Hexagon to acquire Infor’s EAM business for $2.75 billion
Hexagon to acquire Infor’s EAM business for $2.75 billion Much more to come on this, but news broke earlier today that, pending regulatory approvals, Hexagon will acquire Infor’s EAM (Enterprise Asset Management) business, for approximately $2.75 billion in cash...
Gamma Technologies acquires to add power converter tech to GT-SUITE
Gamma Technologies acquires to add power converter tech to GT-SUITE CAE consolidation continues — and it isn’t just at the big-company level. Gamma Technologies (GT) just announced that it has acquired Power Design Technologies SAS (PDT), maker of the...
3 on a Friday: Bentley goes for more debt, Rockwell acquires Plex, FARO grabs HoloBuilder
3 on a Friday: Bentley goes for more debt, Rockwell acquires Plex, FARO grabs HoloBuilder A quick recap of a few things I didn’t have time to write about this week: Bentley Systems announced this week that it was launching a second private convertible debt...
Cadence on CAE: delight and opportunity
Cadence on CAE: delight and opportunity Over the last few months, Cadence acquired NUMECA for its CFD and Omnis offerings, and Pointwise for its meshing capabilities. These took me by surprise since both are great CAE assets that I had no idea a Cadence would be...
Quickie: FeedBurner’s going away – maybe – so Schnitger Corp email subscriptions are changing
Quickie: FeedBurner’s going away – maybe – so Schnitger Corp email subscriptions are changing A while ago, I wrote about the fact that Google put its FeedBurner service into maintenance mode. When we started the site, we used FeedBurner to get Hot...
Bentley ramps up utility pole management offering with SPIDA acquisition
Bentley ramps up utility pole management offering with SPIDA acquisition You may know that, over the years, I’ve judged various categories for Bentley’s Year in Infrastructure Awards and learned so much in the process. One year, an entry was all about...
Quickie: Siemens adds proFPGA for hardware verification
Quickie: Siemens adds proFPGA for hardware verification Super quick, as I (virtually) run between events: Siemens Digital Industries Software just announced that it has signed an agreement with PRO DESIGN Electronic GmbH to acquire its proFPGA product family of Field...
Autodesk wants Altium’s PCB design but, so far, no deal
Autodesk wants Altium’s PCB design but, so far, no deal Last night in the US // early Monday in Australia, Altium and Autodesk announced that a deal may be in the offing. Autodesk has offered AUD38.50 (Australian dollars) per share for Altium, the maker of EDA...
Quickie: Siemens nabs Nextflow for meshless CFD
Quickie: Siemens nabs Nextflow for meshless CFD Siemens just announced that it has acquired Nextflow Software, maker of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) solvers. Siemens says that Nextflow’s Smooth-Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) solver doesn’t require the...
4 on a Thursday: 3D Systems divests, Autodesk talks Upchain roadmap, Luxion gains investor & new CEO, Panasonic buys Blue Yonder
4 on a Thursday: 3D Systems divests, Autodesk talks Upchain roadmap, Luxion gains investor & new CEO, Panasonic buys Blue Yonder So much news, so little time! 3D Systems continues to reinvent itself, announcing this week that it sold off its on-demand...
AVEVA says demand improved in H2, leading to FY2021 pro forma revenue up 2% occ — it’s complicated
AVEVA says demand improved in H2, leading to FY2021 pro forma revenue up 2% occ — it’s complicated There’s a lot going on at AVEVA, with the close of the OSIsoft acquisition, the end of a fiscal year, a new CEO, a global pandemic, and the recovery...
Bentley’s Q1 revenue up 14%, cites SMB progress
Bentley’s Q1 revenue up 14%, cites SMB progress Bentley reported results way back on May 11 but I haven’t had time to finish a deeper analysis — so here’s a quick piece on those results and a little bit on what it all means. Even more quickly:...
Procore finally IPOs; valued at $8.5 billion
Procore finally IPOs; valued at $8.5 billion No doubt about it: the market for makers of IT solutions targeted at the construction industry is HOT. Procore finally completed its initial public offering yesterday, raising $635 million by selling 9.5 million shares at...
Siemens to acquire Supplyframe for EDA supply chain, broader digital marketplace
Siemens to acquire Supplyframe for EDA supply chain, broader digital marketplace I just noticed that Siemens today announced that it will acquire Supplyframe for $700 million, in a deal that is expected to close sometime before the end of September 2021. I am not...
Ansys acquires Phoenix Integration & its ModelCenter
Ansys acquires Phoenix Integration & its ModelCenter Ansys just announced that it has acquired Phoenix Integration, maker of ModelCenter, a tool used by many who apply the principles of model-based engineering (MBE) and model-based systems engineering (MBSE). The...
4 on a Wednesday: AspenTech mulls partial sale; Siemens, 3D Systems, and Procore acquire (not each other)
4 on a Wednesday: AspenTech mulls partial sale; Siemens, 3D Systems, and Procore acquire (not each other) There’s so much going on that it’s time for a mid-week news roundup: You saw that Autodesk completed its Upchain acquisition, so we won’t cover...
Quickie: Autodesk completes Upchain acquisition
Quickie: Autodesk completes Upchain acquisition Autodesk just announced that its acquisition of Upchain is a done deal. Many of you have asked about Autodesk’s plans for integration of Upchain and Fusion 360 / Vault / Forge — and we should start seeing...
Nemetschek starts strong, Q1 revenue up 12%cc
Nemetschek starts strong, Q1 revenue up 12%cc The Nemetschek Group recently reported Q1 results that point to a recovery in AEC — and bodes well for Bentley tomorrow and Autodesk later in the month. The details: Total Q1 revenue was up 8% (up 12% in constant...
