Morning coffee: investor news, China & bees
Happy Monday! Last week was a big one, with all of the regular news plus International Pi Day and the 25th anniversary of Tim Berners-Lee’s proposal for what we know today as the Internet. Sir Berners-Lee used the occasion to call for an Internet users’...
Accelrys announces slight uptick in revenue
Accelrys, the chemistry and materials modeling and simulation company that’s currently a Dassault Systèmes acquisition target, just announced that revenue for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2013 was up 5% to $47 million and up 4% to $169 million for the...
Morning coffee: Valentines, sports, earnings and more
Happy Monday! If you’re in the US, odds are you have the day off. Traditionally, you’d be out car shopping but you’re probably still in your jammies, watching the Olympics. Great men’s hockey game on Saturday, huh? Shame it had to be decided on...
DS acquiring growth to bolster lackluster organic performance
Dassault Systèmes last week announced its fourth quarter and full-year 2013 results (summarized here). The company hosted a presentation for analysts as well as a conference call, and we’ve finally had time to comb through both for interesting nuggets. The...
Morning coffee: economy, earnings, deals & news
Welcome to a new week! Since we know you had an excellent weekend, overdosing on Olympic coverage, you forgot all that happened last week. Pour yourself a hot beverage and let’s do a quick recap. It’s the Economy … According to payroll data, the US...
Quickies: DS announces Q4 results, Autodesk/Delcam closes
It’s a busy news day in PLMland, so the details will have to come later — but here’s what we know now. Dassault Systèmes reports that Q4 revenue was €565 million, essentially flat with last year and up 5% in constant currencies (cc). For the year,...
HUGE news: DS and Accelrys to merge PLM & chemistry
Dassault Systèmes announced today that it has signed a definitive merger agreement with Accelrys, the provider of scientific innovation lifecycle management (aka SILM) software for chemistry, biology and materials. Under the agreement, DS will make an all-cash offer...
Quickies: DS, 3D Systems, Hexagon buy; Exa reports
While I’m at AU with 10,000 of my dearest friends, the PLMish world keeps rolling with acquisitions and earnings. Early this morning, Dassault Systèmes announced that it has acquired an 84% controlling interest in Realtime Technology AG (RTT), a provider of what...

