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Autodesk open-sources tool for tracking emissions
News Autodesk is making a revised method for tracking greenhouse gas emissions available for free to other companies. Autodesk's methodology is based on the the long-term target of reducing global emissions by 85 percent by 2050, set by the United...
[November 10, 2009, 8:40]
Autodesk execs take salary cuts
News In response to an ongoing revenue crunch, drafting and graphics software maker Autodesk has cancelled pay raises and trimmed the salaries of top executives. An Autodesk representative confirmed chief executive officer Carol Bartz has cut her salary...
[July 16, 2002, 9:15]
Autodesk skips past 3Q estimates
News Autodesk shares closed up 1 7/16 to 25 1/2 ahead of the earnings report. Last quarter, Autodesk missed analysts' reduced estimates, earning $400,000, or 1 cent a share, on sales of $203 million. Autodesk shares peaked at 49 7/16 in January before...
[November 24, 1999, 10:20]
Autodesk cuts prices on budget CAD apps
News Autodesk said that the cuts were intended to make their products appeal to a wider spectrum of users but maker of rival product TurboCAD, IMSI, said price pressure was hurting the giant. Autodesk has typically had a monopoly but if the only...
[August 5, 1996, 14:13]
Autodesk warns of IE 7 compatibility bug
News Autodesk plans to release a patch for two products that aim to remedy compatibility problems with Microsoft's new Internet Explorer 7. The "hotfix", or patch targeting a specific issue, will be issued for Autodesk Design Review 2007 and Autodesk...
[October 24, 2006, 9:40]
Autodesk redrafts architectural applications
News Software maker Autodesk announced new versions on Tuesday of its main architectural drafting applications, adding collaboration and organisation features. The release of AutoCAD 2005 products next month will mark another step in the software's...
[February 18, 2004, 10:45]
Autodesk drawn into stock option 'scandal'
News Computer-aided design and manufacturing company Autodesk announced a 21 percent growth in revenue in its second financial quarter on Thursday, only to find its share price hit by the ongoing probes into tech stock options.
[August 18, 2006, 13:25]
Profit down, layoffs ahead for Autodesk
News Software maker Autodesk continued to feel the sting of a lumbering economy Thursday, reporting second-quarter earnings and sales down significantly from a year ago and announcing it would lay off seven percent of its work force.
[August 16, 2002, 9:06]
Patent defeat for Microsoft and Autodesk
News A federal judge in Texas has delivered a setback to Microsoft and Autodesk in their patent infringement battle with product activation start-up Z4 Technologies. US District Judge Leonard Davis turned down the software makers' request for a new...
[August 24, 2006, 9:20]
Autodesk says losing quarter was expected
News Autodesk chairman and CEO Carol Bartz said Friday that the company achieved its objectives this quarter and met expectations. The company reported net revenues of $119 million and a net loss of $53 million.
[May 19, 1997, 9:50]
TurboCAD 4.0 takes challenge to Autodesk
News TurboCAD v4 (about £115 inc. VAT) and TurboCAD v4 Professional (about £270 inc. VAT) offer Internet hooks for helpdesk and publishing, improved AutoCAD compatibility, new symbols, a revamped user interface that is Microsoft Office compatible and...
[June 18, 1997, 14:55]
Yahoo announces Carol Bartz as CEO
News Carol Bartz, Autodesk's former executive chairman, has replaced Jerry Yang as Yahoo's chief executive. Bartz, 60, spent 14 years as Autodesk's chief executive before becoming executive chairman in 2006.
[January 14, 2009, 7:39]
Bosses to track workers via their mobiles
News Autodesk is moving beyond the computer-aided design (CAD) market with a product that will allow companies to track their employees through their mobile phones. The application, called Autodesk Mobile Resource Manager, is due to be launched next...
[September 22, 2004, 17:45]
AutoCAD revamp aims to cut out paper
News Software maker Autodesk wants to write off paper with a new version of its flagship drafting application AutoCAD. Enabling consistent use of electronic documents has become a major plank in Autodesk's business strategy, and AutoCAD 2004 spearheads...
[March 3, 2003, 8:36]
BSA explains its ethos
News Within the BSA, there are companies such as Autodesk and Adobe that make very popular products, and those products get pirated and impact those companies every bit as much as Microsoft's products do. A nonprofit trade group formed by more than a...
[August 3, 2004, 14:45]
Industry group wants 3D Web standards
News The group, which does not yet include CAD tools leader Autodesk, hopes to have an initial version of the standard out by 2003. While Autodesk has yet to join the group, Benoit said that the consortium has been in discussions with Autodesk.
[July 23, 2002, 8:03]
Microsoft claims IE7 launch success
News I am looking forward to a fix either from Microsoft or from Autodesk. DWF viewer is an Autodesk tool for viewing and printing 2D and 3D designs in the Autodesk Design Web Format. Autodesk plans to include IE7 support in the next major release of...
[October 20, 2006, 9:10]
UK government wakes up to Firefox
News It is uncertain whether Autodesk plans to add Firefox support to other products. The Autodesk software is compatible only with IE. I talked to Autodesk about the issue; their rep said Autodesk has chosen not to make a version that works with other...
[August 25, 2005, 13:45]
Adobe facing e-document competition
News We don't think that anything Autodesk is doing with DWF detracts from PDF. Autodesk, the leading maker of drafting software for architectural and engineering documents, recently began an aggressive advertising campaign urging customers to share...
[September 19, 2003, 15:35]
US Report: White House orders crackdown on software piracy
News The move was praised by the Business Software Alliance and software vendors, including Novell and Autodesk -- who said it is vital for governments to set an example for corporate and individual software users.
[October 2, 1998, 11:32]
