The ups & downs of license model choice
We learned earlier this week what can happen when customers are offered a choice and pick something unexpected: Dassault Systèmes announced that it failed to meet its third quarter 2013 revenue goals, in part, because more customers opted for rentals/subscription than...
PI Congress wrap-up: lots of PLM
Last week, I attended the Product Innovation Congress (PI Congress, for short), put on by MarketKey in a rather ...unusual... hotel outside Chicago. This was the 2013 edition of last year's PLM Innovation Americas conference, which focused a lot on PLM implementations...
Quickies: DS preannounces Q3 miss, Hexagon acquires
It's a holiday for some here in the US, but the PLMish world hardly slows down! First up, Dassault Systèmes announced that it had missed its Q3 targets, with preliminary data showing non-IFRS revenue of €496 million, €24 million short of the company's forecast of €520...
Hexagon’s snaps up AHAB for surveying
It's only Tuesday and Hexagon has already announced two acquisition this week! Yesterday, it was mining and Devex; today it's GIS and Airborne Hydrography AB (AHAB), which develops and markets airborne laser survey systems for hydrographic (seabed) and topographic...
Hexagon expands mining footprint with acquisition of Devex
A new week, another acquisition. This time it's Hexagon, which announced that it has acquired Devex, a Brazilian company that makes mine management and automation solutions. Hexagon says that Devex had revenue of 35 million Brazilian Real, about $16 million or €12...
Bentley expands offshore offering with MOSES
Lately I've been doing a lot of work on how the offshore industry does design and analysis (more about that soon, I hope) and have a deep appreciation for what goes into the design, fabrication, transportation and installation of these mammoth structures. Bentley...
PTC levels up its global support offering
At PTC Live in June I had the chance to sit down with PTC execs to learn more about the company's revamped services offering. I was impressed by what PTC is trying to do to grow its relationship with customers beyond a software sales transaction with some maintenance...
Autodesk acquires Graitec’s steel/concrete detailing products
It's going to be an Autodesk kind of day, as the company hosts its annual investor event for much of the day. We should get more details about the restructuring announced earlier this week and about the company's plans and expectations for its subscription offering --...
Autodesk says it plans relatively minor restructuring
Autodesk just filed a form 8-K with the US Securities and Exchange Commission that says that the company is restructuring to reduce both staff and facilities -- although it's not saying how many people, from which parts of the business, or which facilities will be...
Rand divests, focuses for fiscal 2014
Rand Worldwide, the Autodesk reseller and provider of proprietary solutions, just announced that revenue for the fiscal year ended June 30 was up slightly, but the accounting effect of the sale of its international operations led to a sharp decline in net income. The...