PTC channel doing well, DS/SIMPOE update

PTC channel doing well, DS/SIMPOE update

May 13, 2013 | Hot Topics

It’s going to be another busy week, with earnings from Hexagon, Cimatron and Stratasys today and then CENIT, ExOne and Autodesk later in the week. Before we start on those, however, there are a couple of bits of old business to handle, too. If “old”...
SIMULIA shines the spotlight on topology optimization

SIMULIA shines the spotlight on topology optimization

May 8, 2013 | Hot Topics

Dassault Systèmes recently announced the acquisition of FE-DESIGN Group, makers of TOSCA for topology optimization. DS’ SIMULIA brand had already released a TOSCA-based Abaqus product, Abaqus ATOM, and the relationship between SIMULIA and FE-DESIGN was good, so...
PTC channel doing well, DS/SIMPOE update

DS reports OK Q1, adds FE-DESIGN & Archividéo

Apr 25, 2013 | Hot Topics

Dassault Systèmes’ earnings announcements are usually a welter of numbers, currencies, products, markets and geographies. Today, DS threw two acquisitions into the mix, too. Grab a cup of coffee and let’s see what it all means. DS reports that the March...
PTC channel doing well, DS/SIMPOE update

PTC reports decent FQ2, still tough out there

Apr 24, 2013 | Hot Topics

PTC just reported results for its fiscal second quarter (ended March 31) that show the company performed more or less as it predicted. But the rest of fiscal 2013 (through September) is going to be tough and so PTC moderated its revenue forecast for the next six...
Quickies: Pricing Fusion 360, CENIT reports, COFES

Quickies: Pricing Fusion 360, CENIT reports, COFES

Apr 17, 2013 | Hot Topics

It’s been tough to concentrate this week, so we’ve finally wised up and are sticking to classical music and not news radio. Did you know that there is a big world outside Boston? And that much of it waltzes, minuettes and tangos? Time to get busy....
Quickies: SolidWorks talks kernels, ANSYS acquires

Quickies: SolidWorks talks kernels, ANSYS acquires

Apr 5, 2013 | Hot Topics

There’s never a dull moment, is there? Kernels and marketing 101 Earlier this week SolidWorks CEO Bertrand Sicot took to the company blog to talk about the future of the core SolidWorks product, add-on offerings and which kernel will be used where. You may...
PTC channel doing well, DS/SIMPOE update

Dassault Systèmes’ cautious outlook dampens good Q4

Feb 7, 2013 | Hot Topics

Earnings calls are interesting beasts: on the one hand, company executives have to speak to and perhaps justify the reported results. On the other, they need to spin everything as positively as possible to boost the stock price. Add in investors who may be...
SolidWorks World 2013: It’s a wrap!

SolidWorks World 2013: It’s a wrap!

Feb 6, 2013 | Hot Topics

Another SolidWorks World has come and gone — and it was a terrific event. A couple of things didn’t fit into the other blog posts (day 1 and day 2), so we’ll cover them here. The day 3 keynote presentations can be found here. The SolidWorks 2014...
SolidWorks World 2013: It’s a wrap!

SolidWorks World, The second 24 hours

Jan 22, 2013 | Hot Topics

Monday’s SolidWorks World keynote session is tilted towards the company, with presentations from CEOs and other leaders. We take a completely different tack on Tuesday and focus on customer accomplishments in the morning general session. Yes, a couple of...
SolidWorks World, The first 24 hours

SolidWorks World, The first 24 hours

Jan 21, 2013 | Hot Topics

User conferences are always fun: lots of technology to see, interesting and perhaps unusual motivational speakers, user stories galore. SolidWorks 2013 is no exception, as 4,500 of the SolidWorks faithful made the trek to Orlando this year. All of the users I’ve...