Did you feel it? Amazon web services were down yesterday

Did you feel it? Amazon web services were down yesterday

Mar 1, 2017 | Hot Topics

— and for something like four hours, from 1 PM ET to 5PM ET or so. I wasn’t using any cloud solutions as my primary tools at that time but did feel occasional hiccups in email or web things that were peripherally affected. Bottom line: I was able to work,...
ADSK’s Q4 a muddle of math and accounting, better than it appears

Autodesk subs momentum builds in FQ1

Jun 6, 2016 | Hot Topics

I continue to try to catch up — and today we take a look at Autodesk’s calendar Q1 results, for the three months ended April 30. Autodesk reported these back on May 19, so this isn’t new news. What it is, however, is a great pointer to what...
ADSK’s Q4 a muddle of math and accounting, better than it appears

Exa’s Q1 shows some customers, at least, favoring cloud

May 31, 2016 | Hot Topics

Earnings keep coming and the news is increasingly positive — in our PLMish world, at least, customers are buying and using technology to continue to innovate. One recent announcement comes from Exa, the CFD maker. Exa reported that first quarter fiscal 2017,...
ADSK’s Q4 a muddle of math and accounting, better than it appears

Exa’s Q4 beats, highlights cloud success

Mar 11, 2016 | Hot Topics

Exa Corp. last night announced results that definitely bucked the trend — recall that ANSYS and DS both reported simulation results that were good but not expectation-beating. Exa’s Q4 revenue was $18.3 million, up 8% year/year as reported and up 13% in...
SolidWorks World 2016: makers, cloud and subs

SolidWorks World 2016: makers, cloud and subs

Feb 16, 2016 | Hot Topics

Kishore Boyalakuntla, SolidWorks Brand User Experience Leader, joked that SolidWorks World is a bit like Disney for engineers — and, you know, it is! This year’s event had a slightly different vibe: it was less serious, more maker and decidedly not DS-centric. Yes,...
Altair appifies CFD

Altair appifies CFD

Feb 13, 2014 | Hot Topics

We take a break from the streak of earnings and acquisitions to focus on CAE — specifically, CFD. Earlier this year, John Chawner of Pointwise highlighted a survey which found that “58% of engineers aren’t prepared for running CFD. Keeping in mind the...
Quickies: new year’s news round-up

Quickies: new year’s news round-up

Jan 6, 2014 | Hot Topics

Happy New Year and welcome back! So much happened as we swapped 2013 calendars for 2014 (and dealt with blizzards, ships stuck in the ice and goodness-knows-what) that we all need a bit of a recap. In no particular order: PTC made the last acquisition in the PLMish...
2014 is just around the corner so let’s recap

2014 is just around the corner so let’s recap

Dec 30, 2013 | Hot Topics

Hope you’re enjoying your year-end holidays! Skiing? Sunning? Playing? We’re still trying to unplug (but failing miserably) and recharge (naps, lots of naps) before 2014 arrives, so this blog is going to be short and sweet. 2013 was a year when some of the...