Nov 30, 2020 | Hot Topics
DS acquires NuoDB for cloud-native distributed SQL I hope you had a lovely and peaceful Thanksgiving if you’re in the US, and a bit of hush to hear yourself think if you’re somewhere else. Last week Dassault Systèmes announced that it was acquiring the 84%...
Oct 22, 2020 | Hot Topics
A mixed bag: Schneider Electric and Dassault Systèmes announce very different Q3s There’s much to parse with both of these companies, so this is a brief recital of facts while I figure out what, if anything it all means. Press releases and recaps were in the...
May 28, 2020 | Hot Topics
Autodesk’s Q1 was decent, hints at stable employment at its customers Autodesk announced its fiscal first quarter (ended April 30, 2020) last night –and, as others have reported, it was a rollercoaster ride. The details: Total revenue for FQ1 was $886...
Oct 24, 2019 | Hot Topics
Day: October 24, 2019 This is going to be very quick, because I haven’t had time to listen to the earnings call replay — but I can report that PTC saw total revenue up 7% (up 9% in constant currencies) in its fiscal Q4 to $335 million, beating Wall...
Sep 11, 2019 | Hot Topics
If you’re Siemens, apparently it’s plenty. If you tuned into the PLMish news last week, you’ll likely know that Siemens PLM Software is now Siemens Digital Industries Software and that the overarching umbrella brand for that software is Xcelerator....
Jul 25, 2019 | Hot Topics
After what looked like a blockbuster LiveWorx last month, with buoyant customer use cases and technology roadmaps galore, PTC yesterday announced results that felt … flat. Some of the details (see them all here), using ASC 605 accounting because that enables us...
Jul 24, 2019 | Hot Topics
I am still plowing through Dassault Systèmes’ materials about its second quarter, so may write an update later but here are first impressions: Q2 was good, really good, with non-IFRS revenue of €965 million, up 16% as reported, up 13% in constant currencies (cc)...
Mar 26, 2019 | Hot Topics
Free SolidWorks for displaced auto workers Just came across this blog post and thought it deserves wider visibility: “Workers displaced by plant closure can leverage their industry knowledge and secure a brighter future by gaining SOLIDWORKS CAD skills. DASI is...
