| San Jose, CA – May 11, 2004 –
Agile Software Corporation (Nasdaq: AGIL), a
leading provider of product lifecycle management
(PLM) solutions, today announced that Invitrogen
Corporation (Nasdaq: IVGN) has selected Agile PLM
to optimize its product lifecycle decisions and
processes. A global provider of essential life
science technologies for disease research and drug
discovery, Invitrogen is implementing the Agile 9
PLM solution to gain greater visibility across
multiple locations, enable real-time
portfolio-level decision support, and enhance its
collaboration capabilities. With Agile PLM,
Invitrogen expects to see significant improvements
in several key areas including global portfolio
and program management, new product introductions,
change control efficiencies and research and
development processes. “At Invitrogen, we are
looking to our new product introductions to
dramatically drive revenue growth, so it is vital
that we deliver high value, high quality products
on schedule. Agile provides us with the program
management capabilities that we need to promote
accountability for completing deliverables,
executive level visibility into our portfolio of
programs, and real time decision support that will
allow us to make smarter, more timely decisions,”
said Elaine Snowhill, vice president, program
management, Invitrogen. “This functionality, along
with Agile’s life sciences domain expertise, its
proven track record in solving similar business
issues, and their rapid implementation history
propelled Agile to the top of our selection list.”
Invitrogen and its global network of some 4,000
scientists and professionals focus on bringing
breakthrough innovations in life science and drug
discovery tools, and commercial bioproduction to
more than 70 countries around the world. As the
company’s life sciences portfolio and extended
network of scientists continued to grow,
collaboration around Invitrogen’s products has
become increasingly complex—and has created new
challenges to bringing groundbreaking,
high-quality products to market quickly.
Invitrogen selected Agile Product Portfolio
Management and Agile Product Collaboration to
provide greater visibility of rigorous program
management across the company’s multiple
locations, real time portfolio-level decision
support, increased change management processes, a
single repository of product information and
enhanced collaboration capabilities.
Roddy Martin, vice president, AMR Research
commented in an April 2003 alert “New product
development and introduction is reflected in stock
market performance and determines the outlook for
life sciences companies. Manufacturers without
strong product pipelines must either acquire,
partner, or be acquired.”
The Agile solution will drive value for
Invitrogen in three key areas:
Flexibility — Agile’s dynamic PLM
infrastructure gives Invitrogen increased
flexibility, automates cross-enterprise process
workflow with preconfigured templates for unique
business areas, and enables reporting and ad hoc
analyses at the project, program and portfolio
levels.
Standardization — Agile PLM promotes
standardization across Invitrogen’s multiple sites
and users by establishing a single source for the
most updated product content; promoting the
adoption of processes globally; enabling
compliance with regulatory requirements;
establishing a clear audit trail for release and
change validation; enabling process measurement
and continuous improvement goals; and automating
secure workflow capabilities.
Transparency — The Agile solutions’
user-friendly, graphical, web-based interfaces
provide real-time visibility across business areas
and third parties to enable greater collaboration
and “virtual project teams.” Agile enables reuse
of product content, development methods, materials
and best practices, and integrates with enterprise
applications such as ERP and MRP.
“Invitrogen’s success is based on a strong
commitment to providing its customers outstanding
products and excellent service. It is that same
commitment that Agile makes to each of our
customers,” said Jay Fulcher, Agile president and
COO. “We recognize the importance of Invitrogen’s
work, and we are pleased to have been selected by
them. We look forward to enabling Invitrogen to
meet their new product introduction schedules,
helping them manage complex, multi-site teams and
programs, addressing compliance, and ensuring high
quality and safety for which Invitrogen is known.”
About Invitrogen
Invitrogen Corporation (Nasdaq:IVGN) provides
products and services that support academic and
government research institutions and
pharmaceutical and biotech companies worldwide in
their efforts to improve the human condition. The
company provides essential life science
technologies for disease research, drug discovery,
and commercial bio-production. Invitrogen's own
research and development efforts are focused on
breakthrough innovation in all major areas of
biological discovery including functional
genomics, proteomics, bioinformatics and cell
biology — placing Invitrogen's products in nearly
every major laboratory in the world. Founded in
1987, Invitrogen is headquartered in Carlsbad,
California and conducts business in more than 70
countries around the world. The company globally
employs approximately 3,800 scientists and other
professionals. For more information about
Invitrogen visit the company's web site at
www.invitrogen.com
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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