Quickie: DS to acquire IQMS for SMB ERP
Yet another acronym salad; sorry about that.Dassault Systèmes just announced that it plans to acquire IQMS, an enterprise resource planning (ERP) company focusing on the small and medium enterprise portion of the manufacturing sector, for $425M in cash. From the press...
Quickie: Aras raises another $70 million in funding
Aras just announced that it has raised another $70 million in equity funding, this time led by Goldman Sachs Private Capital Investing group with participation from Silver Lake Kraftwerk and GE Ventures, both prior investor. These funds will support global...
PTC’s F18 closed strong as reinvention continues
PTC’s Q4 and fiscal 2018 results, released last week, were solid yet investors were displeased because the forecasts for F19 presupposed a faster transition to subscriptions than many expected. Remember: subs mean lower initial revenue but a longer tail, so...
Quickie: Arena acquires Onmify as PLM consolidates
Arena Solutions announced via Twitter that it has acquired Omnify Software. Arena’s PLM and quality management solutions target high tech and medical device companies, offering everything from bill of material (BOM, where the company started) to collaboration...
Siemens’ Analyst Conference 2018: Insights, intrigue and musings
Sometimes I get to do really cool things, like this. A few weeks ago, I recorded a web episode of Allan Behrens’ series on all things PLMish and IoTish for disruptive live, “the UK’s first tech TV channel”. We riff on what happened (and what we...
Quick update on Aras + Comet: free means free
Yesterday, Aras announced that it has acquired Comet Solutions, to add simulation data and process management to its PLM platform. One of the intriguing things in the announcement was that Comet would be free to all subscribers. I didn’t see how that was...
Aras acquires Comet Solutions to add CAE-specific SPDM to its platform
I must say that I didn’t see this one coming but I probably should have: Aras just announced that it has acquired Comet Solutions, makers of simulation process management tools that enable users to be systematic in their application of CAE — keeping...
Autodesk #XLR8s its way to Fusion
Autodesk #XLR8s its way to Fusion (Sorry – really bad hashtag-based pun. XLR8 = Accelerate, and the complete hashtag for the event was ##XLR8Fusion.) Autodesk’s first Accelerate event happened when PLM 360 was oh-so-new. Autodeskers, VARs and early...
