Quickie: AVEVA updates on June quarter & seems optimistic about the future
As we're starting to see across our PLMish landscape, the June quarter wasn't horrible -- it wasn't great, and companies that rely on hardware or perpetual license sales suffered more than those whose main revenue source is subscription-type revenue -- and there's...
Super-Quick: Update on Siemens + SAP Teamcenter
We're starting to get answers to some of the open questions about the partnership SAP and Siemens announced earlier this month, regarding the integration of Siemens' Teamcenter and SAP's S4/Hana. Many questions aren't answerable yet; it's just too early. We don't know...
What do you do when your customers revolt, publicly?
If you're outside the world of AEC (or lucky enough to be on vacation) you might have missed it: Seventeen of Autodesk's most influential AEC customers wrote an open letter to CEO Andrew Anagnost, criticizing the company for continually raising prices on what they see...
Super-quick: Altair snaps up polyurethane foaming simulation solution
A busy day ahead so this has to be quick: Altair just announced that it has acquired S&WISE, a Korea-based provider of polyurethane foaming simulation. I am not familiar with S&WISE, so have to rely on Altair's press release which says that S&WISE...
DS reports a good Q2 and tweaks full-year forecast
Very quick because it's that kind of day -- but need to let you know that Dassault Systèmes reported that Q2 results met expectations and an acquisition: DS Q2 non-IFRS revenue was €1,071 million, down 8% on an organic basis but up 11% including the Medidata...
Autodesk adds to AI-in-construction offering with the acquisition of Pype
I've been talking and writing a lot about the perceived technology gaps in AEC and much depends on the size of the enterprise and type of project. But one thing is clear: the industry is drowning in poorly managed and seldom utilized data. Autodesk, across its massive...
Here we go: MuM starts PLMish earnings, Q2 revenue down 9% y/y
Mensch und Maschine Software (MuM) today said that its first-half "solidly remained on the growth path - in spite of significant retarding effects from Corona in Q2", with revenue up 9% to €130.4 million. MuM's own software businesses saw revenue up 1% to €38 million,...
Siemens + SAP = Teamcenter Squared?
Last week Siemens and SAP announced that they would be connecting Siemens' Teamcenter with SAP's supply chain and asset management solutions to, as they said, deliver integrated end-to-end software solutions across product lifecycle, supply chain and asset management....
Super-quick: Siemens acquires Avatar Integrated Systems to add to Mentor portfolio
Siemens announced yesterday that it has will acquire Avatar Integrated Systems Inc., maker of place and route software for integrated circuit (IC) design. Avatar's Aprisa is a "block-level place and route (P&R) system with placement, clock tree synthesis, routing,...
Bentley’s been busy, creating the Acceleration Fund, building Virtuosity and buying a Maximo reseller
Did you know that Bentley has an Acceleration Fund? Me neither! But it, and the company, have been making newsworthy announcements over the last few days. Yesterday, Bentley announced that its Acceleration Fund has acquired Cohesive Solutions, the largest North...