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 (Nasdaq: PMTC), 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 Product Development 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 partnerinfo@ptc.com.
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 trademarks or
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
jgavaghan@ptc.com akeane@webershandwick.com
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Related links:
http://www.ptc.com
http://www.ptc.com/partners
CONTACT:
Joe Gavaghan of PTC Global Public Relations,
+1-781-370-5074, jgavaghan@ptc.com; or Amanda Keane of Weber
Shandwick Worldwide, +1-617-520-7260, akeane@webershandwick.com,
for PTC
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