AVEVA & Hexagon expand offerings
We interrupt the regularly scheduled blog to note two acquisitions this week (so far - it's only Wednesday!). One is decidedly old-school, as AVEVA adds bocad’s structural detailing of steel, glass, wood and more to its portfolio. The other, by Hexagon, is intended to...
Bentley focuses on infrastructure
I spent a few hours last week at Bentley Systems' annual Be Together user conference. Analysts and journalists are typically not at this event but I was invited to moderate a session on the use of standards in the process industries and took advantage of my time in...
CD-adapco users validate, automate to success
In part 1 of my report on the CD-adapco Global User Conference, I wrote about plans for STAR-CCM+, a new iPad app and my adventures in a STAR-CCM+ hands-on session. There were so many excellent user presentations, that I'd like to give a quick recap of what I learned...
Autodesk’s Q1 “Solid, uneven”
Autodesk announced results last night for the quarter ended April 30. While pretty good retrospectively, the company’s outlook was cautious, leading to a sharp decline in the company’s share price morning. The good: total revenue was up 11%, revenue from Asia hit a...
Cimatron reports strong Q1
Another quick update, since I’m now at the Altair HyperWorks Technology Conference -- it’s user event in Detroit. Cimatron reported good results for Q1, with revenue up 11% to just under $10 million. Better, depending on perspective, was that operating profit...
Rand Q3 revenue down y/y, profit too
A real fast update today -- I’m at the Bentley Systems user conference -- but this is important, too. Rand Worldwide today announced that revenue in its fiscal third quarter was down 18% from last year to $22.4 million but basically flat sequentially. Tight cost...
Quickies: CENIT and Stratasys
Did you think earnings season is over? Nope. Not yet. This week we’ll hear from Rand, Autodesk and Cimatron on their most recent quarters. But first, a bit of catch-up from last week, when I was at Siemens PLM World. CENIT says its start to 2012 was better than...
Hexagon’s Q1 upbeat, trouble in SG&I
Hexagon AB, the parent company of Intergraph, Leica and other brands, reported results for the March quarter earlier this week. CEO Ola Rollén characterized the group’s overall performance as a good start to the year, but reflecting uneven performance across regions...
Quickies: Nemetschek and Trimble
Earnings are threatening to get too far ahead of me! A quick catch-up on two that you need to know about, Nemetschek and Trimble. Recall that Nemetschek is Europe’s largest AEC software supplier and that Trimble is increasingly important in engineering software, with...
ANSYS’ good Q1 disappoints investors
ANSYS reported results yesterday that were actually quite good, yet the company’s stock price went down 10% for the day and is down another 2% as of the opening of the markets today. CEO Jim Cashman was his usual upbeat self on the earnings call, most analysts seemed...
AspenTech CEO: “A year ahead of plan” in Q3
Aspen Technology's transition from a perpetual sales model to one based on subscriptions continues. For the quarter ended March 31, AspenTech's FQ3, total revenue was $61 million, up increased 17% from $52.6 million a year ago. Subscription and software revenue was...
DS models nature with Gemcom
By now you undoubtedly know that Dassault Systèmes had a very good first quarter 2012, with many aspects of its performance ahead of the objectives it set back in February. That's all well and good, but what I found most interesting about its announcements last week...
Quickies: DDD, Cybernet, ESI, Trimble, oh my
What a day for news! I’ve already blogged about PTC’s March quarter, tweeted a bit about Dassault Systèmes’ interesting announcements (and hope to blog about that tomorrow), but here are a couple of other important things you need to know about: 3D Systems announced...
PTC: Pothole repair underway
PTC today gave more details on its financial performance in the March quarter (its fiscal Q2) and a glimpse into the year ahead. The high points: a positive spin on the revenue miss in FQ1, much more cautious outlook for the rest of the year (but the potential for...
Book review: Bentley Annual Report
Bentley Systems is an unusual company, in that it's privately held yet gives an annual update on how the business is doing. The company held a conference call last month (blogged about here) and recently published its Annual Report which provides a bit more detail...
My dentist does CAD/CAM!
Like many people, I don't particularly like going to the dentist. But I'm lucky: my dentist is excellent and I especially like how he's always been on the leading edge of whatever is new in oral health. My last checkup showed that I had managed to crack a filling,...
MuM 2012: Off to a strong start
Mensch and Maschine Software (MuM) today reported that preliminary Q1 figures indicate that revenue from its continuing operations were up about 17%, but in total were about half of that recorded in Q1, 2011. Sales from the proprietary software segment, M + M Software...
Robots and boilers: automating ETO
Sometimes the universe just whacks you on the head and says "Pay attention!". I was at SolidWorks World back in February, having lunch with a guy who designs robots that paint cars, cabinets, furniture - anything that moves slowly down a conveyor belt, or into and...
COFES 2012: Clouds in the desert
COFES, the Congress on the Future of Engineering Software, takes place in the Arizona desert each April. Usually, the sun is glorious, the birds sing, the rabbits hop and the 300 or so attendees scurry between sessions and meetings, with the occasional pause by a pool...
3D Systems expands into aero, medical
The news just keeps on coming -- clearly, the engineering software space is in the throws of a massive acquisition binge. Today, 3D Systems announced that it has acquired Paramount Industries, a direct manufacturing and product development solutions provider to the...
