| San Jose, CA – April 28, 2004
- Agile Software Corporation (Nasdaq: AGIL),
a leading provider of product lifecycle management (PLM)
solutions, today announced the general availability of
Agile e5.1, developed specifically to meet the
unique needs of manufacturers in complex engineering industries
such as aerospace and defense, automotive and industrial
products. The release of Agile e5.1 marks Agile’s continued
commitment and investment in customers and markets that
came to Agile through the acquisition of Eigner. Agile
e5.1 has been shipped to more than twenty customers including
Carl Zeiss, E.G.O., Elektro-Geraete GmbH, FTE Automotive
GmbH, Guala Closures S.p.A., Dr. Johannes Heidenhain GmbH,
Hirschmann Electronics GmbH & Co. KG, Kollmorgen Electro-Optical,
Müller Weingarten AG, Tellabs Operations, ThyssenKrupp
Hüller Hille GmbH and VEMAG Maschinenbau GmbH.
Agile e5.1 provides discrete manufacturers with a comprehensive,
scalable set of capabilities for managing the complete
product lifecycle—from initial customer requirements through
service and support. New capabilities in Agile e5.1 include
collaboration functionality to view and redline product
record information with just a Web client, and a Web development
toolkit which enables companies to easily create custom
Web applications in order to better leverage their product
record information. Additionally, Agile continues to deliver
solutions that combine best-in-class Agile and Eigner
technologies, with the integration of Agile e5.1 and
Agile Product Portfolio Management. This integration
enables organizations to make better, more informed decisions
with enhanced visibility into programs and resources across
their entire product portfolio. Agile e5.1 also adds support
for the current releases of operating systems including
Windows, HP-UX, Solaris, IBM AIX and Linux, and databases
including Oracle and SQL Server.
“We spoke with representatives from Agile’s top management
last year after they acquired Eigner, and they assured
us that the technology investment that we made would continue
to be enhanced, supported and maintained. Agile has delivered
on their promise with this release. We are especially
excited with the functionality that is now offered with
the integration between Agile e5.1 and Agile Product Portfolio
Management,” said Wolfgang Kartmann, CIO, PLM 1 Division,
Siemens Automation and Drives. “This new solution will
provide Siemens A&D with tight integration of program
information with the product record, enabling us to maximize
resource utilization and give us cross-program and multi-enterprise
visibility and decision support across the product lifecycle.”
“With Agile e5.1’s Web development toolkit, we were
able to design a front end that was compliant with our
own corporate design standards without affecting our original
PLM implementation.” said Christian Pölzl, CIO, VA TECH
ELIN EBG. “With the Web development toolkit, we were able
to easily create individual applications that allow even
users who have not worked with PLM before—from board members
to the administrative staff—very simple access to product
record information.”
"Agile is committed to the ongoing success of our customers,
our Eigner legacy and our Agile future. The release of
Agile e5.1 is part of our ongoing effort to bring Agile
and Eigner technologies together to deliver industry-specific
functionality requested by customers such as Siemens Automotive
and Drives and VA TECH," said Chris Wong, Agile’s chief
product officer. “This release was truly a global project
and is a demonstration of how we leverage our resources
and expertise worldwide, as Agile team members from the
U.S., China, Germany and India all contributed to this
effort.”
About Agile Software Corporation
Agile Software Corporation (NASDAQ: AGIL) helps companies
drive profits, accelerate innovation, reduce costs, and
ensure regulatory compliance throughout the product lifecycle.
With a broad suite of enterprise class
PLM solutions, time-to-value focused implementations,
and a unique
Guaranteed Business Results
program, Agile helps companies get the most from their
products. Alcatel, Boeing, Dell Inc., Flextronics International,
Hitachi, Leapfrog, Lockheed Martin, Magna Steyr, Siemens,
QUALCOMM and ZF are among the nearly 1200 customers in
the automotive, aerospace and defense, consumer products,
electronics, high tech, industrial products, and life
sciences industries that use Agile solutions. For more
information, call 408-284-4000 or visit
www.agile.com.
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