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Dassault Systèmes and Centric Software Form CAA V5 Software Partnership for Innovation Management

Centric Software to provide 3D Collaborative Dashboard for decision-making within V5 PLM environment

San Jose, USA and Paris, France - March 1, 2004 - Dassault Systèmes (Nasdaq: DASTY; Euronext Paris: #13065, DSY.PA) announced today the signing of a CAA V5 Software partnership with Centric Software, a market leader in Innovation Management. This partnership provides Innovation Management solutions based on the Dassault Systèmes V5 PLM suite. Through the partnership, Centric Software will provide V5 users with portfolio and program management capabilities through a 3D Collaborative Dashboard.

The 3D Collaborative Dashboard is the virtual equivalent of a war or project room that facilitates decision-making. Users are able to directly access all V5 information within the context of the product program and conduct "what if" scenarios. The 3D Collaborative Dashboard l ensures that all team members have a common view of the program objectives. It brings together distributed product content, while enabling project teams to explore and validate different product possibilities.

Centric Software Innovation Management technologies are tightly integrated with ENOVIA, Dassault Systèmes' life cycle management solution. It is comprised of ENOVIA Portal for 3D collaboration and decision support, ENOVIA Hubs for the capture and management of knowledge on products, processes and resources, and ENOVIA Lifecycle Applications for management of collaborative PLM processes.

Centric Software V5 based applications enable executives to monitor business and engineering information and changes across multiple programs. Program managers are able to track progress against milestones and resolve conflicts. Finally, domain specialists are able to review new ideas and validate new product concepts.

"We are pleased to welcome Centric Software, a recognized pioneer in Innovation Management, as an ENOVIA partner," said Stephane Declée, vice president ENOVIA R&D, Dassault Systèmes. "Centric Software's 3D Collaborative Dashboard will benefit users of Dassault Systèmes PLM Solutions by offering unique access to all V5 information within the context of their product programs."

"The integration of Centric Software's technology with the V5 environment is part of Centric's mission to help businesses drive innovation through their products and processes," said Chris Groves, CEO, Centric Software. "We are very pleased to work with Dassault Systèmes in the mission-critical requirement for 3D Innovation Management, and we look forward to providing a much needed solution for the PLM community."

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 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. Spatial is the primary channel for marketing, sales and support/services for CAA V5. 

www.caav5.com

About Centric Software Inc. 

Centric Software accelerates product innovation through its industry-leading Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) applications suite, Centric Innovation. The solution enables manufacturers to manage product innovation programs and campaigns and deliver compelling, market-dominating products within critical windows of opportunity. Centric Innovation provides product executives online visibility and decision support for go-to-market goals by leveraging distributed product content, while multidisciplinary teams can rapidly explore and validate multiple product possibilities. Centric Software is headquartered in San Jose, Calif., and provides sales and support services to its customers through its offices and distributors worldwide. Centric Innovation is a trademark of Centric Software, Inc. 

www.centricsoftware.com

About Dassault Systèmes 

As world leader in three-dimensional product lifecycle management (PLM) solutions, the Dassault Systèmes group brings value to more than 70,000 customers in 80 countries. A pioneer in the 3D software market since 1981, Dassault Systèmes develops and markets 3D 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 3D PLM integrated solutions for product development (CATIA®, ENOVIA®, DELMIA(tm), SMARTEAM®), general-use 3D solutions (SolidWorks), and 3D components (ACIS®) from Spatial Corp. Dassault Systèmes is listed on the Nasdaq (DASTY) and Euronext Paris (#13065, DSY.PA) stock exchanges. 

www.3ds.com

 

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