Autodesk Q3 revenue up 15%
Autodesk's FQ3 earnings announcement yesterday surprised a lot of people, coming in well ahead of analyst estimates and near the top of its own earlier guidance. There had been concerns over Europe, the channel and how buyers would react to the suites offerings, but...
AVEVA revenue up 9% in H1 2012
AVEVA today announced results for the six months ended September 30 that were both true to the the upbeat tone of last month’s interim statement’s and cautiously optimistic about the future. The results mirror what we’ve come to expect in the engineering software...
Rand FQ1 slightly under expectations
Rand Worldwide today reported results for its first fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2011, with revenue of $22 million coming in slightly below expectations, but up from $17 million last year (though not an apples-to-apples comparison due to the closing of the...
Quick update: Siemens/Vistagy, CENIT, Cimatron
I was away from the office all of last week, attending Bentley's Be Inspired event in Amsterdam (more on that soon) and sitting in on meetings in London, but the world of engineering software kept going. Here's news you might have missed: Siemens PLM to acquire...
AVEVA showcases integrated design
This is WAY overdue -- but don’t read into the tardiness that AVEVA World Summit Europe 2011 was anything other than a world-class event. AVEVA is hosting three such sessions around the world (in Copenhagen, Rio de Janeiro and Singapore) to bring the summits closer to...
ANSYS reports solid Q3
Earnings keep rolling on in, with the September quarter looking good but some companies nervous about the fourth quarter economic outlook. Not ANSYS, though. It’s time for another quick update: Ansys today reported that Q3 revenue was $172.9 million versus the...
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...