Tekla revenue up 23% in Q1

May 9, 2011 | Hot Topics

Tekla, a supplier of AEC software solutions, today announced solid revenue growth in the first quarter — and then Trimble, a supplier of navigation and surveying solutions, announced that it was interested in acquiring Tekla.First, Tekla’s results; Total revenue...

ANSYS: Growth amid global turmoil

May 5, 2011 | Hot Topics

ANSYS this morning announced that first quarter revenue was up 16% over last year and “was spread across all major geographic regions and among a broad array of industries”. On a GAAP basis, net income and diluted earnings per share increased 31% and 29%, respectively...

AspenTech on track for 2011

May 4, 2011 | Hot Topics

Good earnings news continues to roll out in the world of engineering software. Yesterday, Aspen Technology announced fiscal third quarter results that show continued acceptance of the new license model for its aspenONE product suite even as the global economic...

M+M Q1 on target, too

May 2, 2011 | Hot Topics

Mensch und Maschine Software (M+M) announced Q1 results today that show that its diversification strategy is working: building up a VAR channel and focusing on the “value add” component is paying off. First quarter revenue was up 14% to €59 million, as all parts of...

News bits: SAP and ESI

Apr 28, 2011 | Hot Topics

Earnings season is in full spate, which makes it hard to keep up with all of the news coming out of the vendor community.  Here are a couple you may have missed: SAP AG SAP confounded investors on Thursday with results that were below expectations for the first...

PTC surprised by CAD growth

Apr 28, 2011 | Hot Topics

As noted yesterday, PTC reported reported second fiscal quarter revenue of $269 million, up 23% from a year ago, driven in large part by growth in the enterprise CAD business. Net income more than doubled from last year’s Q2, at $19 million or $0.16 per...

PTC FQ2 first view: desktop drove growth

Apr 27, 2011 | Hot Topics

PTC reported results today after the market closed — yes, that’s two in one day — and will hold its analyst conference call tomorrow. A quick read of the press release and supplemental material shows that reported revenue of $269 million (up 12%) and...

DS Q1 first view: SMB growth, acquisitions

Apr 27, 2011 | Hot Topics

Dassault Systèmes today reported results for the first quarter that show that the momentum established towards in 2010 continued into 2011. Total revenue in Q1 was €410 million, up 31% as reported and up 29% excluding currency. New license revenue was up 30%,...

AVEVA says all’s still ok

Apr 19, 2011 | Hot Topics

AVEVA released one of its cryptic interim statements today, in which it said that fiscal 2011 was “in line with expectations” and that all was “consistent with trends” discussed in an (equally cryptic) January 2011 statement. I shouldn’t pick on AVEVA; this...

CENIT: DS, PLM drove 2010 success

Mar 31, 2011 | Hot Topics

CENIT AG today gave further details about its performance in 2010 and a hint of where it sees 2011 going, now that we’re 1/4 of the way into the year. The main facts from the February announcement (summarized here) are essentially unchanged, although audited revenue...