Quickie: DS to acquire CST for €220 million
Dassault Systèmes announced its Q2 results this morning (good, acceleration expected in the second half of the year) and also said that it has agreed to acquire acquire Computer Simulation Technology AG (CST), a maker of electromagnetic and electronics simulation, for...
Quickie: PTC’s FQ3 is right where they said it would be
Sorry to interrupt your beach day, but it's earnings season and PTC just reported that FQ3 GAAP revenue was $289 million, right in the middle of the target of $287 million to $292 million, and down 5% from a year ago. You'll recall that PTC is (also, still) in the...
Pokémon GO could change the world of design and engineering
You may have seen the news stories about Pokémon GO, the app for iPhones and Android phones, that has human beings glued to their phones while running around in the real world trying to capture Pokémon cartoon characters. Players use their phone's camera to find and...
Longdon to step aside as AVEVA’s reinvention continues
AVEVA issued another one of those trading updates that don't usually say much: business was as expected and FY17 (ending in March) is expected to be "broadly similar to F16" -- a slight step back from earlier forecasts of . The only real financial comment in the...
Platforms take CAE’s digital twin to real life
If you think about it, we are at the convergence of a number of technological trends that will change how we design products, even as those products become complicated combos of mechanical, electronic, software and control systems. But it's not all technology; how we...
Autodesk acquires PCB design for Fusion 360
Interesting. I just saw that Autodesk has acquired Cadsoft Computer GmbH, a German company, from Premier Farnell. Premier Farnell distributes electronics components though many different channels, including online markets,and maintains the element14 online...
Autodesk’s Forge DevCon opens a world of possibility
Have you ever been to a DevCon? I hadn't been to one until a few weeks ago, when I was lucky enough to attend Autodesk's Forge DevCon in San Francisco. It's very, very cool. Hacker meets maker, lots of laptops and not a suit in sight. A dev con is a developer...
PLM’s platform play
Platforms are hot right now, but they’re hardly a new idea. I learned a few weeks ago from Dr. Marshall Van Alstyne (whose research is accessible here) that newspapers, which connect advertisers to consumers, are platforms. HMOs connect physicians and patients....
LiveWorx 2016 celebrates the physical+digital world
What happens when you mix a lot of old-time CAD super-users with new, edgy technology? Some cross mojonation* but also quite a bit of resistance. It's interesting; people who are excellent at their jobs are the most resistant to change because it will make them less...
AVEVA + Schneider a no-go
In a very brief statement even by UK standards AVEVA just said, "Following the termination of the preliminary discussions between AVEVA Group Plc ("AVEVA") and Schneider Electric SE, AVEVA has applied to the UKLA for the suspension of its shares to be lifted. As a...