3Com Corporation Awards Over $3 Million Contract To MatrixOne, Inc. for Global Product Development.CHELMSFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 13, 1999-- eMatrix to help 3Com realize "design anywhere, build anywhere" vision MatrixOne, Inc., a global leader in e-business solutions for collaborative product development Collaborative Product Development (Collaborative Product Design) (CPD) is a business strategy, work process and collection of software applications that facilitates different organizations to work together on the development of a product. , today announced that 3Com Corporation has awarded MatrixOne an order for over $3 million in software and services to support a multi-phase, global implementation. eMatrix will provide a global framework for new product development systems and processes to reduce development cycle time and costs, and enhance product quality. By automating information access, distribution and maintenance throughout the product lifecycle Product lifecycle or product life cycle is the course of a product's sales and profits over time. The five stages of each product lifecycle are product development, introduction, growth, maturity and decline. , facilitating information re-use, and maximizing Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the and other technologies, eMatrix will provide a collaborative work environment for 3Com divisions and suppliers. 3Com, headquartered in Santa Clara Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif., has more than 13,200 employees in 160 offices in 45 countries on six continents Six Continents is a large retail PLC in UK which split into Six Continents Retail known as Mitchells and Butlers plc. The hotels and soft drinks business of Six Continents PLC is now known as InterContinental Hotels Group PLC. . "MatrixOne will greatly facilitate collaboration Working together on a project. See collaborative software. across 3Com globally," said Madeleine Madeleine (măd`əlĭn, Fr. mädlĕn`) [Fr.,=Magdalen, i.e., Mary Magdalen], large church of Paris, in the Place de la Madeleine. It was originally planned by J. A. Fackler, 3Com Vice President, Worldwide Applications. "eMatrix's web-enabled, flexible and scalable architecture will provide secure, rapid access to critical product information for employees located at our sites around the world, regardless of the information type, server or location. This solution will help 3Com manage consistent processes throughout the entire product lifecycle by leveraging the Internet to unite over 30 design centers, 10 factories, and information about over 5000 products." "3Com needed a solution that would enable it to design and build products anywhere in the world, while improving the speed by which new products are created for market," said Mark O'Connell, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of MatrixOne. "This innovative industry leader in network technologies chose eMatrix to form the basis of 3Com's company-wide effort to streamline engineering processes." 3Com is dedicated to LAN- and WAN-based network infrastructures. With over $6 billion in annual revenues, it is the second largest networking company in the world, delivering end-to-end connectivity End-to-end connectivity is a property of the Internet that allows all nodes of the network to send packets to all other nodes of the network, without requiring intermediate network elements to further interpret them. It was for the first time implemented in the CYCLADES-network. solutions to consumers, small businesses, large enterprises and public network carriers. 3Com's installed base represents over 100 million network connections worldwide, more than any other networking company. About 3Com Corporation With nearly 300 million customers worldwide, 3Com Corporation connects more people in more ways to information than any other networking company. 3Com delivers innovative information access products and network system solutions to large, medium and small enterprises; carriers and network service providers; PC OEMs; and consumers. 3Com - More connected.(tm) For further information, visit 3Com's World Wide Web site at www.3com.com or the press site at www.3com.com/pressbox. MatrixOne, Inc. MatrixOne, Inc. leads the industry in providing high-value, flexible and scalable e-business solutions for collaborative product development. Additional information is available at http://www.matrix-one.com. eMatrix is a trademark of MatrixOne, Inc. 3Com is a registered trademark, and More connected. is a trademark of 3Com Corporation. Other products and company names mentioned may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies. |
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