Quick update: PTC, DS, Nemetschek

Oct 31, 2011 | Hot Topics

Day 2 of no power here in the Merrimack Valley of New England, resulting in no WiFi and spotty 3G coverage, so this has to be quick — more soon on PTC and DS. PTC has boffo Q4, cautious about 2012 PTC last week announced results for Q4 and fiscal 2011 that...

DS strengthens composites sim

Oct 4, 2011 | Hot Topics

Dassault Systèmes today announced that is has acquired Simulayt Limited, a provider of composites and advanced draping simulation technology. We all know composites are where it’s at in terms of reducing weight while meeting performance requirements, so this...

RAND focuses on profit

Sep 29, 2011 | Hot Topics

Rand Worldwide yesterday reported fiscal 2011 revenue of $89.2 million and net income of $1.8 million. Since this is the first year of reporting after the reverse merger of Rand and Avatech, along with a change in the fiscal year-end, it is difficult to draw...

Acquisition mania

Sep 27, 2011 | Hot Topics

I’ve been working on a mid-year update of my market numbers for CAE (which show better than expected growth to date in 2011) and am stunned by the rapid pace of acquisitions we’ve seen this year. It’s one thing to note them as they happen, but when...

News roundup for August 12

Aug 12, 2011 | Hot Topics

Last week’s earnings fever has died down, but there were still a couple of items of note this week when much of the northern hemisphere is on vacation: CENIT CENIT reported this week that it saw “increased demand … especially from the manufacturing industry and...

DS: balanced growth in Q2

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 —...

MuM all according to plan

Jul 25, 2011 | Hot Topics

The engineering software public reporting season starts in earnest this week, with Mensch und Maschine (MuM), PTC, Dassault Systemes and Nemetschek releasing information on their second quarter performance and their view of the year still to come.MuM kicked things off...

DS Q1 first view: SMB growth, acquisitions

Apr 27, 2011 | Hot Topics

Dassault Systèmes today reported results for the first quarter that show that the momentum established towards in 2010 continued into 2011. Total revenue in Q1 was €410 million, up 31% as reported and up 29% excluding currency. New license revenue was up 30%,...

CENIT: DS, PLM drove 2010 success

Mar 31, 2011 | Hot Topics

CENIT AG today gave further details about its performance in 2010 and a hint of where it sees 2011 going, now that we’re 1/4 of the way into the year. The main facts from the February announcement (summarized here) are essentially unchanged, although audited revenue...

DS update: offerings for a growing market

Mar 8, 2011 | Hot Topics

Dassault Systèmes’ Al Bunshaft, Managing Director of DS America, today held the first of a series of update calls for industry analysts. The call reiterated DS’ focus on growing its brands and tweaking its sales channels to reach an ever-greater addressable market and...