Hexagon’s take on 2020? Less confident than in February
Hexagon’s take on 2020? Less confident than in February Just yesterday I posted a quick note on Nemetshek’s muted optimism for 2020 and RIB’s lack thereof. Then, later in the day, Hexagon announced that it plans to delay a decision on paying a...
At least in AEC, 2020 looks … OK
At least in AEC, 2020 looks … OK European companies report preliminary results for a financial year in February and then follow up with a final report at the end of March. Nemetschek and RIB Software reported on schedule (see the reports here and here,...
How you can help: print PPEs with Carl Bass
How you can help: print PPEs with Carl Bass I’ll add this to the master list in a moment, but don’t want this to get lost (and I haven’t figured out how to make that post stay on top, and and and): Ray Kurland emailed me to say that Carl Bass (former...
How your tech skills can help in the pandemic
How your tech skills can help in the pandemic The world may be a sucky place right now, but people are (mostly) awesome. Protocol just published a list of projects that can use your/my/everyone’s tech wizardry. That inspired me to go through my inbox and pick...
AVEVA adds production accounting toolset
AVEVA adds production accounting toolset AVEVA just announced that it has acquired accounting software from MES Enter to, as the company puts it, “complete AVEVA’s value chain optimization solution”. The new AVEVA Production Accounting (fka MES ENTER...
ESI on the impact of Covid-19: “It’s a 3-month event”
ESI on the impact of Covid-19: “It’s a 3-month event” ESI Group held an investor update today, in which they expanded on the 2019 results reported last month. (You can read my recap here.) I’ll write more about the company’s vision,...
Totally OT: Capybaras balance oranges
I could (and probably should) write something PLMish but let’s save that for later. Instead, I’m going to share a moment of zen, courtesy of HIRO@sea: If you speak Japanese, you can understand the naturalist’s explanations; if not, just watch the...
Funny & wise from Mel Brooks’ family as we all try to flatten the curve
Last one for today, I promise. Too good not to share: A message from me and my dad, @Melbrooks. #coronavirus #DontBeASpreader pic.twitter.com/Hqhc4fFXbe — Max Brooks (@maxbrooksauthor) March 16, 2020 The title image is of a much younger Mel Brooks, in the...
PLMish ideas on whiling away social isolation
PLMish ideas on whiling away social isolation Right up front: I’m not qualified to give medical advice so you won’t see any of that here. Go to cdc.gov, who.int, or another reputable source for the protocols that will ensure your safety and that of elders...
Hexagon adds CAEfatigue to simulation portfolio
Hexagon adds CAEfatigue to simulation portfolio Coronavirus or not, business seems to crank along, even if at a slower level. Hexagon today announced that it is acquiring CAEfatigue Limited, a provider of fatigue simulation solutions. Hexagon’s explanation of...
Quickie: Autodesk extends sale of multi-user subs to August, pushes back named user start date
Quickie: Autodesk extends sale of multi-user subs to August, pushes back named user start date I wrote last week that Autodesk was going to start transitioning customers to named user licenses in May. A couple of readers shared a change to that policy from...
Bentley ups the ante on BIM CDEs, acquires UK’s GroupBC
Bentley ups the ante on BIM CDEs, acquires UK’s GroupBC Bentley Systems just announced that it has acquired GroupBC, the UK-based maker of the BC Projects and BC Enterprise SaaS solutions. You may know that the UK leads the world in BIM focus and...
Autodesk’s anti-piracy efforts finally pay off – oh, and the looming end of maintenance
Autodesk’s anti-piracy efforts finally pay off – oh, and the looming end of maintenance We’ve had a bit of an earnings bottleneck here at Schnitger Corp. HQ, but let’s see if we can get caught up before more news rocks our world. You are...
Ansys acquires Lumerical for photonics ICs
Ansys acquires Lumerical for photonics ICs Ansys just announced that it will acquire Lumerical, maker of the DEVICE suite of component-level simulation products for modeling the optical, electrical and thermal effects in the performance of photonic integrated...
Super-quick, the VIX volatility index is … crazy
I wrote about Bentley’s potential IPO a few weeks ago and mentioned that the company had, in its last possible IPO, told me that it looked at the VIX index to help determine the exact timing of a sale of its shares. Not going into that again, but this...
Hexagon adds Romax for electric drivetrain MBSE
Hexagon adds Romax for electric drivetrain MBSE Hexagon just announced that it will acquire Romax Technology Limited, maker of the Romax Nexus suite of solutions for concept design, durability, NVH and other simulations for electromechanical drivetrain design and...
Schneider Electric reports 2019 revenue up 6%, growing focus on digital offerings
Schneider Electric reports 2019 revenue up 6%, growing focus on digital offerings Schneider Electric is a massively complicated company, making everything from home energy management solutions to software to operate production facilities. And, as we saw last week,...
Tech Soft 3D secures backing from Battery Ventures
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...
