Catchup: Bentley gets a new CEO, Francisco acquires Jama, JDM buys Penta and STRUXI, Stratasys snaps up Arevo’s IP, Synopsys+Ansys still a go
Catchup: Bentley gets a new CEO, Francisco acquires Jama, JDM buys Penta and STRUXI, Stratasys snaps up Arevo’s IP, Synopsys+Ansys still a go Happy Spring! While you’ve been out gathering daffodils (not us – we had snow last weekend here in New...
4+1 on a Wednesday: Autodesk, Maya HTT, BAE Systems and PTC acquire — plus a thank you for a safe landing
4+1 on a Wednesday: Autodesk, Maya HTT, BAE Systems and PTC acquire — plus a thank you for a safe landing I spent the last month traveling, going to Graphisoft’s Archicad 27 launch in Budapest, Bentley’s Year in Infrastructure in Singapore, and AVEVA World in...
Quickie: PTC announces CEO change; Rockwell sells its stake in PTC
Quickie: PTC announces CEO change; Rockwell sells its stake in PTC Earnings season rolls along, and I will eventually get to capsules covering PLMish results (mixed so far, nothing horrible), but there are two PTC items to cover outside of earnings. The first is that...
Can PLM save the planet?
Can PLM save the planet? Creating sustainable product lifecycles was a big-stage topic at every event I attended this spring. Presenters started their talks with dire statistics about a planet in peril and wound up encouraging us to focus on those aspects we can do...
It’s a wrap: A recap of PTC Liveworx 2023
It’s a wrap: A recap of PTC Liveworx 2023 Big user events are back! PTC’s Liveworx filled the Boston Convention Center, a full 12-minute walk from end to end. We had Creo users, Windchill admins, Codebeamer coders, Vuforia wizards, Servigitics partners,...
LiveWorx, the preview (notes from day 0)
LiveWorx, the preview (notes from day 0) I loved set-up time at Daratech conferences. I would stand on a balcony or walkway and watch it all come together on the exhibit floor below me. Vendors building their booths, the service people laying down cables and bringing...
PTC’s ramp deals: “nothing but goodness” in a solid FQ2
PTC’s ramp deals: “nothing but goodness” in a solid FQ2 PTC reported results last night that were quite good, though a lot of what interests me (at any rate) is buried inside unhelpful product buckets. When PTC says “CAD” in these earnings...
PTC’s FQ1 was good, but macroeconomic worries loom
PTC’s FQ1 was good, but macroeconomic worries loom PTC announced fiscal Q1 2023 results last night that were better than expected in some areas. Profit was up but not as much as expected, and ARR was bigger than expected even though growth slowed a bit …...
