Bentley adds to its digital cities offering with INRO deal
Bentley adds to its digital cities offering with INRO deal Bentley Systems just announced that it has acquired INRO Software, a maker of transportation planning, traffic simulation, and mobility visualization solutions. You may recall that Bentley has already acquired...
Siemens weighs in on 2020 and 2021 — and is optimistic
Siemens weighs in on 2020 and 2021 — and is optimistic Last month, I was fortunate enough to speak with Tony Hemmelgarn, CEO Siemens’ Digital Industries Software division. Mr. Hemmelgarn oversees much of what we think of as Siemens’ PLM business,...
Shapr3D: Cool CAD on an iPad (and now, macOS too)
Shapr3D: Cool CAD on an iPad (and now, macOS too) You probably don’t know this about me, but I used to be really good at CAD. A long time ago, after the advent of the PC but before Bitcoin. I used to demo CAD in some of my product management roles. Still, stone...
3 on a Friday: Procad + Acatec for configs, Autodesk closes Innovyze, Spectris grows its CAE/test platform
3 on a Friday: Procad + Acatec for configs, Autodesk closes Innovyze, Spectris grows its CAE/test platform Lots of acquisition news this week. I already covered Bentley’s expansion in Maximo implementations and Hexagon’s into AI-powered CAE — here...
Hexagon to acquire CADLM for AI-powered CAE
Hexagon to acquire CADLM for AI-powered CAE Hexagon announced that it will acquire CADLM SAS, a “pioneer in powering computer-aided engineering (CAE) with artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to revolutionise the impact of simulation in product...
Super quick: Bentley snaps up another Maximo reseller
Super quick: Bentley snaps up another Maximo reseller You may remember that Bentley acquired The Cohesive Companies IBM Maximo’s largest North American reseller, last summer. Well, Cohesive has just acquired Ontracks Consulting, which Bentley says is “a...
3 on a Monday: VELO3D to go public via SPAC, Nemetschek talks subs transition, the Suez Canal is back in business
3 on a Monday: VELO3D to go public via SPAC, Nemetschek talks subs transition, the Suez Canal is back in business Wait – it’s Monday, not Friday! Yes, that’s unfortunately true. Technical issues last week kept us from posting. Things seem to be...
4 on a Friday: AVEVA+OSIsoft a done deal, MuM’s 2020 leads to optimism, Unity acquires for AEC, Ansoft’s Csendes elected to NAE
4 on a Friday: AVEVA+OSIsoft a done deal, MuM’s 2020 leads to optimism, Unity acquires for AEC, Ansoft’s Csendes elected to NAE What a week! Here are a few more things to know before kicking back for the weekend: On Friday, AVEVA said that it completed its...
Wrapping up 2020 earnings with Ansys, Autodesk, and Bentley
Wrapping up 2020 earnings with Ansys, Autodesk, and Bentley I have been trying to get to writing long-form pieces about how 2020 ended for Ansys, Autodesk, and Bentley ever since the companies reported but it’s been crazybusy. We’re nearing the end of March, which...
4 on a Friday: More on Bentley+Seequent, Markforged to go public, US infrastructure grade upped from D to C+, and Renishaw is for sale
4 on a Friday: More on Bentley+Seequent, Markforged to go public, US infrastructure grade upped from D to C+, and Renishaw is for sale Time for a recap of the week, news bits I don’t have time to write about in more detail. Let’s start with Bentley. Late...
Bentley acquires Seequent for ~$1.05 Billion
Bentley acquires Seequent for ~$1.05 Billion Bentley just announced that it was acquiring Seequent, a “leader in software for geological and geophysical modeling, geotechnical stability, and cloud services for geodata management, visibility, and...
Altair reports strong Q4, cautiously optimistic about 2021
Altair reports strong Q4, cautiously optimistic about 2021 Last week, Altair announced results for Q4 that closed 2020 on a high note, beating revenue guidance by a lot, and setting up a solid 2021. The details: Total revenue in Q4 was $133.4 million, up 8% as...
Bentley builds construction portfolio with E7
Bentley builds construction portfolio with E7 A couple of days ago, amid all of the earnings reports (and ahead of its own, on Tuesday), Bentley Systems announced that it has acquired E7, an Australia-based maker of project delivery software for heavy civil...
4 on a Friday: DS invests in AVSimulation, Newforma acquires, more on Cadence+Numeca, Siemens’ MindSphere on Red Hat OpenShift
4 on a Friday: DS invests in AVSimulation, Newforma acquires, more on Cadence+Numeca, Siemens’ MindSphere on Red Hat OpenShift It’s been another busy week of earnings and other PLMish news. Here are some bits and pieces I didn’t have the time to...
Altair acquires Flow Simulator & Autodesk acquires Innovyze
Altair acquires Flow Simulator & Autodesk acquires Innovyze Goodness. Not even 7:30AM here on the US East Coast and the news is flying fast. Autodesk just announced it will acquire Innovyze, a leader in “water infrastructure software”, for $1 billion...
Hexagon’s 2020 showed sequential improvement — should continue in 2021
Hexagon’s 2020 showed sequential improvement — should continue in 2021 Continuing the earnings catchup, today we tune into Hexagon, the parent company of brands such as MSC Software, Leica, and PPM (fka Intergraph PPM). In all, 2020 was a mixed year for...
DS’s needle moved in 2020, mostly in life sciences — and SolidWorks is a billion-dollar brand!
DS’s needle moved in 2020, mostly in life sciences — and SolidWorks is a billion-dollar brand! Earlier this month, Dassault Systèmes (DS) reported results for its fourth quarter and, therefore, the full year of 2020. First a quick recap, then a bit about...
5 on a Friday: Rescale, Lectra+Gerber, Hexagon’s R-evolution, C3D Labs’ 2020 results, and SAP’s no-code acquisition
5 on a Friday: Rescale, Lectra+Gerber, Hexagon’s R-evolution, C3D Labs’ 2020 results, and SAP’s no-code acquisition It’s been a week. Let’s wrap it up with a few newsy tidbits that didn’t make it into full blog posts. Rescale, the...
