Bentley Systems

Bentley has three principal software product lines: MicroStation, ProjectWise, and AssetWise. Since 2014, some products have been based on the Microsoft Azure cloud computing platform.[4][5]

Keith A. Bentley and Barry J. Bentley founded Bentley Systems in 1984.[6] They introduced the commercial version of PseudoStation in 1985, which allowed users of Intergraph's VAX systems to use low-cost graphics terminals to view and modify the designs on their Intergraph IGDS (Interactive Graphics Design System) installations.[7] Their first product was shown to potential users who were polled as to what they would be willing to pay for it. They averaged the answers, arriving at a price of $7,943.[8] A DOS-based version of MicroStation was introduced in 1986.[9]

• On June 18, 1997, Bentley acquired IdeaGraphix, a developer of MicroStation-based application software for architecture, engineering, and facilities management.[10]
• On January 15, 1998, Bentley acquired Jacobus.[11]
• On January 2, 2001, Bentley acquired Intergraph's civil engineering, plot-services and raster conversion software businesses.[12]
• On October 17, 2001, Bentley Systems bought Geopak design software for road and rail infrastructure.[13]
• On July 30, 2002, Bentley Systems acquired Rebis.[14]
• On January 6, 2003, Bentley announced it would acquire Infrasoft Corporation.[15]
• On August 2, 2004, Bentley acquired Haestad Methods, Inc.[16]
• On August 31, 2005, Bentley agreed to acquire netGuru's Research Engineers International (REI) business which included its STAAD structural analysis and design product line.[17]
• On June 6, 2006, Bentley acquired GEF-RIS AG.[18]
• On January 29, 2007, Bentley acquired KIWI Software.[19]
• On May 12, 2007, Bentley acquired C.W. Beilfuss and Associates.[20]
• On May 9, 2007, Bentley acquired TDV GmbH, an analysis and design software provider for bridge engineering.[21]
• On January 22, 2008, Bentley acquired Hevacomp, Ltd.[22]
• On January 24, 2008, Bentley acquired LEAP Software, Inc.[23]
• On January 29, 2008, Bentley acquired promis•e product line from ECT International.[24]
• On May 28, 2008, Bentley Systems acquired Common Point for mainstream construction simulation.[25]
• On October 13, 2009, Bentley added geotechnical and geoenvironmental capabilities with the acquisition of gINT Software.[26]
• On February 9, 2010, Bentley Systems announced two acquisitions: Exor Corporation and Enterprise Informatics.[27]
• On March 2, 2011, Bentley Systems acquired software for offshore structural analysis from Engineering Dynamics, Inc.[28]
• On December 10, 2011, Bentley acquired FormSys.[29]
• On November 8, 2011, Bentley acquired Pointools Ltd., an England developer of point-cloud software technology.[30]
• On March 7, 2012, Bentley acquired the elcoSystem software business of Hannappel Software.[31]
• On May 18, 2012, Bentley acquired InspectTech Systems, USA, a provider of field inspection applications and asset management services for bridges and other transportation assets.[32]
• On September 19, 2012, Bentley acquired Canadian-based Ivara.[33]
• On November 12, 2012, Bentley acquired the Microprotol pressure vessel design and analysis software from EuResearch.[34]
• On November 13, 2012, Bentley acquired SpecWave.[35]
• On March 14, 2013, Bentley acquired topoGRAPH, a provider of surveying software.[36]
• On October 8, 2013, Bentley acquired the MOSES software business from Ultramarine.[37]
• On February 25, 2014, Bentley acquired DocQnet Systems’ eB Services BizDocQnet Systems.[38]
• On September 26, 2014, Bentley acquired SITEOPS, optimization software for enhanced land development site design, from Blueridge Analytics.[39]
• On January 14, 2015, Bentley acquired C3global for predictive modeling.[40]
• On February 10, 2015, Bentley acquired Acute3D.[41]
• On February 15, 2015, Bentley acquired reality modeling creator e-on.[42]
• On January 23, 2018, Bentley acquired S-Cube Futuretech Pvt Ltd. to expand its offerings specific to the concrete engineering design and documentation software users in India, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East.[43][44]
• On April 26, 2018, Bentley acquired Dutch geotechnical modelling company Plaxis B.V.[45]
• On July 15, 2018, Bentley acquired Canadian geotechnical modeling company SOILVISION Systems Ltd. in order to enhance its 3D geotechical offerings.[45]
• On June 20, 2018, Bentley acquired Synchro [46]
• On October 15, 2018, Bentley acquired Agency9[47]
• On October 15, 2018, Bentley acquired LEGION[48]
• On November 12, 2018, Bentley acquired ACE enterprise Slovakia[49]
• On November 13, 2018, Bentley acquired Alworx[50]
• On February 11, 2019, Bentley acquired SignCAD Systems[51]
• On May 13, 2019, Bentley acquired Keynetix[52]
• On October 22, 2019, Bentley acquired Citilabs, Inc. & Orbit GeoSpatial Technologies [53]

In April 2002, Bentley filed for an initial public offering,[54] but it was withdrawn before taking effect.[55] In November 2016, German-based Siemens announced it would pay about $76 million for a minority stake in Bentley, as well as invest in developing joint software with it.[56]

In September 2020, Bentley Systems sets terms of its IPO valuing the company at about $4.96 billion. The company would offer 10.75 million shares priced between $17 and $19 per share.[57][58]

Bentley Systems also is a publisher of textbooks and professional references for the architectural, engineering, and construction (AEC), operations, geospatial, and educational communities, under the name Bentley Institute Press.[59][60]

Since 2010, Bentley annually published a ranking of the top owners of infrastructure from both the public and private sectors.[61]

• Official website
• Patents Owned by Bentley Systems
• The Engineering Design Revolution : The People, Companies and Computer Systems That Changed Forever the Practice of Engineering, By David E. Weisberg - Chapter 10: Bentley Systems Incorporated
• Bentley Systems at 30 -- no slowing down
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