Actify Enters Microsoft's Collaborative Product Development Program.SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden -- Program Provides Customized Technology Solutions to Help Ensure Successful 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. for Manufacturers and Their Supply Chains Actify Inc., the worldwide leader in client-server digital design communications solutions for the high technology, automotive, aerospace, industrial automation and discrete manufacturing Fabricating products by assembling components and subsystems into larger systems. The automated assembly line is the prime example of discrete manufacturing such as in the making of automobiles, household appliances and computer systems. industries, today announced that the company is part of Microsoft's Collaborative Product Development (CPD CPD citrate phosphate dextrose; see anticoagulant citrate phosphate dextrose solution, under solution. Cephalopelvic disproportion (CPD) ) Program. Unveiled in October 2004, Microsoft's CPD Program is designed to help companies understand how to better leverage existing technology investments to enhance successful collaboration for product development now and in the future. Each customized solution provides a flexible and reliable platform to the enterprise so it can integrate operations with partners and suppliers for better communications. The goal is to help manufacturers deliver products to market faster in today's competitive environment, while reducing product development costs. "Effective collaborative product development allows companies to reduce the time it takes to bring products to market, ultimately lowering the overall development costs," said Don Richardson, director, Manufacturing Industry Unit at Microsoft Corp. "Adding Actify's SpinFire product line to our CPD program adds additional capabilities to our solution ecosystem, enabling us to help our customers improve communication and collaboration to manufacturers throughout the course of the design development, manufacturing and maintenance processes." Developed with extensive feedback from Microsoft customers and partners, the Microsoft Program for CPD provides an innovative approach that allows manufacturers to take full advantage of their existing technology investments while improving their ability to collaborate on product development and design data as well as seamlessly access information that allows for faster and better decision-making. The Program includes leading PLM (Product Life cycle Management) A comprehensive information system that coordinates all aspects of a product from initial concept to its eventual retirement. Sometimes called the "digital backbone" of a product, it includes the requirements phase, analysis and design solution providers, all of whom are delivering solutions and services that address collaborative product development challenges and use Microsoft technologies such as Windows Server See Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Home Server, Windows 2000 and Windows NT. 2003, BizTalk Server Software from Microsoft that provides integration between business processes within an enterprise and between different organizations. BizTalk Server uses protocol implementations called "adapters" to communicate with applications and includes built-in adapters and a framework for 2004, SQL Server An earlier relational DBMS from Sybase and from Microsoft. Sybase introduced SQL Server in 1988 for various Unix versions. In that same year, with help from IBM, Sybase created an OS/2 version that Microsoft licensed and branded as Microsoft SQL Server. 2000, and Microsoft Office Microsoft's primary desktop applications for Windows and Mac. Depending on the package, it includes some combination of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access and Outlook along with various Internet and other utilities. InfoPath 2003. "Microsoft's Program for CPD is a significant step forward in addressing the industry-wide issue of delivering an effective collaborative product development platform for manufacturers," said Randy Ochs, 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 Actify. "Our customers have seen first hand that Actify's solutions accelerate the product development process by enabling design and product teams to more effectively communicate digital design information. We're delighted to be part of this innovative program with Microsoft." Actify's Suite of Products address a key component of collaborative product development by delivering digital design communication solutions, facilitating paperless distribution of complex design data. SpinFire supports files created in any major CAD file format converting them into an easy to access, compressed and secure file that can have additional 2D and 3D design files added to it, creating a single data pack for a given design project. This allows manufacturers to communicate project data efficiently and easily through their enterprise and supply chain, with a cost effective set of tools. This streamlines the communication process and ultimately increases productivity and cuts costs. About Actify Inc. Founded in 1996, Actify Inc. is a privately held, award-winning global leader of client/server CAD visualization solutions. Actify's SpinFire product line provides the lowest total cost of ownership with the highest scalability across manufacturing industries and through their supply chains. The Actify SpinFire solution is sold through authorized distributors and Value Added Resellers in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. Actify is headquartered in San Francisco, California “San Francisco” redirects here. For other uses, see San Francisco (disambiguation). The City and County of San Francisco (EN IPA: [sænfrənˈsɪskoʊ] . For more information please visit www.actify.com or call 415-227-3800. Product or service names mentioned herein are the trademarks of their respective owners. |
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