Quickies: A sweet acquisition & more
A couple of quickies to start your day -- and lovely pictures that will make you want to eat dessert first! 3D Systems announced yesterday that it has acquired a start-up that prints customized, multi-dimensional, edible confections from real sugar. The Sugar Lab came...
Quickies: PTC & Accelrys acquire; you, too, can become an FEA master
Hi team, A week of travel and jury duty have kept me from posting as much as normal, but here are a couple of things to know about while I work on more substantial write-ups of the Siemens PLM analyst event, Autodesk's new subscriptions and other big happenings. Last...
Quickie: Exa’s Q2 revenue up 7% but cautious
Exa Corp. today reported fiscal Q2 revenue of $12.7 million, up 7% as reported and up 10% in constant currencies. CEO Steve Remondi said in the press release that "the return to customer spending that we started to see at the beginning of the year continued in the...
Quickie: DS acquires Safe Tech
DS just announced that it has acquired Safe Technology Ltd., for its fatigue simulation technology, fe-safe. From the press release, "Safe Technology has been working closely with Dassault Systèmes and its SIMULIA applications for more than 15 years and in that time...
Quickies: Mentor buys CADRA from SofTech, PTC talks restructuring
I am off to the Siemens PLM analyst conference, so this has to be quick -- but these are important, so pay attention. SofTech just announced that it is going to sell its CADRA product set to Mentor Graphics for $3.2 million plus potential earn-out payments of 10% of...
Trimble’s Connected Farm brings IT to ag
Trimble is going to have to change its name at some point, as its portfolio becomes less and less about Navigation. Yesterday, the company announced a pile of acquisitions and the début of the Connected Farm, all intended to help farmers optimize their businesses....
Solid Edge online store goes LIVE
A quick update on a story that started at Solid Edge U earlier this summer: In order offer customers more choice in the way they buy their CAD software, Solid Edge today opened its online store. There, you can buy monthly subscriptions to several flavors of Solid...
3D Printing Earnings: up Up UP
Things are jumping in the world of 3D printing. We've got earnings, partnerships, acquisitions and boosters so let's get right to it. If you're a veteran, be sure to read the last paragraph. Some are predicting that the market for 3D printing is poised to explode when...
Autodesk Q2 revenue down, AEC investments pay off
So this is interesting: I'm watching Autodesk's share price the morning after the company announced relatively dismal results for its second quarter -- and the price is climbing. Last night, after the market closed and Autodesk released its earnings info, the price...
Quickie: CROSS makes offer for rest of TRIPLAN shares
TRIPLAN is one of many companies in our PLMish universe and it often gets lost in the deluge of news. Since there's interesting stuff happening, let's look a bit more closely, shall we? You may be more familiar with TRIPLAN's ITandFactory brand, the joint venture...