Provides Flexibility, Choice and Reduced Deployment Risk for PLM customers
NEEDHAM, Mass., May 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- PTC (Nasdaq: PMTC), the
product development company(TM), today announced that release Windchill 7.0
will provide expanded support for commercial application servers supporting
J2EE standards, including SunOne Application Server, IBM WebSphere and open
source Apache/ Tomcat/ JBoss.
Windchill is an integral suite of modular solutions powered by a
comprehensive set of business services leveraging a common business object and
process model. These services are hosted within Windchill's pure Internet
architecture consisting of a secure, pure J2EE standards-based framework that
facilitates easy deployment and seamless interoperability with other desktop
and enterprise systems.
The J2EE application server certification program ensures that any J2EE-
compliant application will run on any J2EE-compliant application server. This
provides customers with flexibility, choice, and risk mitigation in their
selection of industry-standard IT computing infrastructure. It also eliminates
wasteful overhead expense and facilitates growth and expansion.
"The maturation of the J2EE standard and the application server market now
gives customers confidence that they can select Windchill and not be locked
into any particular vendor's infrastructure stack. Windchill continues to
deliver a pure, open, standards-based foundation for PLM technology," notes
Jim Heppelmann, PTC executive vice president and chief product officer.
While many PLM vendors claim to have J2EE application suites,
manufacturers should be careful to examine the history and reality of the
multiple architectures being offered. Many PLM application suites are the
result of a mix of loosely integrated acquisitions or a thin Java shell on top
of older proprietary architectures written in a mix of languages. Such
complicated architectures introduce scalability, performance and availability
concerns as redundant infrastructure layers complicate the ability of
components to scale well together to enterprise levels. Only a pure, native
Java architecture can fully utilize the performance, scalability and
availability benefits of commercial application services and deliver customers
flexibility, faster time-to-deployment, and the elimination of redundant
overhead costs.
For more information about the Windchill integral, pure Internet, and
interoperable architecture, please view the "Why Architecture Matters for PLM"
white paper at http://www.ptc.com/go/pds/architecture/
About PTC
PTC 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. The company services
more than 35,000 customers worldwide. Further information on PTC is available
at http://www.ptc.com or call 1-888-782-3776, ext. 901
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 success of our initiatives to
facilitate our customer's understanding of the benefits of our PLM solutions,
including return on investment and value creation; our successful development
and integration of the technology necessary to offer an integrated Product
Development System that adequately responds to evolving customer requirements;
; the success of our partnering initiatives; the success of our cost reduction
initiatives; and the effects of a weakening economy which may impact the
overall demand for software and related services; 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 and its logo, Product First, The Product Development Company, Create
Collaborate Control, Simple Powerful Connected, 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.
Investor Contact Information Public Relations Contact Information
Meredith Mendola Joe Gavaghan
781-370-6151 781-370-5074
mmendola@ptc.com jgavaghan@ptc.com
SOURCE PTC
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http://www.ptc.com
CONTACT:
Meredith Mendola, +1-781-370-6151,
mmendola@ptc.com, or Joe Gavaghan, +1-781-370-5074,
jgavaghan@ptc.com, both of PTC
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