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ESI Q1: buoyed by BRIC and OpenCFD

Jun 17, 2013 | Hot Topics

Still working to catch up on what happened while you were at PTC Live? Me too! Honestly, it would be so much simpler if everything just went on hold while we’re these things, right?! Not gonna happen, so catch-up it is. In addition to 3D Systems trying to...

Couldn’t get to Vienna? Recap of SIMULIA conference

Jun 11, 2013 | Hot Topics

Picture this: we’re in an ancient city of castles, cathedrals and really good cake, meeting to talk about advancements in cutting-edge technology: simulation. It’s a little like the picture to the right, of St. Stephen’s cathedral reflected in a...

Exa’s Q1 is back on track

Jun 4, 2013 | Hot Topics

Exa Corporation just announced results for its first quarter of fiscal 2014, which ended April 30, 2013. CEO Steve Remondi said that “revenue for the quarter was at the high end of our guidance, increasing 11%, or 14% on a constant currency basis, from a year...

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

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...

ANSYS beats some expectations, lowers others

May 6, 2013 | Hot Topics

ANSYS is in a no-win situation: reporting the best first-quarter revenue in its history, within its guidance for the first quarter but lower than some financial analysts had expected. Too, like many other tech companies, ANSYS lowered its revenue forecast for the rest...

Quickies: Uncertain economy drags down March quarter

May 2, 2013 | Hot Topics

It’s a busy week for earnings reports from engineering software companies. While I work on longer-form reports, here are a few quotes from my notes. Note that these are not 100% representative of the company’s March quarter reports — in other words,...

ESI falters, costs outpace revenue at year end

Apr 26, 2013 | Hot Topics

ESI yesterday provided more details on its results for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2013. As we posted after the preliminary announcement last month, total revenue was up 16% year/year to €109 million. However, the company’s cautious outlook and...

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...

News you can use, 24 March 2013

Apr 24, 2013 | Hot Topics

Every week, I read dozens of news articles, technical publications, presentations and magazines about the world of engineering, software, manufacturing, infrastructure, business and IT. I tweet the most interesting links but realize that Twitter goes by so fast (and...