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...
More good-ish PLMish news, this time from Hexagon
Hexagon just announced that it will report BETTER results than the market expects for its June-ending quarter. Here's what they said: Due to higher earnings than market expectations for the second quarter of 2020, Hexagon is today publishing its preliminary results....
Super quick: no PLMish pre-announcements yet, and PTC says things are … good
You probably know that a lot of companies' financial quarters ended on June 30 and many of us have been waiting for announcements --good or bad-- to give a preview of what to expect when the financial news starts flying later this month. So far, the news isn't awful....
And it’s a wrap: Preventing virtual conference fatigue
At some point, I'll muster the energy to write about what I learned but right now I'd like to tell you about the experience of sitting through online user events from Altair, ANSYS, AVEVA, Bentley, Hexagon, PTC, SAP, SAS, Siemens, and Tech Soft 3D -- in addition to...
Quickie: Siemens adds UltraSoC to its semiconductor design offering
Siemens just announced that it will acquire UltraSoC Technologies Ltd., maker of instrumentation and analytics solutions that "put intelligent monitoring, cybersecurity, and functional safety capabilities into the core hardware of system-on-chip (SoC)". UltraSoC...
Respond. Reset. Reimagine.
I've been talking to a lot of people about how Covid-19 has affected their work lives--often inseparable from their home lives, given the sudden explosion of home offices and homeschooling--and it generally comes down to these three phases. First, we went a little...