Bentley Makes Corporate Investment in Technical Document Management Leader; Opti Inter-Consult Named Bentley Strategic Affiliate, Product Added to MicroStation OpenSpace.EXTON Exton is the name of a number of settlements: In the United Kingdom:
(Computer-Aided Design) Using computers to design products. CAD systems are high-speed workstations or desktop computers with CAD software. products and services to engineers, drafters, and organizations whose overall success relies on CAD, today announced that it has selected and signed Opti Inter-Consult as a Bentley (Bentley Systems, Inc., Exton, PA, www.bentley.com) A leading CAD software company, founded in 1984 by Keith and Barry Bentley. Its MicroStation CAD software is used by major corporations for engineering large projects, including buildings, airports, hospitals, bridges and industrial Strategic Affiliate. Under terms of the agreement, Bentley will become a minority investor in the leading developer of technical document management technology and the companies will integrate that technology into the MicroStation OpenSpace(TM) program. Also, Bentley will become a board member of Opti. Bentley and Opti Inter-Consult already have worked together on the MicroStation TeamMate(TM) technical document management system, which Bentley now distributes and supports. This expanded agreement creates a long-term Long-term Three or more years. In the context of accounting, more than 1 year. long-term 1. Of or relating to a gain or loss in the value of a security that has been held over a specific length of time. Compare short-term. , stable partnership and formally adds the MicroStation TeamMate technology as an integral component to MicroStation OpenSpace. The two companies will also provide TeamMate customization services and training to users and partners throughout the world. Bentley vice president of product marketing, Yoav Etiel, commented, "Document management is a strategically important area for our users. As we searched for the right partner for delivering a long-term solution, we had one priority -- engineering excellence. Upon meeting the Opti team and evaluating their product architecture, it quickly became clear that they were the right match for us." Etiel continued, "We look forward to a very successful, long-term partnership with them, together delivering high-quality, programmable technical document management products to users and developers." Tuomo Parjanen of Opti, commented, "Bentley and Opti make a great team for technical document management. We provide the development behind the world's best-engineered technical document management products. They provide the integration, marketing, distribution, and support to MicroStation-based users -- professionals with a natural preference for best-engineered products." He added, "Users, too, are quite enthused about this partnership and its contribution to the fast-developing MicroStation OpenSpace." Bentley began its Strategic Affiliate program in 1994. The program, closely linked to MicroStation OpenSpace, involves intense technical and business collaboration Working together on a project. See collaborative software. with a select number of luminary developers of enabling technology. These long-term partnerships include integration, enhancement, and maintenance of these technologies in Bentley sold and supported products. Also, Bentley makes a corporate investment in each of its Strategic Affiliates. Document Management and MicroStation TeamMate Users of MicroStation(R), typically working on large-scale engineering projects, are experiencing an increasing volume of project documents within increasingly complex engineering workflows. Technical document management helps these users and their companies and organizations better manage these projects. MicroStation TeamMate provides both technical document and workflow The automatic routing of documents to the users responsible for working on them. Workflow is concerned with providing the information required to support each step of the business cycle. management and is built to meet the broad requirements of the full engineering lifecycle. The MicroStation-integrated product can manage all engineering documents and can be used by project engineers and managers alike. TeamMate works "out-of-the-box" and can also serve as a flexible development environment to create customized solutions for project teams. Several companies are providing products and services based on the TeamMate technology. TSA/Advet (Pittsburgh, PA), the leading provider of document management solutions to the MicroStation market, will use TeamMate as the platform for their next generation Falcon/DMS product. Also developing a TeamMate-based product is interMETHODS (Surrey Surrey, county (1991 pop. 997,000), 653 sq mi (1,691 sq km), SE England. The county seat is Guildford. The North Downs cross the county from east to west. To the north the land slopes gently downward to the Thames, into which flow the Wey and the Mole, Surrey's , U.K.). MicroStation OpenSpace MicroStation OpenSpace is Bentley's progressive vision for interoperable The ability for one system to communicate or work with another. See interoperability. applications in computer-aided design computer-aided design (CAD) or computer-aided design and drafting (CADD), form of automation that helps designers prepare drawings, specifications, parts lists, and other design-related elements using special graphics- and calculations-intensive . Already yielding product results, it utilizes strategic affiliations and up-to-date technology, including MicroStation "Class of 95" capabilities, to offer users the next generation of application excellence and interoperability The capability of two or more hardware devices or two or more software routines to work harmoniously together. For example, in an Ethernet network, display adapters, hubs, switches and routers from different vendors must conform to the Ethernet standard and interoperate with each other. . Bentley and its partners are constructing a new source of application functionality called "integration platforms." These platforms are expanding the capabilities of computer-aided design for users and application developers in all industry sectors, including plant, civil, GIS (1) (Geographic Information System) An information system that deals with spatial information. Often called "mapping software," it links attributes and characteristics of an area to its geographic location. , architectural, and mechanical design. For demonstrations or more information, please contact Bentley at 800/BENTLEY, via e-mail at jen.mcwilliams@bentley.com, or through the World Wide Web at http://www.bentley.com/. More on Opti Inter-Consult Opti Inter-Consult is the developer of the TeamMate product, which is marketed and distributed exclusively by Bentley worldwide. The company, founded in 1990, has over 25 people with offices in Finland, The Netherlands, and the U.K. Now a Bentley Strategic Affiliate, the company offers drawing management products, GIS and facility management solutions, and related services, including consulting to organizations implementing TeamMate solutions. More on Bentley Bentley Systems Bentley Systems, Incorporated, provides software for the "Design, construction and operation of the world's infrastructure". The company’s software serves the building, plant, civil, and geospatial vertical markets in the areas of architecture, engineering, construction (AEC) , Inc. is the leader in professional computer-aided design products and services to engineering organizations where CAD is mission-critical. The company's MicroStation product range is relied upon by over 200,000 professional users and over 600 commercial application developers worldwide in the architecture/engineering/construction (AEC AEC US Atomic Energy Commission Noun 1. AEC - a former executive agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States Atomic Energy Commission ), geographic information systems geographic information system (GIS) Computerized system that relates and displays data collected from a geographic entity in the form of a map. The ability of GIS to overlay existing data with new information and display it in colour on a computer screen is used primarily to (GIS), and mechanical design markets. Founded in 1984, Bentley has now become one of the world's fastest growing software companies. -0- Note to Editors: MicroStation is a registered trademark and MicroStation OpenSpace and MicroStation TeamMate are trademarks of Bentley Systems, Inc. Other brands and product names are trademarks of their respective owners. CONTACT: Boston Communications Michelle Allard, 617/247-1112 E-mail: mallard mallard: see duck. mallard Abundant “wild duck” (Anas platyrhynchos, family Anatidae) of the Northern Hemisphere, ancestor of most domestic ducks. The mallard is a typical dabbling duck in its general habits and courtship display. @bcomm.com |
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