Morning coffee: manufacturing, earnings, ice and … tuna?
Wow, what a week! Let's see: earnings, COFES, earnings, meetings, briefings ... There's lots more coming from me over the next few weeks about COFES and earnings but here are some highlights and news we all need to catch up on. It’s the Economy … Big picture news...
Quickie: DS earnings highlight V6 deployments
Thursday was a complicated day. PTC and Dassault Systèmes announced earrings for the March quarter and I had to leave midday to catch a flight to Phoenix for COFES. I was able to do an extensive post on PTC's earnings (here) but will have to defer a longer article on...
PTC has its eye on the ball: CAD, PLM rev up as SLM leads growth
Once again the Internet of Things dominated PTC's earnings call -- and no wonder: it captures the imagination as a huge opportunity and is a concept that people can understand. As excited as PTC CEO Jim Heppelmann is about ThingWorx, he's quite clear: PTC is still...
Simulation and the value pyramid
One of the questions I get most often from designers and their managers is how to do it all: be a good designer, work like a CAD rock star, and learn simulation. It's a lot to ask of one person and we always wind up talking about how to shift work around to take...
Bentley just shy of $600m in 2013, fastest growth in prof services
Bentley Systems just shared a bit of what it is seeing in the world -- unusual because it's a privately held company and important because it is by far the largest software vendor focused only on AEC. Bentley has published its annual report and held a corporate update...
Tekla acquires Field3D mobile BIM apps
Yesterday, Tekla announced that it has acquired SVS Innovations’ construction business, including the Field3D mobile solution, to strengthen its position in mobile BIM. Field3D apps are available for iPad and iPhone, and enable collaboration between the job site and...
Morning coffee: hockey, the economy & recalls
Happy Monday! We spent the weekend in Philadelphia, a traditional destination for history lovers and foodies. This year, Philadelphia also played host to the US college NCAA Frozen Four hockey tournament. The four best college hockey teams in the land played there...
Hexagon snaps up Mintec to close mining loop
Ever since Dassault Systèmes bought Gemcom, mining has been a hot area of focus for the major engineering software providers. It's an underserved market that presents a lot of opportunity for more modernized, technological solutions. Mining is under significant...
CENIT: 2013 was challenging but 2014 is promising
CENIT AG announced earlier this week that it exited a challenging 2013 having "laid the groundwork for future earnings growth in a number of segments". Noteworthy is that sales of the reseller's own software continued to grow, and outpaced all other aspects of the...
Behind the hype with ENOVIA
It's time for an update. You've asked lots of questions about Dassault Systèmes (DS) 3D EXPERIENCEs and how this ties into the DS products you may be using. I've answered you from the perspective of DS as a whole, based on what I learn at events like the 3D EXPERIENCE...