been an interesting week. This is the second unanticipated deal to float into my inbox: hot on the heels of Intergraph adding GT STRUDL to its stable is ESI's news that it has acquired CAMMECH (Cam Mechanical Solutions), based in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam....
MuM Q4 shows return to normal growth
Mensch und Maschine, Autodesk's largest reseller in Europe and maker of the OPEN MIND line of CAM software, reported preliminary results for 2013 that showed the year finished strong. If you recall, sales had slowed during Q2, accelerated a bit in Q3 and, apparently,...
Intergraph snaps up GT STRUDL for analysis, nuclear industry
Yesterday, Hexagon's Intergraph Process, Power & Marine (PP&M) group announced the acquisition of GT STRUDL and its 10-person development team from the Georgia Tech Research Corporation. If you do any sort of structural modeling in the AEC/process/plant world,...
DS acquiring growth to bolster lackluster organic performance
Dassault Systèmes last week announced its fourth quarter and full-year 2013 results (summarized here). The company hosted a presentation for analysts as well as a conference call, and we've finally had time to comb through both for interesting nuggets. The headline...
Morning coffee: economy, earnings, deals & news
Welcome to a new week! Since we know you had an excellent weekend, overdosing on Olympic coverage, you forgot all that happened last week. Pour yourself a hot beverage and let's do a quick recap. It's the Economy ... According to payroll data, the US economy added...
Quickies: DS announces Q4 results, Autodesk/Delcam closes
It's a busy news day in PLMland, so the details will have to come later -- but here's what we know now. Dassault Systèmes reports that Q4 revenue was €565 million, essentially flat with last year and up 5% in constant currencies (cc). For the year, total revenue...
3D Systems preannounces, shocks Wall Street
3D Systems Corporation today preannounced results for Q4 that sent its share price tumbling, down 20% at 11AM Eastern. The topline news is good: full year revenue is expected to be around $513 million, just below the midpoint of its prior guidance. Organic revenue is...
Look up … Look around … CAD+?
My second blog post went live yesterday over at the PTC Creo website. We’re continuing the discussion of whether you need a new CAD system and the pros and cons of switching, focusing this week on how today's “CAD” systems offer so much more than you may realize. One...
Morning coffee: PTC’s FQ1, SolidWorks World & so much more
We're trying something new. So much happens during the typical week that, by Friday, we've forgotten most of it in a TGIF haze. Come Monday, we need to reboot and wrap our minds around it all again. To help you jumpstart this week, we're going to recap last week, post...
HUGE news: DS and Accelrys to merge PLM & chemistry
Dassault Systèmes announced today that it has signed a definitive merger agreement with Accelrys, the provider of scientific innovation lifecycle management (aka SILM) software for chemistry, biology and materials. Under the agreement, DS will make an all-cash offer...
