Siemens PLM and IBM partner to integrate Teamcenter, middleware
Siemens PLM and IBM yesterday told analysts and media that they have been working together over the last 18 months to closely integrate IBM's Websphere, DB2 and Rational into Teamcenter 8 to speed implementation and improve performance, security and ease of use. In a...
PTC sees tough June quarter but also signs of improvement
PTC last week told investors that it is seeing "some softness in services and a 'hangover' inmaintenance" -- but also a sequential improvement in license revenue in its fiscal thirdquarter. In total, the company expect to report Q3 revenue at the low end of...
ESI reports currency helped license growth in April quarter
ESI reports currency helped license growth in April quarter
ESI Group reported preliminary results for the quarter ended April 30 that included surprising news: license revenue was up 3% as reported, helped by favorable exchange rates. Update:On a constant currency organic basis, license revenue dropped 6.3% in the period.The...
Autodesk ups the ante on displaced worker programs
Autodesk announced today that the 4,700 participants in its "Autodesk Assistance Program" have downloaded more than 5,400 products since the program was announced 6 weeks ago. Due to this success, the company is increasing the number of available products in...
Catching Up: Bentley, Intergraph, PTC, Siemens and COFES
I may be quite busy and on travel, but the engineering software world rolls on. A couple of interesting tidbits:- According to Greg Bentley, CEO of Bentley Systems, engineering software provides significant return on investment by improving standards of living through...
AVEVA shares surge on profit
AVEVA Group plc on Tuesday reported significantly higher profits for fiscal 2009 (ended March 31) as growth across most regions and product areas helped the company to a 29% increase in revenue over last year. Both revenue and profit were slightly better than...
Autodesk slightly exceeds (depressing) expectations
All day the news dribbled in: Credit Suisse cuts its estimate for Autodesk's 2010 revenue to$1.684 billion from $1.713 Billion; Bank of America/Merrill Lynch thought that the "focuscould shift from [operating expenditure] cuts to revenue growth" and that its...
Rackable changes name to SGI
Remember how I lamented the loss of a brand as venerable as SGI's? Well, it turns out thatRackable felt the same way, changing its name and ticker symbol to SGI yesterday. In apress release, CEO Mark Barrenechea said that “[l]everaging a unified SGI brand will...
New search engine answers "why did the chicken cross the road?"
The new Wolfram Alpha search engine launched over the weekend. It's a cross between thesmart-aleck who can solve everything and an encyclopedia. Type in "Boston MA" and youget population data, a map, weather info and more. Type in math formulas and it...