Trimble acquires Sefaira’s cloud analytics for building design
Trimble continues to build out its design capabilities, announcing today that it is acquiring Sefaira Ltd., which develops cloud-based analytical tools for the architectural market. Sefaira’s Architecture, Strategy and Systems modules enable designers using...
TRMB, AZPN report results; Bentley doesn’t
I’m at Bentley Systems’ Year in Infrastructure event in London, so it seems appropriate to look at recent AECish earnings. You may recall that Bentley said it filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public offering of its...
Field-to-office heats up, Trimble acquires PocketMobile
We need to get past the idea that design and engineering begin and end in an office, drawing room or lab; it’s time we joined much of the rest of the business world by taking work to where it needs to be, even if that is outside the office. That’s enabled...
Out of the Inbox: reality capture & 3D printing stalls?, BIM grows, VARs do too
A couple of things caught my eye recently, but I’ve been too wrapped up in other projects to write about them in any detail. So rather than continuing to wait until I have time, in no particular order … Reality computing seems to be taking a beating right...
Trimble’s Fifth Element for the Connected Forest
AEC acquisitions have been all the rage so far this year — and Trimble keeps the ball rolling with today’s announcement that it’s bought Fifth Element (no, that was a movie; this is forestry), based in Finland. Financial terms were not disclosed....
Trimble acquires Linear project to boost corridor planning
Trimble today announced that it has acquired Linear project GMBH, a privately-held provider of scheduling software for linear or corridor infrastructure projects –that’s highways, railways, pipelines, tunnels, transmission lines and similar built assets...
Trimble had a tough Q4, revenue down 6% y/y
Well, this is a bit of a shock after the mostly upbeat results we’ve been getting from engineering software companies: Trimble’s Q4 revenue was $564 million, down 6% and at the low end of the company’s guidance. Wall Street consensus was $579.4...
Trimble stretches into agricultural sales automation
Trimble announced today that it has acquired privately-held IRON Solutions to help automate farm operations by linking equipment dealers, seed and chemical providers to the grower’s ERP and CRM systems. That’s a very cool idea, and one that’s been...
