PTC’s F18 closed strong as reinvention continues

PTC’s F18 closed strong as reinvention continues

PTC’s Q4 and fiscal 2018 results, released last week, were solid yet investors were displeased because the forecasts for F19 presupposed a faster transition to subscriptions than many expected. Remember: subs mean lower initial revenue but a longer tail, so...
Quickie: Altair acquires SIMSOLID

Quickie: Altair acquires SIMSOLID

Taking a break from all things Bentley, Altair just announced that it has acquired SIMSOLID, the company based on the notion that we shouldn’t need to create a mesh in order to run a simulation. Founded by Ken Welch and Victor Apanovitch, they sought to simplify...
Getting started with Generative Design

Getting started with Generative Design

I get so many questions about technology directions, from people who want to know what to learn to get that next job, from companies that want to be sure they’re not on the bleeding edge but also not falling behind, from investors who want to know what a...
PTC’s F18 closed strong as reinvention continues

Big changes afoot at ESI, even as H1 was so-so

ESI recently released half-year results in an announcement that was packed with big news. The biggest: ESI co-founder and CEO Alain de Rouvray will step aside in the new year, as ESI’s board has appointed his daughter Cristel de Rouvray as CEO, effective...
Quickie: Altair acquires SIMSOLID

Quick update on Aras + Comet: free means free

Yesterday, Aras announced that it has acquired Comet Solutions, to add simulation data and process management to its PLM platform. One of the intriguing things in the announcement was that Comet would be free to all subscribers. I didn’t see how that was...
Autodesk #XLR8s its way to Fusion

Autodesk #XLR8s its way to Fusion

Autodesk #XLR8s its way to Fusion (Sorry – really bad hashtag-based pun. XLR8 = Accelerate, and the complete hashtag for the event was ##XLR8Fusion.) Autodesk’s first Accelerate event happened when PLM 360 was oh-so-new. Autodeskers, VARs and early...
PTC’s F18 closed strong as reinvention continues

Altair revenue up 17% in Q2 – wow

Q2 was awesome across the CAE landscape. First ANSYS reported solid performance due large deals and sales across its portfolio and now, Altair reports that total revenue was up 17% (17!!! — we don’t see that very often), with software revenue up 22% (even...