PLANO, Texas  - October 21, 2003 - EDS PLM Solutions today launched Teamcenter Community, the latest addition to its world-leading Teamcenter product lifecycle management (PLM) portfolio, introducing a new paradigm for enterprise-wide collaboration. Teamcenter Community is a collaboration environment based on the Microsoft platform extending the reach of Teamcenter’s product lifecycle collaboration capabilities to users throughout the entire extended enterprise and enhancing team performance.

EDS PLM Solutions developed Teamcenter Community with Microsoft technologies to extend PLM to every user’s desktop through the common Windows- and Office-based environment. Users gain access to the PLM environment without leaving their native Microsoft work environment, allowing more people throughout the extended enterprise, including partners and suppliers, to better participate in product lifecycle processes. Extending PLM to every desktop reduces time and eliminates many of the errors associated with incomplete communication or a simple lack of available information. This broader base of community collaboration optimizes manufacturers’ product and program productivity for improved time-to-market, better products and reduced costs.

Extending Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services
Teamcenter Community extends Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services, a part of the Microsoft Office System, with PLM-specific enhancements to satisfy the collaboration requirements of enterprise teams engaged in product lifecycle processes.

“We are pleased with EDS PLM Solutions’ ongoing support of the Microsoft platform given their leadership in the PLM market,” said Charles Johnson, worldwide managing director, manufacturing industry solutions group at Microsoft. “Teamcenter Community is continuing to evolve with the Microsoft platform as it introduces more features, extending the benefits of our products and technologies to the PLM user community.”

Extending Visual Product Collaboration
Teamcenter Community delivers a comprehensive visual product collaboration environment that supports complex information as it evolves through the product lifecycle. Teamcenter Community enables all enterprise participants to access, visualize, collaborate and conference around detailed product information like computer-aided design (CAD) models and drawings, traditionally locked up in engineering systems. This results in product teams being able to identify issues discovered during design reviews that can subsequently be tracked, routed, acted upon and resolved by project management.

“Another definite winner for those that have not yet tried it is visualization. EDS’ Teamcenter Community … is the best in class here,” stated AMR Research in an in-depth study of the PLM market published on Sept. 30, 2003, entitled “CAD Versus ERP Versus PDM: How Best to Anchor a PLM Strategy?”

Teamcenter Community is IT friendly, allowing companies to quickly deploy a collaboration environment that leverages their existing IT strategy and investments. Product designers, project managers and manufacturing engineers within a company and across its supply chain can collaborate in real-time with Teamcenter Community’s collaboration services, including calendars, schedules, workflow, virtual meeting sites, instant messaging and virtual conferencing.


About EDS PLM Solutions
EDS PLM Solutions is the market leader in product lifecycle management (PLM), providing solutions to the global 1000. Product lifecycle management enables all the people who participate in a manufacturer’s product lifecycle to work in concert to develop, deliver and support best-in-class products. As the only single-source provider of PLM software and services, EDS PLM Solutions can transform the product lifecycle process into true competitive advantage, delivering leadership improvements in product innovation, quality, time-to-market and end-customer value. Learn more at

www.eds.com/plm.

About EDS
EDS, the premier global outsourcing services company, delivers superior returns to clients through its cost-effective, high-value services model. EDS’ core portfolio comprises information-technology and business process outsourcing services, as well as information-technology transformation services. EDS’ two complementary, subsidiary businesses are A.T. Kearney, one of the world’s leading high-value management consultancies, and PLM Solutions, a leader in product data management, collaboration and product design software. With 2002 revenue of $21.5 billion, EDS is ranked 80th on the Fortune 500. The company’s stock is traded on the New York (NYSE: EDS) and London stock exchanges.

Note: Teamcenter is a registered trademark of EDS or its subsidiaries in the United States and in other countries. All other trademarks, registered trademarks or service marks belong to their respective holders.