Autodesk U — complete with dancing robots!

Autodesk U — complete with dancing robots!

Dec 4, 2013 | Hot Topics

Autodesk University is awash in superlatives: biggest, loudest, most diverse … And it really is. Nearly 10,000 people here in Las Vegas and another 20,000 or 30,000 tuning in online. Manufacturing, construction, architecture, movie-making, robots, drawings, oh...
Hexagon’s Q3, Shell & rentals

Hexagon’s Q3, Shell & rentals

Nov 6, 2013 | Hot Topics

While I was wandering in East and North Yorkshire, 3D Systems, Accelrys, FARO, Hexagon, Nemetschek and other companies announced results for the September quarter. Time for recaps so, first up, in keeping with the Plant/Infrastructure theme we have going, let’s...
Bentley Inspired by Infrastructure

Bentley Inspired by Infrastructure

Nov 4, 2013 | Hot Topics

Bentley Systems’ Be Inspired awards felt different this year. It’s always a showcase of tough, complex infrastructure problems like righting the Costa Concordia, bringing clean water to underserved populations, or building a massive rail structure under a...
PI Congress wrap-up: lots of PLM

PI Congress wrap-up: lots of PLM

Oct 17, 2013 | Hot Topics

Last week, I attended the Product Innovation Congress (PI Congress, for short), put on by MarketKey in a rather …unusual… hotel outside Chicago. This was the 2013 edition of last year’s PLM Innovation Americas conference, which focused a lot on PLM...
Bentley expands offshore offering with MOSES

Bentley expands offshore offering with MOSES

Oct 3, 2013 | Hot Topics

Lately I’ve been doing a lot of work on how the offshore industry does design and analysis (more about that soon, I hope) and have a deep appreciation for what goes into the design, fabrication, transportation and installation of these mammoth structures....
Hexagon’s Q3, Shell & rentals

TRIPLAN update: main shareholder sells

Sep 20, 2013 | Hot Topics

Last month, I caught up with TRIPLAN, the German provider of engineering services and software for the construction industry. If you remember, CROSS Informatik GmbH has been TRIPLAN’s majority shareholder since 2011 and, over the summer, announced a takeover bid...
Hexagon’s Q3, Shell & rentals

Quickie: CROSS makes offer for rest of TRIPLAN shares

Aug 15, 2013 | Hot Topics

TRIPLAN is one of many companies in our PLMish universe and it often gets lost in the deluge of news. Since there’s interesting stuff happening, let’s look a bit more closely, shall we? You may be more familiar with TRIPLAN’s ITandFactory brand, the...
Hexagon’s Q3, Shell & rentals

AVEVA kicks off earnings in high style

Jul 10, 2013 | Hot Topics

AVEVA announced yesterday that the June quarter was a “good start” to its fiscal 2014; happy investors sent its share price up 14% for the day. These interim announcements don’t include many actual numbers, so AVEVA uses qualifiers to describe...