Nemetschek’s view: AEC is doing OK, thank you very much
Nemetschek’s view: AEC is doing OK, thank you very much Remember how the VAR results I wrote about yesterday showed some weakness in AEC? Like many things, that may be the case, but not for everyone. The Nemetschek Group just announced preliminary results for 2023...
Being a VAR is tough: updates from Mensch und Machine, Addnode, and Rand
Being a VAR is tough: updates from Mensch und Machine, Addnode, and Rand Mensch und Maschine (MuM) reported preliminary Q4 and 2023 results yesterday, and that prompted me to look: Addnode’s results came last week, and Rand Worldwide published an update last...
Dassault Systèmes reports Q4 2023, all in on subs
Dassault Systèmes reports Q4 2023, all in on subs Earnings season is in full flow, and it’s time to catch up. Sandvik and SAP told us that the December quarter was pretty good. Demand was better than expected; those projected economic slowdowns, the effects of...
4 on a Monday: SAP and Sandvik report results, GT acquires, more on Synopsys+Ansys
4 on a Monday: SAP and Sandvik report results, GT acquires, more on Synopsys+Ansys PLMish and PLM-adjacent earnings ramp up this week, with PTC, Hexagon, Dassault Systèmes, and others announcing, but we’ve already some news. SAP, the enterprise software biggie,...
Autodesk moves into proptech with AEC deals
Autodesk moves into proptech with AEC deals Autodesk announced last night that it will acquire partner company Payapps for an undisclosed amount. Payapps (aka GCPay in North America) makes a cloud-based solution that automates the payment process between general...
“Synopsys to Acquire Ansys, Creating a Leader in Silicon to Systems Design Solutions”
“Synopsys to Acquire Ansys, Creating a Leader in Silicon to Systems Design Solutions” Well … now we know. Synopsys announced that it plans to acquire Ansys. Deal details below, but look at their headline (press release here), pasted as the title of...
Welcome to 2024! Deal fever continues …
Welcome to 2024! Deal fever continues … I hope you were able to catch a little downtime over the year-end and that your 2024 is off to a great start. We had three winter storms in a week, lost power, shoveled a lot of snow — and are looking at more of the same...
May your 2024 …
… be filled with joy, health, and happiness! No, we haven’t had this much snow yet this winter — but it is a beautiful photo, no? From https://picryl.com/media/winter-snow-wintry-nature-landscapes-a30c59
AU 2023: Focus on platforms, granularity and AI
AU 2023: Focus on platforms, granularity and AI Ah, Autodesk University. Thousands of people and too few escalators. Designers and makers and architects and construction teams, all in one place. Las Vegas, usually prettying itself up for holiday visitors at this time...
AVEVA World showcases connection of data, functions, people
AVEVA World showcases connection of data, functions, people Let’s face it: AVEVA is fascinating. It started 50 years ago as a Cadcentre, a spinout from the UK’s Cambridge University. It was a sleepy tech company for a long time, then maybe 10 years ago, it got...
Bentley YII 2023 highlights spectacular projects, reinforces data stewardship
Bentley YII 2023 highlights spectacular projects, reinforces data stewardship How to describe Bentley’s Year in Infrastructure (YII)? It’s a chance for the AEC world’s media to hear from some of the most innovative infrastructure projects on the planet, how they use...
Nemetschek goes all in on dTwins
Nemetschek goes all in on dTwins When I was with Graphisoft last month, I had the chance to speak with Graphisoft CEO Huw Roberts and Nemetschek’s César Rodriguez about Nemetschek’s vision of the future, one in which its brands are better integrated (while remaining...
Graphisoft’s Archicad 27 aims to put the fun back into BIM
Graphisoft’s Archicad 27 aims to put the fun back into BIM Last month, I spent time with the Graphisoft team in Budapest, ostensibly for the launch of the newest version of Archicad (27, of those keeping count) but really to get a glimpse into what the team...
Another ESI update: new CEO, Olfa Zorgati, to manage rest of acquisition
Another ESI update: new CEO, Olfa Zorgati, to manage rest of acquisition Remember how I wrote yesterday that it seemed nothing would happen in Keysight Technology’s acquisition of ESI Group since it was now in the hands of regulators? I couldn’t have been...
Quick update: Acquisition of ESI is one step closer
Quick update: Acquisition of ESI is one step closer On Friday, ESI Group and Keysight Technologies announced that Keysight has now acquired a controlling stake in ESI, and that Keysight plans to file with French regulators to acquire the rest. As of Friday, Keysight...
4+1 on a Wednesday: Autodesk, Maya HTT, BAE Systems and PTC acquire — plus a thank you for a safe landing
4+1 on a Wednesday: Autodesk, Maya HTT, BAE Systems and PTC acquire — plus a thank you for a safe landing I spent the last month traveling, going to Graphisoft’s Archicad 27 launch in Budapest, Bentley’s Year in Infrastructure in Singapore, and AVEVA World in...
Bentley’s Seequent amps “rock to revenue” value prop, acquires geothermal simulation solution
Bentley’s Seequent amps “rock to revenue” value prop, acquires geothermal simulation solution Bentley Systems’ Seequent is very cool. And it just got cooler by acquiring Flow State Solutions, maker of the geothermal reservoir simulation...
Another week, another CAE acquisition – this time ZWSOFT + PHOENICS
Another week, another CAE acquisition – this time ZWSOFT + PHOENICS I admit, I did not see this one coming: ZWSOFT announced (here) that it had acquired Concentration, Heat and Momentum Limited (CHAM), maker of the PHOENICS CFD solution. You likely know ZWSOFT....
