Apr 29, 2010 | Hot Topics
Every so often a CEO says something on an earnings call that’s too good not to repeat. Bernard Charlès, CEO of Dassault Systèmes said on the call held for European analysts (and available online) that software revenue was up only 3% in Q1 because DS still needs to...Feb 18, 2010 | Hot Topics
Dassault Systèmes reported results last week that showed revenue declined in all major products lines and all geographies, with the company’s large installed base providing a nice cushion of recurring revenue that forestalled an even more dramatic decline. DS has put...Feb 11, 2010 | Hot Topics
Dassault Systèmes’ earnings call is in an hour, so this is all gleaned from the materials released earlier today. Much more color commentary coming later:For Q4, • total revenue was €339.0 million, down 11% as reported from a year ago, but up 16% from Q3. For the sake...Nov 23, 2009 | Hot Topics
IBM still believes in PLM — but now sees a different way to interact with what it sees as a large, lucrative and diverse market. Its partnership with Dassault Systèmes is still strong, but the change in their business relationship allows IBM to enter a customer...Nov 18, 2009 | Hot Topics
It’s always hard to create context around companies whose businesses, and business models, are so different but we can draw a couple of conclusions now that Autodesk, Dassault Systèmes and PTC have reported for the summer quarter: • Starting at the top: all three...Oct 29, 2009 | Hot Topics
Good things come in twos (so far): Dassault Systèmes reported that Q3 performance was as expected, with total revenue of 291.7 million euros and software revenue of 255.6 million euros, both down 8% from a year ago but essentially flat with Q2. Keep in mind that Q3 is...Oct 27, 2009 | Hot Topics
In the largest deal in its history, Dassault Systèmes announced that it is acquiring the IBM sales and support operations for DS’s PLM application portfolio, including customer contracts and related assets, for approximately $600 million in cash. One stated goal...
