Agile Leverages Cimmetry's 2D - 3D CAD, & EDA Viewing Technology.Business & Hi-Tech Editors Agility 2002 LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 21, 2002 Agile Software Corporation Agile Software Corporation is a San Jose based Product Lifecycle Management software manufacturer. In February, 2005, Agile Software Corporation acquired Cimmetry Systems Corporation, a privately owned software developer, specializing in enterprise visualization solutions, (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : AGIL AGIL Agility AGIL All Gas Iodine Laser AGIL airborne general illumination lightself (US DoD) ) and Cimmetry Systems Inc. today announced, as an extension of an existing relationship, that Agile Software will embed Cimmetry's 3D and EDA (1) (Electronic Design Automation) Using the computer to design, lay out, verify and simulate the performance of electronic circuits on a chip or printed circuit board. visualization and collaboration technology into Agile8--an integrated set of solutions to manage the product record. With this announcement, Agile is expanding its agreement with Cimmetry by broadening the number of formats available to customers to include 3D & EDA formats. Customers will now be able to view and markup more than 200 native file formats directly from their Agile application. Formats include 3D CAD parts and assemblies, 2D CAD, EDA and Microsoft Office documents. These solutions are being showcased at the Agility 2002 held in Las Vegas, Nevada from May 19-21, 2002. The Agile8 application suite delivers a complete suite of business management solutions focused on managing the product from concept through end of life. The company delivers significant bottom-line results by managing material costs, rapidly introducing and ramping products to meet market demand, and substantially improving productivity and product quality. Agile's comprehensive platform helps companies manage their products through every phase of the product profit cycle. Cimmetry is the leader in visualization and collaboration solutions for the A/E/C A/E/C Architect/Engineer/Contractor , Engineering, Manufacturing, and Electronics markets. "We are pleased to help Agile provide universal viewing and markup functionality to their user base," said Alain Danik, business development manager at Cimmetry Systems. "This stands as a testament that visualization and collaboration technology is a must for managing the product record. Agile continues to be an exceptionally powerful and easy-to-deploy solution throughout the supply chain." "Visualization and collaboration are fundamental enablers for customers who realize value by managing their products through Agile's single system of record," said Ray Hein, vice president of product management at Agile Software. "Cimmetry's expanded functionality in the Agile8 application suite will greatly enhance that value. Agile customers have long depended on Cimmetry's visualization and collaboration technology embedded within our solutions. Expanding on this will enhance the benefit delivered to our customers." Agile8 is an integrated set of solutions which includes Agile Product Collaboration, Agile Product Sourcing, and Agile Product Service & Improvement--solutions that deliver significant bottom-line results by helping companies cut materials costs, rapidly introduce and change products to meet market demand, and substantially improve productivity and product quality. Cimmetry's Solutions are available in thin-client, server-based versions and as Windows applications. AutoVue's format support includes: Autodesk Inventor, CATIA A family of 2D and 3D CAD programs from IBM. CATIA was one of the first CAD programs to provide 3D solid modeling. The program was developed by Dassault Systems, a French aerospace company. , Unigraphics, Pro/ENGINEER, SolidWorks, Solid Edge, Solid Designer, IGES (Initial Graphics Exchange Specification) An ANSI file format that is system independent and also intended for human interpretation. Evolving out of the U.S. , AutoCAD, MicroStation, HPGL (Hewlett-Packard Graphics Language) A vector graphics file format from HP that was developed as a standard plotter language. Most plotters support the HPGL and DMPL standards. , Gerber, ODB ODB Our Daily Bread ODB Object Database ODB Old Dirty Bastard (Wutang clan & rap group) ODB Old Dirty Bastard ODB Open Database ODB Ontario Drug Benefits ODB Cordoba Spain (airport code) ++, PDF (Portable Document Format) The de facto standard for document publishing from Adobe. On the Web, there are countless brochures, data sheets, white papers and technical manuals in the PDF format. , TIFF, MS Office and more. About Agile Software Agile Software Corporation (NASDAQ:AGIL) provides Product Chain Management solutions to help companies build better, more profitable products faster. Over 800 companies use Agile(TM) solutions as the system of record for their products, including Armstrong Air Conditioning, BE Aerospace, Hewlett-Packard, Dell, Flextronics, GE Medical, Hitachi, International Paper, Johnson and Johnson, Juniper Networks, Lucent, Medtronic, Metaldyne, NVIDIA, Philips, Precor, Qualcomm and SCI-Sanmina. Agile Product Collaboration(TM), Agile Product Sourcing(TM) and Agile Product Service & Improvement(TM) solutions help companies reduce materials costs, rapidly introduce products to meet demand, and substantially improve productivity and product quality. For more information, call 408-975-3900 or visit Agile at www.agile.com. About Cimmetry Cimmetry Systems Inc. is the recognized technology pioneer and market leader in the area of Visualization and Collaboration software tools for the A/E/C, Engineering, Manufacturing and Electronics markets. AutoVue for Java integrates with many ASPs and e-business Portals. Cimmetry's viewing and markup products are strategically designed to integrate seamlessly with Document Management (DM, EDM (Engineering Data Management) An information system that maintains the details of all engineering data while the product is in the design and concept phase. This includes geometry and changes to geometry. See PLM. EDM - Electronic Data Management ), Workflow, Product Lifecycle Management (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 ), Product Data Management (PDM (1) (Product Data Management) An information system used to manage the data for a product as it passes from engineering to manufacturing. The data includes plans, geometric models, CAD drawings, images, NC programs as well as all related project data, notes and ), and Enterprise Resource Planning See ERP. (application, business) Enterprise Resource Planning - (ERP) Any software system designed to support and automate the business processes of medium and large businesses. (ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) An integrated information system that serves all departments within an enterprise. Evolving out of the manufacturing industry, ERP implies the use of packaged software rather than proprietary software written by or for one customer. ) systems either directly or through the Web. Cimmetry's flagship product, AutoVue, is sold worldwide and available in many languages. AutoVue is the premier enterprise wide viewing and markup package, providing native file support for more than 200 formats including 2D / 3D CAD, raster, vector, office and graphics. Visit Cimmetry on the World Wide Web at http://www.cimmetry.com "Safe Harbor" Statement Under the 1995 Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and : This release includes forward-looking statements regarding Agile's financial results, business outlook, market conditions, long-term prospects, customer base and cash position. Such forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those predicted in the forward-looking statements, and are based upon information available to Agile as of the release date. We assume no obligation to update any such statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ include, but are not limited to, declining economic conditions that could affect the overall demand for our software and services resulting in decreased revenues or lower revenue growth; cutbacks, reductions and delays by customers in purchases of our software; lengthening sales cycle for our products and increased number of transactions closing at the end of our quarters; unforeseen expenses in future quarters; delays and difficulties in introducing competitive new products and upgrades of products. These and other risk factors and risks associated with our business are discussed in the Company's Form 10-K filed July 25, 2001, with the SEC. Agile Software is a registered trademark and Agile and the Agile Logo are trademarks of Agile Software Corporation. All other trademarks and registered trademarks mentioned herein are the property of their respective owners and are hereby acknowledged. |
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