Quickies: New record for Cimatron, ANSYS at midpoint in Q4
Last night Autodesk, today ANSYS and Cimatron -- oh my. There's lots more to say about Autodesk's results but, as a lead-in to Cimatron, Autodesk CEO Carl Bass said the following about its recent acquisition of Delcam: "All of a sudden the manufacturing part of...
Autodesk: suites up, revenue down in license model transition
Autodesk just reported that fiscal Q4 revenue was $587 million, down 3% as reported, leading to a 2% decline in revenue for the year, to $2,312 million. Part of that decline is due to buyers choosing subscriptions, and Autodesk offering "flexible license arrangements...
Accelrys announces slight uptick in revenue
Accelrys, the chemistry and materials modeling and simulation company that's currently a Dassault Systèmes acquisition target, just announced that revenue for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2013 was up 5% to $47 million and up 4% to $169 million for the year,...
Too many CAD systems? Read on …
As you may know, I’ve been blogging over at the PTC Creo website, trying to address the issues CAD users and managers ask about most often. This week’s post explores what to do if you find yourself with too many CAD systems. A surprising number of CAD managers wind up...
Morning coffee: goodbye Sochi, hello new week
Welcome to a new week. If you were off last week, welcome back; we missed you. Grab a cup of coffee and an apple (or, let's be real, a pastry) and let’s do a quick recap. It’s the Economy … Last week was relatively quiet on the economic news front, though civil unrest...
Hexagon gets into drones
Hexagon just keeps getting more interesting. Started out as a fish cannery and parts maker, sold off those businesses and acquired sophisticated measuring devices and software, GIS and then Intergraph ... Lots of acquisitions in between, but today Hexagon announced...
Working with your reseller isn’t about the transaction
As you may know, I've been blogging over at the PTC Creo website every couple of weeks. This week's post is all about how to get the most out of your relationship with your resellers. Yes, they sell you stuff, but the good ones are so much more than order takers. Do...
Morning coffee: Valentines, sports, earnings and more
Happy Monday! If you're in the US, odds are you have the day off. Traditionally, you'd be out car shopping but you're probably still in your jammies, watching the Olympics. Great men's hockey game on Saturday, huh? Shame it had to be decided on a shootout, but we'll...
Altair appifies CFD
We take a break from the streak of earnings and acquisitions to focus on CAE -- specifically, CFD. Earlier this year, John Chawner of Pointwise highlighted a survey which found that "58% of engineers aren’t prepared for running CFD. Keeping in mind the difference...
ESI acquires CAMMECH as springboard in Asia
It's been an interesting week. This is the second unanticipated deal to float into my inbox: hot on the heels of Intergraph adding GT STRUDL to its stable is ESI's news that it has acquired CAMMECH (Cam Mechanical Solutions), based in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam....