Nemetschek bullish on 2012
Nemetschek, the German provider of AEC tools including the Allplan and Graphisoft brands, published final results for 2011 that were in line with earlier figures. As anticipated, revenue grew 10% in 2011 to €164 million. Growth and profitability were driven by...
ESI: 2011 shows strong growth in base
ESI Group, with a fiscal year ending January 31, 2012, reported total revenue of €94 million, an increase of 12% over last year as its large automotive and aerospace clients ramped up spending. CEO Alain de Rouvray said, “Faced with substantial competitive pressure...
Delcam sees record revenue, profit in 2011
Sorry for the quiet -- I’ve been traveling a lot over the last few weeks, and you’ll hear about some of that in coming posts. But in the meantime, let’s catch up on recent financial news. First up, Delcam reported more extensively on its performance in 2011. Delcam,...
Autodesk PLM 360: Insanely configurable?
I've spent the last few days playing around with Autodesk's new PLM 360 offering. I'm an engineer and have been around CAD, PDM, PLM and the like for 30 years - but no one should think of me as a PLM implementation expert. I also don't have to configure anything for a...
Bentley says economy on track
Bentley Systems today held a conference call to update analysts and journalists on its progress in 2011 and offer outlook for 2012. The company did this for the first time last year to satisfy credit ratings agencies but, I think, also wants to also put its strength...
Quickies: CENIT, Delcam & Rand
Still trying to catch up! Here are a few news items from the overflowing inbox: CENIT announced preliminary results for 2011 that show total revenue up 16% to €108 million. Detailed results will be out on April 16. CENIT resells Dassault Systèmes’ PLM offering as well...
Quickies: AspenTech, Cimatron, Comet & MuM
Trying to keep up with the news flow isn’t easy this week! Here are a few tidbits that might have escaped your notice: Aspen Tech has acquired SolidSim Engineering GmbH, a provider of solids process modeling software. It's a natural combination, since a lot of process...
Quick recap: Autodesk launches PLM 360
Today Autodesk finally launched its much-touted PLM product, Autodesk PLM 360. I tried to live-tweet (follow me at @monica_schnitge) the event but here’s a quick recap of the high points: Autodesk PLM 360 is available today, at www.autodeskplm360.com. Autodesk PLM 360...
Mentor Graphics hits a billion
Mentor reported that revenue was up 4% $320 million for FQ4 ended January 31, 2011. For the quarter, systems and software revenue was up just 2%, while service and support revenue was up 10% to $100 million. For the year, the company reported revenue of $1,015...
Autodesk: MFG reports record; is AEC back?
Autodesk reported results last week for the fourth quarter and full year ended January 31, 2011 that pretty much blew past expectations and continued the strong trends seen over the last several quarters, albeit with a bit of deceleration in many of the individual...
ANSYS Q4 was solid, also cautious for 2012
ANSYS reported revenue yesterday for the fourth quarter and all of 2011. In a nutshell, Q4 was terrific by pretty much any measure and only in part due to the contribution of the Apache acquisition. Wall Street was less impressed as tax adjustments lowered net income...
10 takeaways from SWW12
SolidWorks World 2012 started off last week with NAO (pronounced “now”) -- an utterly adorable 57 cm (just under 2 feet) tall robot from Aldebaran that that seems almost human -- breakdancing on screen and on the stage. And it only got better from there. I attended...
Nemetschek revenue up 10% in 2011
Nemetschek today announced that preliminary figures show revenue grew 10% in 2011, to €164 million, just below its target of €165 million. License revenue was up 9% (to €81 million) and maintenance revenue was up of 11% to €74 million. Through the first nine months of...
Rand’s product sales up, commissions down
A quick note on Rand Worldwide, which just released results for the quarter ended December 31. Q2 revenue was $23 million, up 4% from a year ago and essentially flat with its fiscal first quarter. For the six months ended December 31, 2011, total revenues were $44...
UPDATE: DS ends strong, cautious about 2012
Dassault Systèmes (DS) reported really good results for its fourth quarter and for fiscal 2011 yet the share price fell, as investors expected a more positive outlook. But let’s close 2011 first, shall we? For Q4: • Total revenue was €512 million, up 11% as reported...
DS ends strong, cautious about 2012
Dassault Systèmes (DS) reported really good results for its fourth quarter and for fiscal 2011 yet the share price fell, as investors expected a more positive outlook. But let’s close 2011 first, shall we? For Q4: • Total revenue was €512 million, up 11% as reported...
Hexagon sets new goals
I’m in San Diego for SolidWorks World, looking out at the harbor and trying to catch up on last week’s news. It’s in the 50s here, cloudy and windy. Wonderful for this New Englander, but cold to the natives who huddle around outdoor propane heaters. It’s likely colder...
Mentor expands CAE offering
Last month, Mentor Graphics announced that it had acquired Flowmaster, a developer of "1D" computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation software. Just look at that sentence: Mentor, Flowmaster, 1D, CFD - how does that fit together, let alone in a single sentence? I...
PTC: 5 markets, higher growth
PTC is hosting an investor day today at which it is describing the new organizational structure that was teased on its recent earning call and explaining how this better reflects changes PTC sees in the marketplace. CEO Jim Heppelmann kicked things off by saying that...
Trimble growing ahead of expectations
A quick update on Trimble, which reported Q4 and fiscal 2011 on February 2, 2012. The company had expected revenue growth of about 20% for 2011, but wound up acquiring at a rapid clip that lead it to report FY 2011 revenue of $1.64 billion, up about 27% over FY...
