Sallinger of PPM, another long-time PLMish CEO, steps aside
Hexagon today announced that Mattias Stenberg has taken over as President of the Process, Power & Marine (PPM) business, succeeding Gerhard Sallinger, who has been appointed Senior Vice President of Strategic Alliances for Hexagon. Mr. Sallinger, who has been with...
Siemens bets big on software, all across the AG
Quick: what do you think of when I say "Siemens"? Since you read here, probably PLM, and that makes sense. But Siemens AG is so much bigger than the PLM part of the business, encompassing energy, medical diagnostic systems, manufacturing automation equipment, trains...
MSC snaps up SC/Tetra’s parent company
While we were all off sipping warm beverages, MSC Software made what was probably the last PLMish deal of 2016 when it acquired Software Cradle, makers of the SC/Tetra CFD software. On December 15, according to Asian media outlets and confirmed on the Cradle website,...
Nemetschek snaps up dRofus
Nemetschek, the holding group for the Nemetschek, Graphisoft, Allplan, Solibri and other AEC-focused brands, announced today that it is acquiring dRofus AS, a Norweqian provider of BIM planning, data management and collaboration tools. I am not aware of dRofus, but...
To a joyous 2017!
Dear everybody, We're closing out 2016 with a few more blog posts and some Glühwein (German mulled wine, yum) but know that many of you are heading out on your year-end holidays. We wish you and yours a happy ending to 2016 and nothing but the best for 2017. Thank you...
Quickie: Dassault Systemes acquires Xflow
Dassault Systemes just announced that it has acquired Next Limit Dynamics, whose CFD solution, XFlow, is used across industries for an undisclosed amount. The press release says that Next Limit had revenue of about €1.6 million in 2015. Recall that DS famously said it...
ESI’s Q3 shows continued momentum
It looks like things may finally be coming together for ESI. Q3 results, released a few weeks ago, show that the company is reaching new customers, deepening relationships with longtime customers -- and partnering with a leading research institute to commercialize new...
The IT gremlins have not been kind …
Apologies if you tried to use the schnitgercorp.com website over the last 24 hours; we had a few glitches that, we think, are now fixed. Please let us know if you run into anything weird -- we're still doing QA.
Autodesk’s FQ3 shows the upsides –and downsides– of change
Autodesk surprised investors yesterday when it reported positive movement on any number of fronts during its fiscal third quarter. But weaker than expected guidance for Q4 will dampen investor enthusiasm. The highlights: Total revenue was $490 million, down 18% as...
#AU2016 bridges point/platform, individual/teams, old/young
Have you ever been to AU? I've been to perhaps 10 or 15 --tend to lose count after the first 5 or so-- and they continue to captivate. This year's was the usual combo of showbiz and nerdly, huge and more contained, general and targeted. We went from the relatively...