News bites

Mar 29, 2010 | Hot Topics

Lots of things come over the transom that I find very interesting but don’t have time to do much about. But they’re too cool to keep to myself, so … CFD on a Mac Sympscape (aka Caedium) was mentioned in this blog a while back for making CFD results available via...

AspenTech reports some improvement, relists

Feb 9, 2010 | Hot Topics

Aspen Technology today announced results for its second quarter of fiscal 2010. AspenTech is in the midst of a painful transition from a typical perpetual license model, where a large upfront new license payment is followed by much smaller periodic maintenance...

AVEVA says recent performance is “Satisfactory”

Jan 25, 2010 | Hot Topics

In the opening salvo of earnings reports in the greater PLM universe, AVEVA Group today issued an interim statement saying that its performance since October 2009 is “satisfactory” as the company has seen resilience in the oil, gas and power segments, especially in...

Intergraph acquires COADE

Jan 6, 2010 | Hot Topics

Huge news: Intergraph, a supplier of high-end plant design and data management tools, announced today that it had acquired COADE, a privately-held supplier of AutoCAD-based plant design and stress analysis tools. Terms of the deal were not disclosed; the COADE team...

AspenTech feels the pain of license transition

Dec 21, 2009 | Hot Topics

Aspen Technology, a company you don’t usually see me writing about, today announced results for its first quarter of fiscal 2010. AspenTech creates chemistry, process management and supply chain solutions for the oil and gas, chemical and other industries and is...

AVEVA: Lower costs, resilience in oil & gas, cautious 2010

Nov 12, 2009 | Hot Topics

AVEVA Group gave further insight into its business performance in the last six months, reporting that revenue had declined 6.5% to £69.9 million as “challenging” market conditions affected its end-user markets. Though decline is markedly lower than that seen by other...

New alliance shakes up plant design CAD world

Nov 11, 2009 | Hot Topics

Intergraph and Autodesk announced today that they have reached an agreement that allows Autodesk to embed Intergraph ISOGEN into AutoCAD Plant 3D. ISOGEN, with about 50,000 users worldwide, is often considered the industry standard for the automatic production of...

Quick hits: news roundup

Nov 2, 2009 | Hot Topics

We’ve been so focused on the big news of last week (in case you missed it, Dassault Systèmes is buying the DS-focused IBM PLM division of IBM and PTC and DS announced earnings) that a lot of other noteworthy items slipped under the radar. A quick recap: How long...

Good news from AVEVA

Oct 16, 2009 | Hot Topics

AVEVA Group today gave preliminary information on its results for the six months ended September 30 — and it’s surprisingly good. In a press release, AVEVA says that large new capital projects are hard to come by, but that customers’ existing projects and...

Small world: Gallello takes reins at MSC

Oct 14, 2009 | Hot Topics

Symphony Technology Group (STG) announced today that it has completed its acquisition of MSC Software for a grand total of $390 million and that Dominic Gallello will be taking over as CEO.According to the press release, STG "will build a stronger company,...