Nov 17, 2010 | Hot Topics
There’s a lot going on in the GIS space but for those of you who don’t follow it, here’s a quick refresher. GIS stands for Geographic Information Systems; this technology is also often known as “geospatial”. GIS’ analytical tools enable uses to associate data and...
Nov 15, 2010 | Hot Topics
AVEVA Group last week gave more details on its performance for the six months ended September 30 2010. The company last month hinted that its end-markets are still recovering from the global economic meltdown, and that progress to a more normal economic state is...
Oct 29, 2010 | Hot Topics
Yesterday, while we were busy trying to digest all Dassault Systemes’ earnings and PTC’s Creo announcement, Hexagon quietly closed its acquisition of Intergraph. Back in July, Hexagon announced that it wanted to acquire the US-based seller of plant design and...
Oct 28, 2010 | Hot Topics
Lots going on today — PTC makes its big announcement (and, I think, slipped up a bit on some timing), DS reports that Q3 was really good, Altair acquires SimLab and Hexagon closes on Intergraph. Briefly, before I flit off to the PTC event: •PTC’s been so loudly...
Oct 19, 2010 | Hot Topics
Still trying to catch up from nearly a month of personal and business travel, so here are a few interesting things from my overflowing in-box: Autodesk commissioned a survey of online consumers that showed that the majority prefer to examine potential purchases in 3D...