3 on a Wednesday: Altair, Dassault Systèmes, and Trimble all acquire tech tuck-ins
3 on a Wednesday: Altair, Dassault Systèmes, and Trimble all acquire tech tuck-ins Venture funding may be drying up a bit, and valuations coming down just a little mean acquisition time. Three deals were announced in the last 40 hours or so: Altair announced that it...
4 on a Friday: Altair Radioss goes open source; PTC & TechSoft 3D acquire; and thank you, Ma’am
4 on a Friday: Altair Radioss goes open source; PTC & TechSoft 3D acquire; and thank you, Ma’am A lot is going on, so let’s get right to it: Altair has made the Radioss solver available via open source as OpenRadioss, available at www.openradioss.org....
And one more: Hexagon adds iConstruct
And one more: Hexagon adds iConstruct Ever have this feeling? You KNOW you forgot something but have no idea what? Well, here’s what I just forgot: Hexagon yesterday announced that it has acquired iConstruct, makers of construction automation solutions used in...
4 on a Friday: AspenTech and FARO acquire, Autodesk reports, and OpenFOAM is (still) independent
4 on a Friday: AspenTech and FARO acquire, Autodesk reports, and OpenFOAM is (still) independent A lot of things to catch up on before the weekend: AspenTech announced that it will acquire Micromine, maker of (you guessed it) mine design and management solutions for...
Super-quick: Schneider Electric may buy the rest of AVEVA
Super-quick: Schneider Electric may buy the rest of AVEVA Morning news troll. AVEVA shares up 30% — why? A tiny bit of surfing tells me that Schneider Electric says it is considering a possible offer to acquire the 41% of outstanding shares in AVEVA that it does...
4 on a Monday: Cadence acquires in bioscience, ESI sells some CFD (NOT OpenFOAM), MuM announces Q2, and Hexagon gets into 80s rock — not really
4 on a Monday: Cadence acquires in bioscience, ESI sells some CFD (NOT OpenFOAM), MuM announces Q2, and Hexagon gets into 80s rock — not really A quick catch-up on some recent news as we get ready for a bumper crop of earnings this week: Cadence said it would...
5 on a Monday: Addnode & Sandvik report Q2, Cadence acquires Future Facilities, Matterport adds to its real estate offering & Siemens snaps up ZONA for aero simulation
5 on a Monday: Addnode & Sandvik report Q2, Cadence acquires Future Facilities, Matterport adds to its real estate offering & Siemens snaps up ZONA for aero simulation Yes, a quick catchup blog is unusual on a Monday, but I was traveling last week and am...
3 on a Friday: Bentley exits Russia, Mastercam holds a contest and the NYT says VC funding mixed
3 on a Friday: Bentley exits Russia, Mastercam holds a contest and the NYT says VC funding mixed Was it a very long week for you, too? In the US, it started horribly, but it hasn’t been great in a lot of places. I hope you and yours are safe and that the sun is...

