Markham, Canada and Paris, France – July 19, 2005 –
Dassault Systèmes (NASDAQ: DASTY; Euronext Paris: #13065, DSY.PA)
announced today a development partnership with Platform Computing, a
world leader in grid computing software. Platform has joined Dassault
Systèmes’ Software Community Program as a CAA V5 Software Partner and
will develop, market, and sell grid computing solutions based on the
Dassault Systèmes Component Application Architecture (CAA V5).
Through this partnership, Platform will grid-enable new and existing
V5 PLM solutions that can improve their processing performance by
distributing the workload over multiple CPUs either on dedicated
servers or a clustered grid comprised of workstations. A customized
version of Platform’s flagship product, Platform LSF, will allow V5
users to schedule and distribute computationally intense PLM operations
throughout a grid-enabled enterprise all from within the standard CATIA
V5 environment.
Dassault Systèmes’ V5 Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) simulation
solutions deliver a unique set of knowledge-based simulation tools,
embedded within an intuitive and user-friendly collaborative
environment that supports fast design-to-analysis iterations. ENOVIA
DMU Solutions enable people involved in engineering and process
decisions to perform collaborative and immersive visualization,
navigation, review, analysis and simulation of all complexities of
digital mockups and technical data.
As a result of this partnership, Platform’s grid software technologies
will be tightly integrated with the V5 PLM processing backbone. This
integration will optimize all resource-demanding and batch processes
like simulation solver computation, digital mock-up and assembly, data
conversion, or printing. Platform LSF accelerates Dassault Systèmes’
PLM solutions’ capabilities to address the computing infrastructure
challenges facing Electrical & Electronics (E&E), Aerospace,
and Automotive customers. Initial product plans include Platform LSF
for V5 PLM, a CAA V5-based workload management solution.
"We experienced significant performance improvement in our DMU clash
processes on a complete vehicle test, with the coupling of LSF grid
computing and V5 PLM solutions," said Dr. Heinz Mayer, Head of
Engineering Information Systemstitle, Magna Steyr Fahrzeugtechnik in
Graz, Austria. "We are delighted with this partnership, which will
strengthen the integration and provide a more robust environment."
"This partnership will enable our customers in all industries to
optimize their V5 PLM deployment and better leverage and monitor their
hardware assets," said Florence Hu-Aubigny, R&D director, V5 PLM
Architecture, Dassault Systèmes. “It will benefit not only the entire
V5 PLM portfolio but also the CAA V5 Partner extended portfolio to
drive complete V5 PLM resources optimization.”
“Platform is the recognized leader in grid computing, with a strong
commitment to deploying its workload management solutions throughout
the computing infrastructure of industrial manufacturing
organizations,” said Dr. Songnian Zhou, CEO and co-founder of Platform
Computing. “Users of Dassault Systèmes PLM solutions and of Platform
LSF for V5 PLM will benefit from combining the best-available PLM
solutions with the best-available technology for grid computing. This
will provide customers with the ability to accelerate their
computationally intensive PLM processes by using their existing
computing infrastructure to its fullest capacity.”
About Platform Computing
Platform Computing, the global leader in distributed and grid
computing solutions, helps enterprises accelerate key business
applications, reduce operational and capital costs, guarantee service
levels and optimize their IT resources. Platform's integrated desktop
and enterprise grid software solutions are used by over 1,700 customers
worldwide in the financial services, government, industrial
manufacturing, electronics and life science industries to deliver
higher quality products and services, improve business performance and
maximize the return on IT investments. Founded in 1992, Platform has
strategic relationships with Dell, HP, IBM, Apple, SAS and SGI, and the
industry’s broadest application integration support. For more
information, visit: http://www.platform.com
About the CAA V5 Software Community Program
CAA V5 (Component Application Architecture) is Dassault Systèmes’ open
middleware and development environment for PLM. The CAA V5 Software
Community Program is dedicated to ISV (Independent Software Vendors)
willing to develop, sell and support CAA V5-based applications, fully
integrated with CATIA, ENOVIA, SMARTEAM and DELMIA V5. This
collaboration results in the expansion of Dassault Systèmes' 3D PLM
solutions to cover the entire product lifecycle range, thus enabling
mutual customers to take advantage of a larger set of products in
response to their specific industrial needs.
More Information available at http://www.3ds.com/alliances/software-partnership/
About Dassault Systèmes
As world leader in 3D and PLM (Product Lifecycle Management)
solutions, the Dassault Systèmes group brings value to more than 80,000
customers in 80 countries. A pioneer in the 3D software market since
1981, Dassault Systèmes develops and markets PLM application software
and services that support industrial processes and provide a 3D vision
of the entire life cycle of products from conception to maintenance.
Its offering includes integrated PLM solutions for product development
(CATIA®, DELMIA®, ENOVIA®, SMARTEAM®), mainstream 3D design tools
(SolidWorks®), and 3D components (Spatial/ACIS®). Dassault Systèmes is
listed on the Nasdaq (DASTY) and Euronext Paris (#13065, DSY.PA) stock
exchanges. For more information, visit http://www.3ds.com
