AVEVA making steady progress
AVEVA released an interim statement today, in which it briefly goes over business trends seen in the June quarter (AVEVA reports in more detail twice a year). The statement used words such as “further growth”, “strengthening” and “steady progress” -- so while no...
1 2 3 4 User conferences
If you've been following this blog over the last few months, you'll have noticed that I've been traveling. A LOT. In all, I attended 4 user conferences and 3 other meetings in 5 weeks. Aside from the surreality of bouncing between Orlando, Las Vegas and Orlando again...
Altair’s building something big
Last week, I spent several days with Altair and its customers in Orlando -- I'm not sure how, but I've managed to miss all previous HyperWorks user conferences and was excited to see what Altair is all about. I came away very impressed, both with the technology and...
ANSYS to acquire Apache – who?
I spent a good part of the day learning about Apache, the company ANSYS announced today it was planning to buy. While I can't say that I understand exactly how PowerArtist, Totem, RedHawk and Sentinel work, here's what I've learned since the first blog post...
ANSYS to acquire Apache Design
ANSYS today announced that it intends to acquire Apache Design Solutions, Inc., which provides advanced, low power solutions in the electronics industry for approximately $310 million in cash. I am told that Apache was just about to price its IPO, so we’ll have to...
PTC roadmaps aplenty
Another Las Vegas extravaganza wrapped yesterday, as thousands of PTC faithful headed for the exits at Caesar’s Palace. I’m not a fan of Vegas in general, but PTC made it work. The company showcased its new management team (energetic, visionary with practical bits...
ESI revenue up 9% in Q1
ESI Group yesterday reported results for the quarter ended April 30, 2011. Total revenue for the quarter was €17.3 million, up 9% as reported and up 8% in constant currencies. The company said performance was strongest in Europe and the Americas, with a year/year...
PTC World, day 1: Creo and more
PTC users have gathered in Las Vegas for PTC World 2011 to hear from the company and other users how to use PTC products for competitive advantage. After a long day of presentations and meetings, here are a few impressions on what I’ve learned; more to come in the...
PP&M: Solving Complex Problems
My head is spinning after 2+ days at Hexagon’s first user conference since the close of the Intergraph acquisition. This is one complicated company! First, a couple of general impressions, then some detail from the PP&M keynotes. I attended Monday’s investor...
Hexagon: €3.5 Billion by 2015
Hexagon held a Capital Markets Day for investors today and laid out its goals for the next 5 years -- they’re ambitious but the company says they are attainable. And CEO Ola Rollén has a plan if there’s another recession. But before the financials, a bit of what...
Bentley shows what’s possible
Let’s just get it out there: I love user conferences. The marketing hype, neat stuff in the vendor/sponsor area, new product announcements, a motivational speaker ... the whole thing. The best part, though, is hanging out with users. I talk to users all year long but...
AVEVA has a banner F2011
AVEVA today announced that revenue for the year ended March 31, 2011 grew 17% to a record £174 million, with strong performance in the oil and gas vertical and in Asia. Three percent of growth came from acquisitions (ADB and Logimatic’s MARS business last June), which...
MSC gets into CFD – in a big way
I’m on the road --so this needs to be brief-- but you need to know that MSC announced today that it has entered into a strategic agreement with Next Limit Technologies (you likely know of their Maxwell Render product for visualization and effects) to market, sell, and...
Autodesk revenue up 11% in Q1
Autodesk reported on Thursday that revenue grew 11% in its fiscal first quarter, led by a 14% increase in sales from the Manufacturing business and by strong sales of its new Autodesk Design Suites, which contributed to 35% growth in Platform suites revenue. On a geo...
Rand reports growth, shareholders like
Rand Worldwide, the entity created last year by the reverse merger of Rand and Avatech, today reported total third quarter revenue of $27.4 million, up handily from the $13.5 million reported by Rand alone a year ago. My notes show that Avatech reported revenue of...
Cimatron profitable in Q1
Cimatron last week announced that it, too, was seeing the benefits of an economic rebound, reporting that fist quarter revenue was up 12% on new license revenue growth of 24% in constant currency. Maintenance, which represents 50% of total revenue, was up 5% in...
CENIT: good Q1, cautious about year
CENIT, the Germany-based reseller and developer of PLM solutions, announced results yesterday for Q1. Like many in the engineering software space, it saw “clear growth” over 2010, continuing the upward trend that started in the latter half of last year. In fact, in...
Hexagon says 2011 off to good start
Hexagon AB today reported an 18% increase in organic revenue but a 77% increase when including last year’s Intergraph acquisition -- which led to a near-doubling of reported earnings before taxes. Hexagon is a complicated business that, in the last year alone,...
Trimble intends to acquire Tekla
Trimble Navigation today announced that it was launching an effort to acquire all outstanding shares of Tekla Corporation. The offer as stated today is for €15.00 per share in cash for a total of €337 million (about $489 million). This is a premium of 52% to Friday’s...
Tekla revenue up 23% in Q1
Tekla, a supplier of AEC software solutions, today announced solid revenue growth in the first quarter -- and then Trimble, a supplier of navigation and surveying solutions, announced that it was interested in acquiring Tekla.First, Tekla’s results; Total revenue for...
