IBM AND Dassault Systemes Announce CATIA Version 5 for IntelliStation and RS/6000 Workstation Family.SOMERS, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--October 13, 1998--IBM (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) ) and 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 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 :DASTY) today announced their cooperation to make available 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. Version 5 for IBM's RS/6000 and IntelliStation family of workstations. This collaboration extends the long and successful relationship between the companies for the delivery and support of CATIA on AIX (Advanced Interactive eXecutive) IBM's Unix-based operating system which runs on its Intellistation workstations and pSeries, p5, iSeries and i5 server families. , the operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. for IBM's UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). workstations, to include the Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. platform and the management of mixed UNIX/NT environments. This new combined offering from Dassault Systemes and IBM is expected to benefit CATIA customers in the automotive and aerospace industries in particular, as well as customers in such industries as consumer goods consumer goods Any tangible commodity purchased by households to satisfy their wants and needs. Consumer goods may be durable or nondurable. Durable goods (e.g., autos, furniture, and appliances) have a significant life span, often defined as three years or more, and and heavy machinery. "Interoperability of CATIA within mixed AIX and Windows NT environments is a primary focus for IBM since the company now offers a single workstation family including both UNIX and Windows NT products," said John B. Holz, IBM vice president of workstation marketing and product management. "Version 5 is an important milestone in engineering computing and IBM's more than 20-year partnership with Dassault Systemes brings vitality of product and strength of commitment that will benefit our customers. We are particularly delighted with the new opportunities provided by an outstanding product like CATIA Version 5," Holz added. IBM's IntelliStation family of Windows NT workstations and new RS/6000 UNIX workstation models offer industry leading performance and are well suited to manufacturing segment markets. Both the new IBM IntelliStation The IBM IntelliStation workstation class personal computer was announced March 1997 as the follow-on to the IBM PC Series 360 and 365. In February 2002 POWER processor based workstations, which where previously sold directly under the eServer pSeries brand, where also placed under Z Pro and the IBM RS/6000 Models 260 and 150 continue IBM's commitment to offer customers leading performance with CATIA. The systems are designed with leadership 2D and 3D graphics performance, large memories to permit very large CATIA models, and continue IBM's demonstrated commitment to OpenGL and graPHIGS. The IBM IntelliStation provides industry-leading graphics performance, as well as exclusive system management and asset management capability, while the IBM RS/6000 takes advantage of the award-winning AIX operating system with leadership system management, reliability, and scalability. In addition, AIX 4.3.2, announced earlier this month, features new security functions, and network performance options. "Our development partnership with IBM enters a new era with the NT and UNIX combination of our offerings," said Bruno Latchague, Executive Vice-President R&D, Dassault Systemes. "We have enjoyed a world-class partnership with IBM's RS/6000 division delivering optimized solutions on IBM platforms. This positions us well for new success with IBM IntelliStation. We are delighted to renew and extend our development partnership with CATIA Version 5. Providing interoperability between workstations running AIX or Windows NT benefits customers by optimizing performance in their industrial product development processes." Complementing the CATIA product line, CATIA Version 5 is a completely re-engineered CAx offering which utilizes next generation object technologies and leading-edge industry standards. It delivers an innovative and intuitive user interface and a platform independent architecture for native Windows NT and UNIX systems. The result is an easy to install, fun to learn, and natural to use system. Its native OLE and Internet/intranet web compliance enables system integration within the office environment and across the digital enterprise. CATIA Version 5 delivers breakthrough, scalable applications for companies at all levels in design automation. At its core, CATIA Version 5 builds on powerful smart modeling concepts enabling the capture and re-use of corporate engineering knowledge and the implementation of generative gen·er·a·tive adj. 1. Having the ability to originate, produce, or procreate. 2. Of or relating to the production of offspring. generative pertaining to reproduction. rule-based product development processes. Version 5 offers compatibility with Version 4. This allows both systems to be used together and provides a smooth progression for existing users. Dassault Systemes is the worldwide-recognized leader in CAx and 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 II markets. CATIA-CADAM Solutions with Deneb, the digital manufacturing company, address the CAD/CAM/CAE process-centric market. Through a unique strategic partnership, CATIA-CADAM Solutions are marketed, distributed and supported by IBM worldwide. This unique partnership is now extended to PDM II solutions. SolidWorks, a Dassault Systemes company, addresses the CAD design-centric market, with its flagship native Windows NT product and its dedicated distribution channel. In the network-computing environments, the Java-based CATweb product line provides a graphical window into native enterprise product data. For the PDM II market, ENOVIA Corp., a Dassault Systemes company, provides with its ENOVIAvpm and ENOVIApm product lines a new multi-CAD collaborative and innovative environment for virtual product and process modeling and management across the extended enterprise. CATIA press releases and general information on CATIA are available on the CATIA home page at http://www.catia.com. IBM offers complete information about the company, its products, services and technology at http://www.ibm.com. IBM is a trademark of International Business Machines Corporation. CATIA is a registered trademark of Dassault Systemes SA. Windows NT is either a registered trademark of Microsoft Corp. in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and/or other countries. UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group. Other company, product and service names may be trademarks or service marks of others. |
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