AVEVA World Summit highlights value of the digital asset
I was in Berlin last week, a fascinating city to host one of the plant/marine engineering world's premier events: the AVEVA World Summit. The Summit brings together designers, constructors, operators and owners from across the world and across industries, to share...
Hexagon reports Q3 revenue up 12% including Vero
About to dash to the day's sessions at the Siemens CAE and Test Symposium, but thought you needed to know: Hexagon reports that net sales were up 12% to €648.6 million; excluding acquisitions (such as Vero) and currency, total revenue was up 8%. We'll learn more...
Geometric’s FQ2 revenue up sequentially, sees slowdown in auto, aero
Geometric Solutions, a provider of component and add-on technologies and services to PLM suppliers and users, announced its second quarter financial results today. Geometric is often a bellwether for the major PLM players -- when Geometric says a...
Siemens adds Camstar to its digital enterprise vision
Siemens announced yesterday that it is acquiring Camstar Systems, a provider of manufacturing execution systems (MES) to the electronics, semiconductor and medical device industries. Camstar is a privately owned company of 230 people, headquartered in Charlotte, North...
Fall is here!
Today is Columbus Day, the official height of leaf peeping season and, for some, a holiday. I'm heading to Berlin for the AVEVA World Summit, a 2+ day deep dive into the world of plant/ship design, construction and operation. I hope to see many of you there. But...
Nemetschek acquires Bluebeam for $100 million
Did you think the week was going to go by without any acquisitions? Nemetschek squeezed this one in, just before the start of the weekend. The company just announced that it will acquire Bluebeam Software, maker of Bluebeam Revu and other AEC-focused PDF creation,...
PTC says FQ4 at or above expectations, restructures anyway
Hot off the presses from PTC: Basically, PTC says that FQ4 revenue will be at or above the high end of earlier guidance ($340 million to $355 million), and that Axeda will add another $4 million to $5 million in revenue on top of that. Even so, the company last week...
MSC’s Apex rising to simulation’s challenges
What do we most often hear, when talking to people about why they don't do simulation, or don't do more simulation? It's usually one of more of three things: It's too hard and experts are too expensive (or not needed constantly, so it's difficult to justify having...
Rand’s FY14 up on all counts, buys back LOTS of shares
Rand Worldwide, one of Autodesk's largest resellers and a provider of technology solutions in its own right, yesterday announced results for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2014. Total revenue was $92 million, up 11% over the prior year (y/y), led by product sales,...
Bentley acquires SITEOPS civil / site design
Need to plan a new housing development or retail site? Bentley Systems last week said that it has acquired BLUERIDGE Analytics for its SITEOPS, a site engineering product that allows civil engineers and site planners to look at a piece of land and simulate its use:...