News bits: SAP and ESI

Apr 28, 2011 | Hot Topics

Earnings season is in full spate, which makes it hard to keep up with all of the news coming out of the vendor community.  Here are a couple you may have missed: SAP AG SAP confounded investors on Thursday with results that were below expectations for the first...

Bentley engineers the wind

Apr 7, 2011 | Hot Topics

Last month Bentley Systems announced the acquisition of the SACS business from Engineering Dynamics, and most people said, who? There wasn’t time then to answer the question, but today we can catch up a bit. Engineering Dynamics, Inc. was founded in 1973 by three...

Autodesk simulating forward

Apr 4, 2011 | Hot Topics

I had the chance recently to talk with Autodesk about its plans for CFdesign, the evolution of Autodesk’s simulation portfolio and how the Blue RIdge Numerics team adds significant gravitas and expertise to drive the whole forward. Scott Reese, Sr. Director of the...

Autodesk: “We’re no longer a CAD company”

Mar 24, 2011 | Hot Topics

Autodesk has had a very busy week. On Monday the company launched its 2012 line of products, concentrating on small, bigger and biggest bundles targeted at specific user functions. Today, the company’s Manufacturing group held a webinar to present this segment of...

ESI: 2010 was “buoyant”

Mar 14, 2011 | Hot Topics

ESI Group reported unaudited results today that highlight 30% growth in new business intake in the fourth quarter and what the company described as a “surge” in the emerging BRIC markets. In all, ESI described 2010 as exhibiting “buoyant” growth.The details: • Total...

Mentor: great results, takeover speculation

Mar 2, 2011 | Hot Topics

In the flurry of earnings releases last week came the following from Mentor Graphics: For the full year that ended on January 31, 2011 Mentor reported revenue of $915 million, up 14%, and for the fiscal fourth quarter, the company reported revenue of $307 million, up...
ANSYS: We’re optimistic and hiring

ANSYS: We’re optimistic and hiring

Feb 28, 2011 | Hot Topics

[Note: ANSYS provided additional information on its results last week; below is a hybrid of my original post and the updates. Many thanks to Annette Arribas, Investor Relations and Global Insurance Officer for ANSYS, for her quick response to my questions. —...

Autodesk reports, investors like a lot

Feb 25, 2011 | Hot Topics

Autodesk last night reported results that were nothing short of terrific. As CEO Carl Bass said during the earnings call, “After navigating through the biggest economic downturn in Autodesk history, we’re now experiencing a healthy recovery and achieving record...

ANSYS reports, investors happy

Feb 24, 2011 | Hot Topics

ANSYS reported results today for the fourth quarter and fiscal 2010 that are middling from a growth perspective, but handily beat profit expectations, leading happy investors to raise the share price nearly 4% in pre-market trading.Total revenue in Q4 was $167...

DS announces banner 2010, cautious for 2011

Feb 15, 2011 | Hot Topics

2010 was a big year for Dassault Systèmes as it tightened control on its distribution network by buying IBM PLM, closing the biggest acquisition in DS’ history. Did this distract management? Lead to complications in merging sales teams and assigning territories and...