ESI Group acquires ITI GmbH to add 0D/1D to its offering

ESI Group acquires ITI GmbH to add 0D/1D to its offering

Jan 6, 2016 | Hot Topics

ESI Group just announced that it has acquired 96% of ITI GmbH, maker of the 0D/1D SimulationX solution, and has the option to purchase the remaining 4% in three years. All ITI staff will join ESI (and it sounds like it will be business as usual for ITI customers, at...
ESI Group acquires ITI GmbH to add 0D/1D to its offering

Welcome to 2016! Deals continue …

Jan 4, 2016 | Hot Topics

Happy New Year! May 2016 bring you nothing but happiness, health and prosperity! It’s starting the way 2015 ended: with news of acquisitions and divestitures. Nemetschek says that it has concluded its acquisition of all of the shares of Solibri. You may remember...
ESI Group acquires ITI GmbH to add 0D/1D to its offering

Nemetschek adds Solibri to its BIM offering

Dec 18, 2015 | Hot Topics

Do you BIM? If so, you’ve probably heard of Solibri, soon to be a Nemetschek company. Solibri makes what could be called quality assurance solutions for BIM, validating that models meet specific country/region and project standards and performing...
AU 2015 – something for everyone, even Star Wars fans

AU 2015 – something for everyone, even Star Wars fans

Dec 10, 2015 | Hot Topics

By any measure, Autodesk University is big. 800+ sessions. 10,000 attendees in Las Vegas and a lot more watching the web-streamed sessions from home, during and after the event. The Venetian and Palazzo complex filled to overflowing with design techies of all sorts,...

Siemens acquires Polarion, gets further into ALM

Nov 25, 2015 | Hot Topics

Siemens just announced that its PLM unit is acquiring Polarion, makers of the eponymous Polarion ALM, Polarion QA and other solutions in a browser-based platform used by at makers of the myriad products that include software. Syncing software versions with...
ESI Group acquires ITI GmbH to add 0D/1D to its offering

Autodesk expands into CPQ with Configure One acquisition

Oct 29, 2015 | Hot Topics

Autodesk just announced that it has acquired Configure One for its Configure, Price, and Quote (CPQ) offering, eponymously named Configure One. [Sorry to use configure 3 times in 1 sentence.] This is a big deal, as configure-to-order becomes more important in...
SimSci boosts process performance, profit

SimSci boosts process performance, profit

Oct 15, 2015 | Hot Topics

You likely know that AVEVA and Schneider Electric Software are poised to merge, assuming due diligence and regulatory hurdles don’t throw up insurmountable obstacles. What will that mean for plant designers? For engineering and construction companies? For asset...
ESI Group acquires ITI GmbH to add 0D/1D to its offering

Field-to-office heats up, Trimble acquires PocketMobile

Oct 14, 2015 | Hot Topics

We need to get past the idea that design and engineering begin and end in an office, drawing room or lab; it’s time we joined much of the rest of  the business world by taking work to where it needs to be, even if that is outside the office. That’s enabled...
ESI Group acquires ITI GmbH to add 0D/1D to its offering

PTC gets into AR with Vuforia acquisition

Oct 12, 2015 | Hot Topics

Interesting news — from the “I didn’t see this coming” department: PTC just announced that it is acquiring Qualcomm’s Vuforia business for $65 million. Vuforia makes augmented reality (AR) technology, which PTC says is “the...
ESI Group acquires ITI GmbH to add 0D/1D to its offering

Altair snaps up Click2Cast

Sep 30, 2015 | Hot Topics

Altair just announced that it has acquired Click2Cast, adding both casting simulation and an office in Barcelona to its aresenal. Spanish Click2Cast developed what it calls a “revolutionary” mesh generator that begins with imported STL...