Intergraph PP&M thrives

Mar 1, 2011 | Hot Topics

There are a lot more than six sides to Hexagon AB, the Swedish holding company that last year added Intergraph to its portfolio. Hexagon’s network of nearly 50 subsidiaries focus on measurement and design of objects as small as microchips and as large as power plants...

AspenTech gains momentum

Feb 10, 2011 | Hot Topics

Aspen Technology on Tuesday announced 2FQ11 results showing that its transition from a perpetual to subscription model continues to gain momentum. AspenTech’s total revenue of $50 million up 17% over last year, including a 983% (no typo: 983%) increase in...

AVEVA says all OK

Jan 28, 2011 | Hot Topics

Plant and marine design software supplier AVEVA Group on Friday issued an Interim Trading update in which it said that business from November through January continues more or less to plan, leading the company’s board to “remains confident of a successful outturn for...

Quick hits: Bentley, IBM

Jan 19, 2011 | Hot Topics

A few quick thoughts while I work through the pile in the inbox: Bentley to buy back Intergraph’s stake The Huntsville (AL) Times on Monday published a blog post about Bentley Systems buying back the shares that had been owned by Intergraph. In the dark ages,...

Shining the light on LIDAR

Jan 10, 2011 | Hot Topics

Laser scanning is hot. Process plant design software vendors such as AVEVA, Bentley Systems and Intergraph have long had partner programs to integrate LIDAR models into their design and operations workflows; Autodesk is now actively promoting it — and last month...

From the inbox

Dec 9, 2010 | Hot Topics

Today’s blog post is a mishmash — none of it worthy of an entire post but all in answer to emails you’ve sent:Why doesn’t this blog allow comments?There is too much incivility on the web — not that you, personally, would be rude or disruptive, but that guy...

GIS in a 3D explosion

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...

AVEVA details half-year, changes CFO

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...

Earnings: AspenTech, Hexagon, Nemetschek

Nov 2, 2010 | Hot Topics

We’re in the midst of earnings season; keeping up is proving more challenging than usual. Here are a few quick thoughts on recent reports: •Aspen Tech announced results today that show continued momentum from fiscal 2010 (ended in June).  For the first quarter, Aspen...

Done Deal: Intergraph is now a Hexagon company

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...