Nemetschek invests in 4th startup in 14 months

Nemetschek invests in 4th startup in 14 months

Nemetschek invests in 4th startup in 14 months The Nemetschek Group announced that it has invested in SymTerra, a UK startup working on a construction site communications platform. Nemetschek says SymTerra’s communication platform “allows easy, instant, and...
Autodesk’s Q1 beats expectations, sets up for strong fiscal 2023

Sandvik lays out CAM ambitions

Sandvik lays out CAM ambitions I am seriously behind on posting earnings writeups but for now, know that most companies reported good results for the March quarter and that our corner of the IT vendor space has little exposure to Russia and Belarus, so won’t see...
Digital transformation? Let’s talk.

Digital transformation? Let’s talk.

Digital transformation? Let’s talk. I was at Autodesk’s Accelerate conference in New Orleans earlier this week. Many great speakers talked about how they are adapting to the realities they find themselves in—demanding customers, changing supply chains, squeezed...
Quickie: Altair expands electronic system offering by acquiring Concept Engineering

Quickie: Ansys acquires MDL & its Motor-CAD

Quickie: Ansys acquires MDL & its Motor-CAD Ansys just announced that it has acquired Motor Design Limited (MDL) Motor-CAD to “strengthen Ansys’ Electronics portfolio, enabling customers to design more efficient electric machines and apply them to...
Autodesk’s Q1 beats expectations, sets up for strong fiscal 2023

PTC closes Codebeamer deal, reports solid FQ2

PTC closes Codebeamer deal, reports solid FQ2 PTC just announced that it has closed its acquisition of Intland Software and its Codebeamer. And that reminds me that I never did publish a note on PTC’s earnings last week — which were very positive. First,...
Autodesk’s Q1 beats expectations, sets up for strong fiscal 2023

Cadence still very happy with CAE offerings

Cadence still very happy with CAE offerings Last night Cadence announced results for the first fiscal quarter of 2022; you can read about them in much more detail here — they were overall very good and the company increased just about all forecasts for 2022....
Autodesk’s Q1 beats expectations, sets up for strong fiscal 2023

MuM says Q1 was strongest in its history

MuM says Q1 was strongest in its history That’s a heck of a headline, no? Mensch und Maschine Software reported Q1 results this week that add some details to the head: Q1 revenue was up 18% year/year to EUR 85.41 million, surpassing the previous high of EUR...
Autodesk’s Q1 beats expectations, sets up for strong fiscal 2023

Sandvik starts PLMish earnings season and things look good

Sandvik starts PLMish earnings season and things look good Sandvik, the Swedish company that has been snapping up CAM vendors, announced first quarter results today: Revenue in Q1 was SEK 24,921 million (about $2.6 billion at today’s exchange rate), up 35% as...
Quickie: Altair expands electronic system offering by acquiring Concept Engineering

Quickie: PTC adds to codeBeamer to its ALM offer

Quickie: PTC adds to codeBeamer to its ALM offer PTC just announced that it is acquiring Intland Software, maker of codeBeamer Application Lifecycle Management (ALM), for roughly $280 million. PTC says codeBeamer is a “flexible and modern, easy-to-use interface....
Quickie: Altair expands electronic system offering by acquiring Concept Engineering

Ansys to acquire OnScale

Ansys to acquire OnScale Do you do your simulation in the cloud? Do you want to? Ansys is betting you do … Ansys just announced that it is acquiring OnScale, providers of a cloud-first simulation platform that, according to OnScale CEO Ian Campbell,...
Quickie: Altair expands electronic system offering by acquiring Concept Engineering

Bentley acquires ADINA for FEA

Bentley acquires ADINA for FEA Much more on this when I’m back in the office next week: Bentley announced last night that it has acquired ADINA, makers of finite element analysis (FEA) software — most likely you know of them for ADINA Structures, but ADINA...