Autodesk Acquires BOSS International Inc.

Autodesk recently annouced the acquisition of BOSS International, Inc. which is the developer of hydrology applications such as RiverCAD, WaterNET, and StormNET. This will give a boost to Autodesk's existing hydrology tools that come with Civil 3D that were acquired when they purchased Intellisolve. As users of Civil 3D know, hydrology was the big gaping hole for some until the Intellisolve purchase. Now with BOSS, Civil 3D will eventually get stormwater analysis, floodplain analysis, and water distribution analysis (which was something desired by many firms). This will help round out the hydrology solutions for Civil 3D. It also may be a indicator of future trends of adding more niche functionality to Civil 3D which will further separate it from AutoCAD Civil (as well as competitive products like Carlson Civil Suite).

Original press release here http://pressreleases.autodesk.com/index.php?s=press_releases&item=627