Quickie: Sad news from BETA CAE, plus updates from Altair, MuM and RIB
A quick catch-up on recent happenings, starting with the sad news that the Managing Director of BETA CAE Systems SA, Christos Kolovos, passed away on December 7. He was one of founders of BETA CAE and was a member of the Boards of Directors of several group...
MuM’s Q3 “happy” results look good for Autodesk
Germany’s Mensch und Maschine (MuM) reported results earlier this week and, as usual, we look at them to see what they might mean for Autodesk and for its broader VAR network. In case you’re unaware, MuM is probably Autodesk’s largest European...
Quickie: MuM’s results show climb up hockey stick
We’ve seen all sorts of analogies for what happens with top line revenue during the transition from perpetual to subscriptions–bottoming out and climbing back up the other side, a hockey stick with a curved decline then a sharp upwards trend, and so...
Quickie: MuM announces most profitable quarter ever
What trough? As a reminder, we look at Mensch und Maschine to gauge how resellers are faring as Autodesk transitions to subscriptions — and MuM is on the upswing with its Q1 2018 report. Per its announcement, “While the [proprietary MuM] Software segment...
MuM says 2017 is off to a “pleasant” start
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...
MuM sees subs growth resuming in H2 2017
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...
MuM says it can manage the dip caused by Autodesk subs transition
Germany’s Mensch und Maschine today announced results for the third quarter and first 9 months of 2016 — its results are usually a good preview of what we can expect from other PLMish companies and from Autodesk, since MuM is one of its largest resellers....
Quickie: MuM intends to double profit in 2016 even in subs transition
Germany’s Mensch und Maschine Software released earnings today, saying that the first half of 2016 succeeded in meeting its ambitious goals. Sales for the 6 month period were €88 million, up 8%, led by M+M Software which grew 12% to €23 million. The VAR...
