#YII2015 serves up clouds, photos, the IoT and more
Bentley's Year in Infrastructure (YII) conference is BIG by just about every measure. It's 800ish people, drawn together to discuss the most complex infrastructure engineering challenges in the world. The venue is big, covering nearly 1/2 mile,...
ANSYS Q3 near top of guidance; sees 9% growth in 2016
ANSYS just announced that GAAP-basis revenue in Q3 was $238 million, up 2% as reported and up 9% in constant currencies -- and near the top end of its earlier guidance. Software license revenue was $140 million, flat year/year as reported, while Maintenance...
FARO revenue down, CEO departing
It's been a tough couple of weeks for reality computing companies, as first Stratasys announced a marked slowdown in demand for its MakerBot prosumer offerings, then 3D Systems CEO Avi Reichenthal left under what sound like contentious circumstances -- and,...
TRMB, AZPN report results; Bentley doesn’t
I’m at Bentley Systems’ Year in Infrastructure event in London, so it seems appropriate to look at recent AECish earnings. You may recall that Bentley said it filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public offering of its...
#SEU15: Invention and drawings
The theme for the latest Solid Edge release, ST8, is “Design Without Boundaries”. I don’t think the team at Siemens could have predicted how wildly appropriate it would be at this year’s Solid Edge University (SEU). SEU is a typical user event: a lot of tactical...
Bluebeam, new product releases lift Nemetschek
Nemetschek continues to rack up impressive growth, reporting that revenue was up 38% in Q3 to €71 million (33% in constant currencies), with the Bluebeam acquisition contributing €11 million. Organic growth, therefore, was 17% (12% to 13% in constant...
Autodesk expands into CPQ with Configure One acquisition
Autodesk just announced that it has acquired Configure One for its Configure, Price, and Quote (CPQ) offering, eponymously named Configure One. [Sorry to use configure 3 times in 1 sentence.] This is a big deal, as configure-to-order becomes more important in...
PTC’s Q4 revenue down, subs & manufacturing economy
Earnings come, whether I'm there to listen or not. PTC just reported fiscal Q4 and 2015 results -- and, at first glance, they're decent given the change to a subscription model. About to hop on a plane but here are the bare facts: Total revenue in Q4 was $313 million,...
AVEVA showcases toys & tech at World Summit
Dubai is hot, both in temperature and in infrastructure buildup. If you followed along last week you saw the view from my hotel window: construction everywhere, towers rising in a no-mans land of scrubby desert. Where the buildings are finished, they’re surrounded by...
Hexagon’s Q3 shows acceleration
Hexagon, the parent company of brands such as Intergraph, Leica and Vero, just announced that total reported revenue was up 14% in Q3 to €742 million; on an organic and constant currency basis, revenue was up 6%. In prepared remarks, CEO Ola Rollén said that Q3 showed...