Mar 24, 2014 | Hot Topics
Welcome to a new week! We hope you had a fabulous weekend. Here in New England, we’re veering between lovely spring weather and cold winter, with snow in the forecast yet again. Sorry that this post is later than usual; server issues have had the Schnitger Corp...
Mar 17, 2014 | Hot Topics
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’...
Feb 25, 2014 | Hot Topics
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...
Feb 17, 2014 | Hot Topics
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...
Feb 11, 2014 | Hot Topics
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...
Feb 10, 2014 | Hot Topics
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...
Jan 30, 2014 | Hot Topics
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...