Autodesk moves into proptech with AEC deals
Autodesk announced last night that it will acquire partner company Payapps for an undisclosed amount. Payapps (aka GCPay in North America) makes a cloud-based solution that automates the payment process between general contractors and subcontractors. Financial terms...
“Synopsys to Acquire Ansys, Creating a Leader in Silicon to Systems Design Solutions”
Well ... now we know. Synopsys announced that it plans to acquire Ansys. Deal details below, but look at their headline (press release here), pasted as the title of this post. I'm sure that's the intent behind the deal: to create a more comprehensive EDA solution; but...
Welcome to 2024! Deal fever continues …
I hope you were able to catch a little downtime over the year-end and that your 2024 is off to a great start. We had three winter storms in a week, lost power, shoveled a lot of snow — and are looking at more of the same for this week. But we’re safe and warm and...
May your 2024 …
… be filled with joy, health, and happiness! No, we haven't had this much snow yet this winter -- but it is a beautiful photo, no? From https://picryl.com/media/winter-snow-wintry-nature-landscapes-a30c59
AU 2023: Focus on platforms, granularity and AI
Ah, Autodesk University. Thousands of people and too few escalators. Designers and makers and architects and construction teams, all in one place. Las Vegas, usually prettying itself up for holiday visitors at this time of year, was instead prepping for a Formula One...
AVEVA World showcases connection of data, functions, people
Let’s face it: AVEVA is fascinating. It started 50 years ago as a Cadcentre, a spinout from the UK's Cambridge University. It was a sleepy tech company for a long time, then maybe 10 years ago, it got noticed. Schneider Electric did/didn’t/partly acquired the company,...
Bentley YII 2023 highlights spectacular projects, reinforces data stewardship
How to describe Bentley’s Year in Infrastructure (YII)? It’s a chance for the AEC world’s media to hear from some of the most innovative infrastructure projects on the planet, how they use technology from Bentley Systems and others to bring these assets to life, and...
Nemetschek goes all in on dTwins
When I was with Graphisoft last month, I had the chance to speak with Graphisoft CEO Huw Roberts and Nemetschek’s César Rodriguez about Nemetschek’s vision of the future, one in which its brands are better integrated (while remaining open to outside third parties) and...
Graphisoft’s Archicad 27 aims to put the fun back into BIM
Last month, I spent time with the Graphisoft team in Budapest, ostensibly for the launch of the newest version of Archicad (27, of those keeping count) but really to get a glimpse into what the team there sees as the main issues facing architects, designers and their...
Another ESI update: new CEO, Olfa Zorgati, to manage rest of acquisition
Remember how I wrote yesterday that it seemed nothing would happen in Keysight Technology's acquisition of ESI Group since it was now in the hands of regulators? I couldn't have been more wrong. As expected, ESI's board told regulators that it approved the acquisition...