Tech Soft 3D secures backing from Battery Ventures

Tech Soft 3D secures backing from Battery Ventures

Feb 21, 2020 | Hot Topics

Tech Soft 3D secures backing from Battery Ventures Investor interest in out little PLMish world remains strong. Tech Soft 3D yesterday announced that it has closed a “significant” investment from Battery Ventures and that Battery General Partner Morad...
Schneider Electric reports 2019 revenue up 6%, growing focus on digital offerings

AVEVA says Q4 pipeline solid

Feb 20, 2020 | Hot Topics

AVEVA says Q4 pipeline solid AVEVA says Q4 pipeline “solid”Schneider Electric reported results today which mean that AVEVA also released a teeny earnings announcement. More on Schneider Electric later; AVEVA said it had seen revenue growth in the...
Bentley maybe inching towards an IPO again?!

Bentley maybe inching towards an IPO again?!

Feb 14, 2020 | Hot Topics

Bentley maybe inching towards an IPO again?! Bentley issued a terse press release yesterday, saying in its entirety EXTON, Pa., U.S.A. – February 13, 2020 – Bentley Systems, Incorporated today announced that it has confidentially submitted a draft registration...
Schneider Electric reports 2019 revenue up 6%, growing focus on digital offerings

ESI reports revenue up 8% in 2019

Feb 14, 2020 | Hot Topics

ESI reports revenue up 8% in 2019 ESI reported results yesterday for the 12 months ended 31 December 2019 and for the 11 months from 1 February 2019 to 31 December 2019. Since ESI is shifting its financial year to reflect the calendar, we’ll just focus on the 12...
Schneider Electric gets into construction, buys RIB

Schneider Electric gets into construction, buys RIB

Feb 13, 2020 | Hot Topics

Schneider Electric gets into construction, buys RIB How interesting: Schneider Electric just announced that it is buying RIB Software, the German maker of cloud and desktop solutions for AEC/construction projects, for €1.4 billion (a 6.5x revenue multiple). Why?...
Schneider Electric gets into construction, buys RIB

Koch Equity buys rest of Infor

Feb 6, 2020 | Hot Topics

Koch Equity buys rest of Infor It’s not as though this is a slow news week … here’s one more, super quick: Infor, the ERP vendor, is being acquired by Koch Equity Development LLC, the investment subsidiary of Koch Industries, the huge conglomerate...
Schneider Electric reports 2019 revenue up 6%, growing focus on digital offerings

Nemetschek reports revenue up 21% in 2019

Feb 5, 2020 | Hot Topics

Nemetschek reports revenue up 21% in 2019 It’s a big day for PLMish earnings, with Siemens, Hexagon and Nemetschek all announcing results for the year ending quarter, so let’s get right to it. Nemetschek issued preliminary results which include only...
Schneider Electric gets into construction, buys RIB

Hexagon adds to its GIS CaaS offering

Jan 29, 2020 | Hot Topics

Hexagon adds to its GIS CaaS offering You could be forgiven for not realizing that Hexagon, besides offering lots of design, engineering and manufacturing technology, also sells data. In fact, that was a major feature of Hexagon’s Capital Markets Day back in...
Schneider Electric reports 2019 revenue up 6%, growing focus on digital offerings

A bit more on the ANSYS / Aras OEM deal

Jan 22, 2020 | Hot Topics

A bit more on the ANSYS / Aras OEM deal I had a number of questions about the new / upgraded relationship between ANSYS and Aras that was announced last week and reached out to both companies for more details. ANSYS VP Strategy and Partnerships Sin Min Yap told me the...
PLM goes green?

PLM goes green?

Jan 21, 2020 | Hot Topics

PLM goes green? I believe in science. In the null hypothesis. In finding the root cause. And science says we are not doing nearly enough to reverse the damage already done to our planet by our homes, factories, cars, ships and planes, and to prevent further climate...
Bentley maybe inching towards an IPO again?!

Aras & ANSYS team up but no acquisition

Jan 14, 2020 | Hot Topics

Aras & ANSYS team up but no acquisition This just came into the inbox: Aras Licenses Platform to ANSYS in Strategic OEM Deal Partnership will enable better processes and data management of simulations for digital thread traceability across the lifecycle You know...
At AU 2019, AEC continued to rule

At AU 2019, AEC continued to rule

Jan 9, 2020 | Hot Topics

At AU 2019, AEC continued to rule Did I go to AU in 2019? Why, yes, I did. But I had the flu so only participated in a fraction of what was going on and only now have the time to share what I learned. 13,000 people, 13,000 stories and I only got a tiny bit, sigh....
Schneider Electric gets into construction, buys RIB

Altair starts 2020 with an EMAG deal

Jan 6, 2020 | Hot Topics

Altair starts 2020 with an EMAG deal Surprise! One of the PLMish world’s most acquisitive companies has done it again: Altair announced today that it has snapped up Spain’s newFASANT, which makes software used for high-frequency electromagnetic analysis....
Do we even still fax?

Do we even still fax?

Jan 3, 2020 | Hot Topics

Do we even still fax? Hello and welcome back! I hope you had a bit of time off at the year-end and are not stressing too much over how many cookies you might (or might not, we’ll never know) have consumed. I’m easing back in and discovered this marvelous...