PTC Announces Widespread Partner Support for Pro/ENGINEER(R)
Wildfire(TM) 2.0
PTC Partner Advantage Program Members Deliver Solutions to Complement and
Increase the Value of the Customer's Investment in PTC's Product Development
System.
NEEDHAM, Mass., April 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- PTC , a leading provider of
Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, today announced widespread support
for Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 2.0 including key software and technology partners
focused on optimizing its value for customers globally.
More than 200 companies in PTC's Partner Advantage Program deliver a broad range
of offerings to complement and increase the value of the customer's investment
in PTC's solutions including the PTC ProductDevelopment System. The program
delivers a full suite of world-class software, technology and services, enabling
companies to create winning products and gain a competitive edge in their
marketplace.
PTC Partner Advantage Program members that support Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 2.0 at
its release include Adobe Systems Inc., ATI Technologies, Blue Ridge Numerics,
Inc., Cadenas PARTsolutions, CADTRAIN, CD adapco Group, Fishbowl Solutions,
Groove Networks, Raindrop Geomagic Inc., OPEN MIND Technologies AG, Sigmetrix,
LLC, Simmetrix Inc., Theorem Solutions and Thomas Industrial Network Inc.
"Broad partner support is critical for the success and full adoption of any new
enterprise software today," said Brian Shepherd, PTC Senior Vice President of
Product Management. "PTC is very fortunate to have many of the leading global
software, technology and service providers embrace our newest version of
Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 2.0. The PTC Partners are instrumental in helping us
deliver the full power and value of our software to customers across different
industries and markets as they solve complex product design and development
challenges. PTC offers an industry leading open solution that has allowed our
partners to create a high level of interoperability within their applications." "PTC/USER has been impressed with the ability of the PTC Partner Advantage
program to make the partners an integral part of the PTC User community," said
Evan P. Caille, Director of Technical Committees, PTC/USER. "Collaboration and
open dialog between partners, users and PTC is helping to bring about robust and
integrated solutions." PTC Partner Advantage program members complement and build on the "create,
collaborate and control" capabilities of PTC's Product Development System. They
create solutions for specific areas of product development as well as for
vertical industries. Partner capabilities include computational fluid dynamics,
simulation and analysis, CAM, electronic design automation, visualization,
reporting, backup/archiving, requirements, knowledge management, process
planning, MES, ERP, enterprise systems integration, and many others.
More than 30 partners build solutions based on PTC's interoperability kernel --
Granite(R) -- which provides associativity between Pro/ENGINEER(R) and partner
products, and fully leverages the digital product definition across the value
chain. In addition, the program includes partners that provide hardware, hosting
solutions, engineering content, consulting and systems integration services, and
certified PTC solution training.
"Our program is designed to build on the interoperability of Pro/ENGINEER
Wildfire 2.0 and Windchill 7.0, to be partner friendly, and to create the
maximum value and broadest set of capabilities for our customers," said Carsten
Hochmuth, Director of the PTC Partner Advantage program. "The program has been
growing with extensive input from partners and customers, and we are very
excited to be working with the best-in-class software companies in the industry
today." Learn more about PTC partners by visiting http://www.ptc.com/partners or
e-mailing .
About PTC PTC (NASDAQ:PMTC) develops, markets, and supports software solutions that help
manufacturers win with superior products. PTC is the world's largest software
company with a total commitment to product development and product lifecycle
management. The company services more than 35,000 customers worldwide. Further
information on PTC is available at http://www.ptc.com/.
Except for the historical information contained herein, matters discussed in
this news release may constitute forward-looking statements that involve risks
and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from
those projected. These include: the Company's finalization of the operating
results for the second quarter of fiscal 2004; continued execution of our cost
reduction initiatives and our ability to efficiently utilize our resources,
minimizing organization disruption while at the same time achieving our revenue
targets; continued adoption by customers of our product offerings, including our
design solutions products and our Windchill Link solutions; as well as other
risks and uncertainties detailed from time to time in reports filed by PTC with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Company's most recent
reports on Form 10-K and 10-Q.
PTC, The Product Development Company, Product First, Pro/ENGINEER, Wildfire,
Windchill, and all PTC product names and logos are trademarksor registered
trademarks of Parametric Technology Corporation or its subsidiaries in the
United States and in other countries.
Contact Information:
Joe Gavaghan Amanda Keane
PTC Global Public Relations Weber Shandwick Worldwide
781-370-5074 617-520-7260
DATASOURCE: PTC CONTACT: Joe Gavaghan of PTC Global Public Relations, +1-781-370-5074, ; or Amanda Keane of Weber Shandwick Worldwide, +1-617-520-7260, , for PTC Web site: http://www.ptc.com/ http://www.ptc.com/partners
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