AVEVA says H1 went well
Oh so many earnings this week! So far, the news has been mostly positive as customers are buying to plan. PTC continues its march to subscriptions (and caused endless kerfuffles on the earnings call because it's adopting a new accounting...
MuM’s Q3 “happy” results look good for Autodesk
Germany's Mensch und Maschine (MuM) reported results earlier this week and, as usual, we look at them to see what they might mean for Autodesk and for its broader VAR network. In case you're unaware, MuM is probably Autodesk's largest European...
Hexagon acquires Bricsys for AEC workflows
Hexagon just announced that it has acquired Bricsys, a company that's been around a long time and keeps reinventing itself -- most recently, as a provider of open, collaborative solutions for the construction CAD market with BricsCAD. BricsCAD...
Siemens’ Analyst Conference 2018: Insights, intrigue and musings
Sometimes I get to do really cool things, like this. A few weeks ago, I recorded a web episode of Allan Behrens' series on all things PLMish and IoTish for disruptive live, "the UK’s first tech TV channel". We riff on what happened (and what we...
Quickie: Altair acquires SIMSOLID
Taking a break from all things Bentley, Altair just announced that it has acquired SIMSOLID, the company based on the notion that we shouldn't need to create a mesh in order to run a simulation. Founded by Ken Welch and Victor Apanovitch, they...
Quickie: Bentley acquisitions continue portfolio buildout
Bentley's annual extravaganza, the Year in Infrastructure, kicks off today in London -- and there are (and will be) many announcements. Rather than dumping them all into one impossibly long post, I'm going to focus on one batch at a time. today, it's...
Digitalization in the power industry: each, an individual journey
The best part of my job is talking to people who are implementing technology to make their companies better. There are so many starting points: a design process that starts with simulation, hybrid manufacturing, smart operations or, today, connecting all...
Construction BIM heats up, Procore acquires BIManywhere
The key to this acquisition is in the name of the company being acquired: anywhere. Procore makes cloud-based applications for the construction industry, offering a single platform that enables project stakeholders to share information. BIM, building...
Getting started with Generative Design
I get so many questions about technology directions, from people who want to know what to learn to get that next job, from companies that want to be sure they're not on the bleeding edge but also not falling behind, from investors who want to...
Big changes afoot at ESI, even as H1 was so-so
ESI recently released half-year results in an announcement that was packed with big news. The biggest: ESI co-founder and CEO Alain de Rouvray will step aside in the new year, as ESI's board has appointed his daughter Cristel de Rouvray as CEO, effective...