Update: Daimler chooses NX for Smaragd

Dec 3, 2010 | Hot Topics

Update: I’ve received a number of comments on this post, so am republishing with annotations. New material is in blue since italics seems to not work in some browsers/readers. Most significant are Daimler’s comments in the second paragraph.This week saw a rather...

Daimler chooses NX for Smaragd

Nov 26, 2010 | Hot Topics

This week saw a rather strange battle of the press releases: Siemens PLM announced that Daimler AG will phase in NX as its standard for worldwide vehicle development starting in 2012. Dassault Systèmes followed a short while later with a press release that said this...

PTC: One size doesn’t fit all

Oct 29, 2010 | Hot Topics

Yesterday the PLM world finally got a look at what PTC has been teasing for months.  The good: PTC focused attention on CAD and articulated the problems many users have with traditional tools.  The bad: PTC had hyped this launch to such an extent that nothing short of...

PTC, DS, Altair and Hexagon oh my

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...

PTC hits a billion

Oct 27, 2010 | Hot Topics

PTC released results on Tuesday that showed that it returned to the billion dollar level in fiscal 2010, returning to a growth trajectory that stalled in 2009.  For those keeping track, PTC last reported a billion dollars in revenue for two consecutive years in 1999....

News bits: 3D, clouds and more

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...

Rand and Avatech merge in reverse

Aug 18, 2010 | Hot Topics

Surprise! Rand Worldwide and Avatech Solution announced on Tuesday that the companies have been combined in a reverse merger. A reverse merger is often known as a “reverse IPO” because the acquisition of a public company by a private one avoids the costly process of...

DS beats in Q2, sees slow Q3

Jul 29, 2010 | Hot Topics

Dassault Systèmes reported total revenue of €386 million on an IFRS basis (think GAAP, but in Europe), up 24% from a year ago on strong software revenue growth of 28%. Favorable exchange rates contributed roughly 6% of growth across the board. IBM’s contributions are...

PTC reports solid Q3, worries about Q4

Jul 28, 2010 | Hot Topics

PTC announced fiscal third quarter results on July 28 that were strong in retrospect but not so hot on futures. FQ3 results were above the revised guidance issued last month: Total revenue was up 7% over last year revenue at $243 million, led by license revenue growth...

Dassault Systèmes expands its footprint

Jun 9, 2010 | Hot Topics

Dassault Systèmes announced yesterday that it had acquired Exalead, a French company best known for providing CloudView technology that powers websites such as ViaMichelin, Carlson Wagonlit and RealTravel.com. For ViaMichelin, for example, CloudView combined dynamic...