Quickies: DS/Realtime & ADSK/Delcam inch closer; Softech, Stratasys earnings news
So much news, so little time. A quick listing of what’s captured our imagination lately. On the acquisition front, two deals have moved forward a bit. If you remember, Dassault Systèmes announced back in December that it was acquiring a controlling stake...
Your dishwasher talks to the IoT; now what?
PTC last month announced that it was acquiring ThingWorx, a company that develops and markets platforms to connect things to the Internet, an important step that enables makers of cars, dishwasher, industrial equipment and so on to monitor usage and better serve their...
PTC closes year with an IoT acquisition
Well, that’s cool. PTC may have won the prize for last acquisition in 2013, snapping up ThingWorx for $112 million plus a possible earn-out of up to $18 million. PTC’s press release says that ThingWorx, which markets a platform that enables companies to...
PTC’s 2013 — what a difference a Q makes!
Sometimes you can hear glee over the phone wire, can’t you? At roughly the same time that Dassault Systèmes announced that it missed its September quarter objectives, PTC’s CEO Jim Heppelmann was telling Wall Street that total revenue for the quarter was...
PTC levels up its global support offering
At PTC Live in June I had the chance to sit down with PTC execs to learn more about the company’s revamped services offering. I was impressed by what PTC is trying to do to grow its relationship with customers beyond a software sales transaction with some...
Quickies: A sweet acquisition & more
A couple of quickies to start your day — and lovely pictures that will make you want to eat dessert first! 3D Systems announced yesterday that it has acquired a start-up that prints customized, multi-dimensional, edible confections from real sugar. The Sugar Lab...
Quickies: PTC & Accelrys acquire; you, too, can become an FEA master
Hi team, A week of travel and jury duty have kept me from posting as much as normal, but here are a couple of things to know about while I work on more substantial write-ups of the Siemens PLM analyst event, Autodesk’s new subscriptions and other big happenings....
Quickies: Mentor buys CADRA from SofTech, PTC talks restructuring
I am off to the Siemens PLM analyst conference, so this has to be quick — but these are important, so pay attention. SofTech just announced that it is going to sell its CADRA product set to Mentor Graphics for $3.2 million plus potential earn-out payments of 10%...
