Delcam sees record revenue, profit in 2011

Mar 26, 2012 | Hot Topics

Sorry for the quiet — I’ve been traveling a lot over the last few weeks, and you’ll hear about some of that in coming posts. But in the meantime, let’s catch up on recent financial news. First up, Delcam reported more extensively on its performance in 2011....

Bentley says economy on track

Mar 6, 2012 | Hot Topics

Bentley Systems today held a conference call to update analysts and journalists on its progress in 2011 and offer outlook for 2012. The company did this for the first time last year to satisfy credit ratings agencies but, I think, also wants to also put its strength...

Quickies: CENIT, Delcam & Rand

Mar 5, 2012 | Hot Topics

Still trying to catch up! Here are a few news items from the overflowing inbox: CENIT announced preliminary results for 2011 that show total revenue up 16% to €108 million. Detailed results will be out on April 16. CENIT resells Dassault Systèmes’ PLM offering as well...

Quickies: AspenTech, Cimatron, Comet & MuM

Mar 1, 2012 | Hot Topics

Trying to keep up with the news flow isn’t easy this week! Here are a few tidbits that might have escaped your notice: Aspen Tech has acquired SolidSim Engineering GmbH, a provider of solids process modeling software. It’s a natural combination, since a lot of...

Mentor Graphics hits a billion

Feb 29, 2012 | Hot Topics

Mentor reported that revenue was up 4% $320 million for FQ4 ended January 31, 2011. For the quarter, systems and software revenue was up just 2%, while service and support revenue was up 10% to $100 million. For the year, the company reported revenue of $1,015...

Autodesk: MFG reports record; is AEC back?

Feb 27, 2012 | Hot Topics

Autodesk reported results last week for the fourth quarter and full year ended January 31, 2011 that pretty much blew past expectations and continued the strong trends seen over the last several quarters, albeit with a bit of deceleration in many of the individual...

ANSYS Q4 was solid, also cautious for 2012

Feb 24, 2012 | Hot Topics

ANSYS reported revenue yesterday for the fourth quarter and all of 2011. In a nutshell, Q4 was terrific by pretty much any measure and only in part due to the contribution of the Apache acquisition. Wall Street was less impressed as tax adjustments lowered net income...

Nemetschek revenue up 10% in 2011

Feb 17, 2012 | Hot Topics

Nemetschek today announced that preliminary figures show revenue grew 10% in 2011, to €164 million, just below its target of €165 million. License revenue was up 9% (to €81 million) and maintenance revenue was up of 11% to €74 million. Through the first nine months of...

Rand’s product sales up, commissions down

Feb 14, 2012 | Hot Topics

A quick note on Rand Worldwide, which just released results for the quarter ended December 31. Q2 revenue was $23 million, up 4% from a year ago and essentially flat with its fiscal first quarter. For the six months ended December 31, 2011, total revenues were $44...

UPDATE: DS ends strong, cautious about 2012

Feb 13, 2012 | Hot Topics

Dassault Systèmes (DS) reported really good results for its fourth quarter and for fiscal 2011 yet the share price fell, as investors expected a more positive outlook. But let’s close 2011 first, shall we? For Q4: • Total revenue was €512 million, up 11% as reported...