CATIA V5: `Designed For Windows XP'; Flagship 3D PLM Solution Attains Highest Accolade for Windows Integration.Business Editors SURESNES, France--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 21, 2002 Dassault Systemes Dassault Systemes (Dassault Systèmes S.A.) (Pronounced - Dasoh) (NASDAQ: DASTY; Euronext: 13065) is a leading company specializing in 3D and PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) software. (Nasdaq: DASTY; Euronext Paris Euronext Paris is France's securities market, formerly known as the Paris Bourse, which merged with the Amsterdam and Brussels exchanges in September 2000 to form Euronext NV, which is the second largest exchange in Europe behind the London Stock Exchange. : #13065, DSY DSY Drum Storage Yard .PA) announced today that 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. on the V5 next generation architecture, the base for its leading 3D 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, has obtained the "Designed for Microsoft Windows See Windows. (operating system) Microsoft Windows - Microsoft's proprietary window system and user interface software released in 1985 to run on top of MS-DOS. Widely criticised for being too slow (hence "Windoze", "Microsloth Windows") on the machines available then. XP" Logo. The result of a strong partnership in technology between Dassault Systemes and Microsoft, this announcement demonstrates Dassault Systemes' ongoing commitment to provide its customers with the full range, including all 119 products, of CATIA V5 on the latest Microsoft Windows platforms. Achieving the "Designed for Microsoft Windows XP" logo is the result of successful and rigorous compatibility testing Compatibility testing, part of software non-functional tests, is testing conducted on the application to evaluate the application's compatibility with the computing environment. undertaken by Dassault Systemes' Research and Development Laboratory Team during the beta phase of Windows XP's development. Associated with this validation process, COMPAQ provided extensive technical support to Dassault Systemes through the onsite COMPAQ Technical Resource Center, thus accelerating the adoption of Windows XP. The "Designed for Windows XP" logo guarantees a high level of integration and cooperation between CATIA V5 and other software applications. The combination of the CATIA V5 unique user interface and Windows XP`s ease-of-use will help designers and engineers leverage multiple application productivity within a single enterprise-wide platform. Innovative technologies accessible under Windows XP such as Smart tags and Task Pane, as well as tight integration into web environments, significantly contribute to higher efficiency and increased task productivity. Furthermore, not only will CATIA V5 users be able to access new Windows XP functionalities, but they will also benefit from Windows XP's stability, flexibility, robustness and security. "The combination of CATIA V5 and Windows XP establishes a new benchmark in process centric design automation and engineer productivity", commented Bernard Charles, President of Dassault Systemes. "This demonstrates the strength of our close partnership with Microsoft, aimed at making the most innovative and intuitive solutions accessible to the manufacturing industry." Added Steve Ballmer, Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft: "The integration between CATIA V5 and Windows XP offers manufacturing engineers a unified, powerful and affordable computing environment for their technical, business and office needs. Microsoft is committed to supporting Dassault Systemes' ongoing efforts to provide the manufacturing community with powerful, reliable and easy-to-use products and XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. web services." About Dassault Systemes Dassault Systemes (Nasdaq: DASTY; Euronext Paris: #13065, DSY.PA) is the premier global software developer for the CAD/CAM/CAE/PLM market, providing companies with e-business solutions to implement their digital enterprise, thus creating and simulating the entire product life cycle from initial concept to product in service. The CATIA, ENOVIA and DELMIA DELMIA Digital Enterprise Lean Manufacturing Interactive Application Solutions support industry-specific business processes to help unleash creativity and innovation, reduce development cycle time, improve quality, competitiveness and shareholder value: CATIA supports the digital product definition and simulation, DELMIA provides solutions to define and simulate lean digital manufacturing processes and ENOVIA delivers enterprise solutions that manage a comprehensive, collaborative and distributed model of the digital product, processes and resources. The combined integration creates the Digital Product life cycle Pipeline, supporting reuse of corporate knowledge. SolidWorks and SmarTeam Corp., as Dassault Systemes companies, offer respectively 3D design-centric and collaborative 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 software solutions based on Windows and the internet. Spatial, also part of Dassault Systemes family, is a market-leading provider of world-class 3D software components and services (for 3D modeling, visualization, and interoperability) to meet the requirements of 3D in Internet-based e-commerce and B2B (Business to Business) Refers to one business communicating with or selling to another. See B2B e-commerce, B2C and B2G. B2B - business to business applications. Information about Dassault Systemes is available at http://www.dsweb.com. About Microsoft Founded in 1975, Microsoft (NASDAQ "MSFT MSFT Microsoft (stock symbol) MSFT Movimento Sociale Fiamma Tricolore (Italy) MSFT Multi-Stage Fitness Test MSFT Master of Science in Family Therapy MSFT Macalester Students for Fair Trade ") is the worldwide leader in software, services and Internet technologies for personal and business computing. The company offers a wide range of products and services designed to empower people through great software - any time, any place and on any device. |
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