Feb 29, 2012 | Hot Topics
Today Autodesk finally launched its much-touted PLM product, Autodesk PLM 360. I tried to live-tweet (follow me at @monica_schnitge) the event but here’s a quick recap of the high points: Autodesk PLM 360 is available today, at www.autodeskplm360.com. Autodesk PLM 360...
Jan 25, 2012 | Hot Topics
SAP today announced Q4 and full-year 2011 results that confirm its news release on January 13. In a nutshell, total revenue in 2011 was €14.2 billion, up 14%, while software revenue was just under €4 billion, up 22% from a year earlier (helped by the Sybase...
Nov 30, 2011 | Hot Topics
If you follow my twitter feed (@monica_schnitge), you’ll know that I’m one of 9,000 attending the 2011 edition of Autodesk University in Las Vegas. Days are crammed, so this has to be brief, but there’s a lot going on: • Autodesk formally entered the PLM fray, after...
Nov 23, 2011 | Hot Topics
Earlier in November, I was fortunate enough to attend Bentley Systems’ Be Inspired event in Amsterdam, where Bentley showcases the customer finalists in what could be termed “extreme infrastructure” –plants, buildings, roads, construction, utilities–...
Jul 29, 2011 | Hot Topics
Not to be left out of the good news bubble in the engineering software world, Nemetschek today reports that revenue grew 11% in the first half of 2011, to €79 million on double-digit increases in license and maintenance revenues. Based on this performance, the company...
Jul 28, 2011 | Hot Topics
The first thing to note about Dassault Systèmes’ earnings release is that it is a complicated, day-long affair that involves face-to-face meetings with analysts in Paris, interviews with Bloomberg news and other outlets and an analyst earnings telephone call —...
Jul 19, 2011 | Hot Topics
I spent much of today trying to find a way to write about today’s two pieces of news in a unifying, compare-and-contrast kind of way and I couldn’t come up with anything. Nada. In both cases, these acquisitions fill technology gaps for their buyers, but...
