Quick Update: AspenTech, Trimble
Day 4 of no power and spotty connectedness to the Interwebs, but earnings season rolls on so it’s time for another quick update: AspenTech exceeds targets for FQ1 AspenTech yesterday reported results for its first fiscal quarter that were up nicely by most metrics and...
Quick update: PTC, DS, Nemetschek
Day 2 of no power here in the Merrimack Valley of New England, resulting in no WiFi and spotty 3G coverage, so this has to be quick -- more soon on PTC and DS. PTC has boffo Q4, cautious about 2012 PTC last week announced results for Q4 and fiscal 2011 that exceeded...
Hexagon: strong Q3, ‘cooling’ China
Hexagon reported a solid third quarter 2011, with total revenue of €521 million, up a whopping 55% as reported and up 13% excluding acquisitions and foreign exchange effect -- meaning Intergraph and other recent acquisitions accounted for about €150 million in revenue...
MuM starts earnings with a bang
It’s going to be a busy week, with earnings news coming from Mensch und Maschine (MuM), PTC, Dassault Systemes, Hexagon and Nemetschek. Let’s get right to it, with good news from MuM. You probably recall that MuM is reinventing itself, buying up VARs and selling its...
MSC’s customer focus pays off
The tagline for the MSC Software user conference last week was “MSC Reloaded” -- and, in many ways, that appeared to be the case. I didn’t think to ask, but if the analogy of “aim --> fire --> reload --> fire” is being made, MSC is very nearly ready to...
AVEVA hints at good start to F2012
AVEVA today hinted at results for the six months ending September 30 and announced that full details will be published on November 15. As expected, performance was strongest in Latin America, South Korea and Central and Eastern Europe, especially in oil and gas....
DS strengthens composites sim
Dassault Systèmes today announced that is has acquired Simulayt Limited, a provider of composites and advanced draping simulation technology. We all know composites are where it’s at in terms of reducing weight while meeting performance requirements, so this...
Vero acquires Edgecam
Vero Software, the UK-based provider of CAD/CAM and CAE solutions for the tooling industry, today announced that it is merging with Planit Holdings, a developer of CAD/CAM software for the production engineering, sheet metal, metal fabrication and woodworking sectors...
AVEVA acquires Z+F UK
AVEVA today announced the acquisition of Z+F UK Limited, maker of the LFM software suite of 3D laser scanning software packages. AVEVA and Z+F UK have been partners for years, releasing increasingly sophisticated tools to integrate the output from laser scanning with...
RAND focuses on profit
Rand Worldwide yesterday reported fiscal 2011 revenue of $89.2 million and net income of $1.8 million. Since this is the first year of reporting after the reverse merger of Rand and Avatech, along with a change in the fiscal year-end, it is difficult to draw...