Q1 in AEC: looks like 2017 is a breakout year

Q1 in AEC: looks like 2017 is a breakout year

May 1, 2017 | Hot Topics

You (and investors and entrepreneurs and many others) often ask me how the AEC market is accepting the technologies that discrete manufacturing has long relied on: 3D design, using a model as reference and not just drawings, managing those models and related...
Q1 in AEC: looks like 2017 is a breakout year

Quickie: DS’ Q1 shows solid start to 2017

Apr 26, 2017 | Hot Topics

As always, there’s a lot to unpack in a Dassault Systèmes earnings release, so here are the bare facts while I catch up on the earnings calls, presentations and press releases: Total revenue in Q1 was €760 million, up 10% as reported and up 7% in constant...
Q1 in AEC: looks like 2017 is a breakout year

MuM says 2017 is off to a “pleasant” start

Apr 24, 2017 | Hot Topics

What a nice way to start a week: an earnings report that includes the word “pleasant”. Too often, it’s all business gobbledy-gook; we all know what “pleasant” means. Not stressful, satisfactory, generally positive, moving in the right...
Q1 in AEC: looks like 2017 is a breakout year

AVEVA’s update previews revenue growth in F17

Apr 19, 2017 | Hot Topics

AVEVA today gave an update on its performance for the fiscal year that ended 31 March 2017. And it was, as usual, a terse 2-sentence statement:  The Board is pleased to report that the Group’s results, assisted by positive currency translation effects, show a...
Q1 in AEC: looks like 2017 is a breakout year

ESI reports steady progress in Q4

Mar 14, 2017 | Hot Topics

ESI just reported revenue for the fourth quarter and fiscal year that ended on January 31 — and the news is good. Recall that ESI’s revenue is really backweighted, with the bulk of renewals coming in Q4 and skewing result for earlier periods each year....
Q1 in AEC: looks like 2017 is a breakout year

ANSYS realigns to go from $1B to $2B

Feb 23, 2017 | Hot Topics

ANSYS held its first earnings call under the leadership of new CEO Ajei Gopal today to discuss Q4 and full-year 2016 results and to offer investors a glimpse into where Mr. Gopal believes he can take ANSYS. One clear takeaway from the call: the goals are ambitious, as...
Q1 in AEC: looks like 2017 is a breakout year

MuM sees subs growth resuming in H2 2017

Feb 16, 2017 | Hot Topics

Earlier this week, Germany’s Mensch und Maschine Software announced preliminary results for 2016 — and they were solid, even with the perpetual to subscription transition it and its customers are working through. Total revenue in 2016 was €167 million, up...