Cimatron optimistic about recovery
Cimatron, the Israeli-American CAD/CAM supplier of solutions for mold design, die design, milling and tombstone machining, reported results for the September quarter that show that it, too, is seeing an uptick in demand: •Total revenue for the third quarter of 2010...
FloTHERM: Cool debottlenecking
I get to see a lot of interesting technology — some mega-packages, some more modest and some that just make me go “what a good idea!”. Today Dr. Erich Buergel, General Manager of Mentor Graphics Mechanical Analysis Division (formerly Flomerics), told me about the...
ANSYS Q3: Good but slowing down?
ANSYS reported Q3 results that show continued improvement over 2009, though perhaps dampened as the market awaited the arrival of the 13.0 release of products and as pent-up demand from last year is exhausted. •Total revenue was $139.8 million, up 9% from a year ago...
Earnings: AspenTech, Hexagon, Nemetschek
We’re in the midst of earnings season; keeping up is proving more challenging than usual. Here are a few quick thoughts on recent reports: •Aspen Tech announced results today that show continued momentum from fiscal 2010 (ended in June). For the first quarter, Aspen...
PTC: One size doesn’t fit all
Yesterday the PLM world finally got a look at what PTC has been teasing for months. The good: PTC focused attention on CAD and articulated the problems many users have with traditional tools. The bad: PTC had hyped this launch to such an extent that nothing short of...
Done Deal: Intergraph is now a Hexagon company
Yesterday, while we were busy trying to digest all Dassault Systemes’ earnings and PTC’s Creo announcement, Hexagon quietly closed its acquisition of Intergraph. Back in July, Hexagon announced that it wanted to acquire the US-based seller of plant design and...
PTC, DS, Altair and Hexagon oh my
Lots going on today -- PTC makes its big announcement (and, I think, slipped up a bit on some timing), DS reports that Q3 was really good, Altair acquires SimLab and Hexagon closes on Intergraph. Briefly, before I flit off to the PTC event: •PTC’s been so loudly...
PTC hits a billion
PTC released results on Tuesday that showed that it returned to the billion dollar level in fiscal 2010, returning to a growth trajectory that stalled in 2009. For those keeping track, PTC last reported a billion dollars in revenue for two consecutive years in 1999....
The Advantage of Packs
Autodesk recently announced a number of Subscription Advantage Packs that are designed to make the subscription program more attractive to customers and to quickly get new features out to its most loyal customers. A quick recap: Roughly 40% of Autodesk’s total revenue...
News bits: 3D, clouds and more
Still trying to catch up from nearly a month of personal and business travel, so here are a few interesting things from my overflowing in-box: Autodesk commissioned a survey of online consumers that showed that the majority prefer to examine potential purchases in 3D...