Autodesk upends software development and licensing

Usually, Autodesk University is a crowded, messy affair, full of front-line workers set loose in Las Vegas for a few days of hanging out, learning, sharing tips and tricks, gossiping, and so on. That hasn’t happened in two years. Instead, these digital conferences are all business and blessedly a lot less talk. Over this period, what has also happened is a complete reassessment of how people do their work. Autodesk is taking advantage of the shift to cloud-based collaboration and remote working to build a consistent infrastructure beneath all its products. It's a truism that during recessions, successful businesses retool