Hexagon’s Q2 was better than expected — and it adds TACTICAWARE 3D LIDAR to its portfolio
Hexagon’s Q2 was better than expected — and it adds TACTICAWARE 3D LIDAR to its portfolio Hexagon reported results a few weeks ago and I am just now getting to a quick blog about it — will work this week to catch up on ALL the earnings – yikes...
Autodesk responds to Revit users; I give it a C+
Autodesk responds to Revit users; I give it a C+ You may recall that last week a group of Revit users issued a public letter to Autodesk, in which they laid out their frustrations regarding a perceived lack of investment in Revit — all while prices rose. It was...
Quickie: AVEVA updates on June quarter & seems optimistic about the future
Quickie: AVEVA updates on June quarter & seems optimistic about the future As we’re starting to see across our PLMish landscape, the June quarter wasn’t horrible — it wasn’t great, and companies that rely on hardware or perpetual license...
Super-Quick: Update on Siemens + SAP Teamcenter
Super-Quick: Update on Siemens + SAP Teamcenter We’re starting to get answers to some of the open questions about the partnership SAP and Siemens announced earlier this month, regarding the integration of Siemens’ Teamcenter and SAP’s S4/Hana. Many...
What do you do when your customers revolt, publicly?
What do you do when your customers revolt, publicly? If you’re outside the world of AEC (or lucky enough to be on vacation) you might have missed it: Seventeen of Autodesk’s most influential AEC customers wrote an open letter to CEO Andrew Anagnost,...
Super-quick: Altair snaps up polyurethane foaming simulation solution
Super-quick: Altair snaps up polyurethane foaming simulation solution A busy day ahead so this has to be quick: Altair just announced that it has acquired S&WISE, a Korea-based provider of polyurethane foaming simulation. I am not familiar with S&WISE, so have...
DS reports a good Q2 and tweaks full-year forecast
DS reports a good Q2 and tweaks full-year forecast Very quick because it’s that kind of day — but need to let you know that Dassault Systèmes reported that Q2 results met expectations and an acquisition: DS Q2 non-IFRS revenue was €1,071 million, down 8%...
Autodesk adds to AI-in-construction offering with the acquisition of Pype
Autodesk adds to AI-in-construction offering with the acquisition of Pype I’ve been talking and writing a lot about the perceived technology gaps in AEC and much depends on the size of the enterprise and type of project. But one thing is clear: the industry is...
Here we go: MuM starts PLMish earnings, Q2 revenue down 9% y/y
Here we go: MuM starts PLMish earnings, Q2 revenue down 9% y/y Mensch und Maschine Software (MuM) today said that its first-half “solidly remained on the growth path – in spite of significant retarding effects from Corona in Q2”, with revenue up 9%...
Siemens + SAP = Teamcenter Squared?
Siemens + SAP = Teamcenter Squared? Last week Siemens and SAP announced that they would be connecting Siemens’ Teamcenter with SAP’s supply chain and asset management solutions to, as they said, deliver integrated end-to-end software solutions across...
Super-quick: Siemens acquires Avatar Integrated Systems to add to Mentor portfolio
Super-quick: Siemens acquires Avatar Integrated Systems to add to Mentor portfolio Siemens announced yesterday that it has will acquire Avatar Integrated Systems Inc., maker of place and route software for integrated circuit (IC) design. Avatar’s Aprisa is a...
Bentley’s been busy, creating the Acceleration Fund, building Virtuosity and buying a Maximo reseller
Bentley’s been busy, creating the Acceleration Fund, building Virtuosity and buying a Maximo reseller Did you know that Bentley has an Acceleration Fund? Me neither! But it, and the company, have been making newsworthy announcements over the last few days....
More good-ish PLMish news, this time from Hexagon
More good-ish PLMish news, this time from Hexagon Hexagon just announced that it will report BETTER results than the market expects for its June-ending quarter. Here’s what they said: Due to higher earnings than market expectations for the second quarter of...
Super quick: no PLMish pre-announcements yet, and PTC says things are … good
Super quick: no PLMish pre-announcements yet, and PTC says things are … good You probably know that a lot of companies’ financial quarters ended on June 30 and many of us have been waiting for announcements –good or bad– to give a preview of...
And it’s a wrap: Preventing virtual conference fatigue
And it’s a wrap: Preventing virtual conference fatigue At some point, I’ll muster the energy to write about what I learned but right now I’d like to tell you about the experience of sitting through online user events from Altair, ANSYS, AVEVA,...
Quickie: Siemens adds UltraSoC to its semiconductor design offering
Quickie: Siemens adds UltraSoC to its semiconductor design offering Siemens just announced that it will acquire UltraSoC Technologies Ltd., maker of instrumentation and analytics solutions that “put intelligent monitoring, cybersecurity, and functional safety...
Respond. Reset. Reimagine.
I’ve been talking to a lot of people about how Covid-19 has affected their work lives–often inseparable from their home lives, given the sudden explosion of home offices and homeschooling–and it generally comes down to these three phases. First, we...
AVEVA enters fiscal 2021 betting on digitalization
AVEVA enters fiscal 2021 betting on digitalization As foreshadowed back in April, AVEVA today reported revenue of £834 million up 9% (and up 7% on an organic, constant currency basis, cc). CEO Craig Hayman and Deputy CEO/CFO James Kidd gave a lot of great, additional...
