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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

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...

Quickies: Acquisitions news from the break

Jan 7, 2013 | Hot Topics

Welcome back! While some of us were out of the office, others were clearly hard at work and doing more than sipping eggnog. This week, we’ll try to catch up. Acquisitions didn’t seem to slow down one bit as the year rolled over, as a number of companies...

LMS, A Siemens Business

Jan 4, 2013 | Hot Topics

I’m not actually officially back in the office yet — trying to prep for a hectic week ahead — but needed something on the LMS website. Imagine my surprise when I saw that the logo now reads Further poking around reveals that Dr. Urbain Vandeurzen is...

ESI Q3: full steam ahead

Dec 14, 2012 | Hot Topics

ESI Group yesterday reported third quarter revenue of nearly €22 million, an increase of 25% as reported and up 20% in constant currencies. CEO Alain de Rouvray said that growth was “balanced between the various sectors and geographical zones, with a high rate...

AU 2012: Everyone is a designer

Dec 5, 2012 | Hot Topics

Another Autodesk University has come and gone, with its share of announcements and glitz. Around 8,000 of the Autodesk faithful converged on the Mandalay Bay hotel in Las Vegas to be inspired, learn about the latest developments in the software they rely on and...

Autodesk reports bumpy FQ3

Nov 24, 2012 | Hot Topics

As you probably know by now, Autodesk missed its fiscal third quarter targets, citing a weakening global economy as undoing any gains made by its improved execution over FQ2. There were pockets of good and not so good — a lot like a bumpy flight across the US....

PTC, DS results highlight strategic differences

Nov 9, 2012 | Hot Topics

Earnings news from engineering IT companies has been a mixed bag of late: misses and downgrades of expectations for the remainder of 2012 but also some stronger-than-expected results. Why did each company report as it did and what can we learn about the demand for...

Siemens PLM + LMS shakes up CAE

Nov 8, 2012 | Hot Topics

Big news! Siemens announced today that it is acquiring LMS International and pairing it with its PLM division. We’ve got facts, a bit of history and, lastly, my impressions. (In case you can’t wait: It’s a good thing — for LMS, Siemens PLM and...

Quickie: ANSYS reports, too

Nov 1, 2012 | Hot Topics

I knew I had missed one — ANSYS reported, too. Their GAAP revenue of $197 million and non-GAAP revenue of $199.8 million were in the midrange of guidance. Non-GAAP is up 16%, (up 12% excluding currency). In constant currency, the lease business was up 21% to $71...