| San Jose, CA – September
1, 2004 – Agile Software
Corporation (Nasdaq: AGIL), a leading provider of
product lifecycle management (PLM) solutions,
today announced that it has expanded the scope of
its relationship with Adobe Systems Incorporated.
Under terms of the new agreement, the two
companies will jointly develop solutions based on
Agile PLM and the Adobe® Intelligent Document
Platform. In addition, Agile will resell the
combined solutions. Through the combined
offerings, companies managing their product record
within Agile will have expanded enterprise-level
functionality to address critical documentation,
version-control, and form-based information
management requirements across the extended supply
network—including the most stringent FDA
guidelines. “Secure document management and
version control is a critical element for product
collaboration, compliance, and lifecycle
management,” said Tim Minahan, Vice President
Supply Chain Research & Strategy, Aberdeen Group.
“The combination of Agile's PLM capabilities with
Adobe document services technology is a natural
match. The Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) is
accepted by the FDA and others as the standard for
electronic documentation, and is a strong
complement to Agile’s solutions designed to aid
FDA regulated companies comply with government
guidelines and regulations around product
lifecycle management and documentation."
The expanded relationship builds on the success
of Agile solutions using Adobe technology, which
have been tailored for organizations in the
pharmaceutical, consumer packaged goods and
medical device industries. The combination of
Adobe software, recognized as a standard for
electronic document and forms management in
FDA-regulated industries, with the best-practice
Agile PLM solutions has enabled customers to meet
stringent government packaging and labeling
guidelines. Solutions already deployed at customer
sites include packaging and label management;
audit information management; and basic viewing,
redlining and approvals.
Support for the Adobe Intelligent Document
Platform, which includes Adobe Acrobat® technology
and the Adobe LiveCycle server-based product
suite, brings a new depth of enterprise-level
capabilities for connecting people and processes
in the enterprise. Organizations will be able to
further leverage their investment in Agile
collaboration tools, capturing the exchange of
data, managing forms and workflow, and archiving
information in standard Portable Document Format
(PDF).
Agile’s PLM solutions will utilize Adobe
software, including Acrobat, Adobe Designer, Adobe
Form Server and Adobe Reader® Extensions Server,
to enable PDF creation from everyday document
creation programs; allow users to collaborate on
PDF documents with review and mark up tools;
manage product record information with electronic
forms; and sign-off on the final approved version.
Organizations can now utilize Agile PLM solutions,
PDF and the Adobe Reader to more easily transition
paper-based processes to efficient electronic
workflows.
“With this agreement, Agile has become the
first PLM solution provider to embrace the full
Adobe Intelligent Document Platform,” said Ivan
Koon, senior vice president, Intelligent Document
business unit at Adobe. “Together, we will provide
a solution with unprecedented capabilities for
presenting and managing product record information
in any form across the extended enterprise. This
gives our customers the ability to ensure
requirements around product safety and quality are
accurately tracked and documented at each stage of
the product lifecycle.”
“Adobe and Agile share a mutual commitment to
providing our customers with the visibility,
insight and accountability to meet company and
government standards for excellence and safety,”
said Chris Wong, Agile executive vice president
and chief product officer. “We’ve seen early
successes collaborating on solutions for the CPG,
medical device and pharmaceutical industries.
Through Agile support of the complete Adobe
Intelligent Document Platform, we look forward to
expanding our joint offerings with functionality
that empowers customers to bring to market
products that are the best in their industries.”
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, GE Medical, Haemonetics, Hitachi,
Johnson & Johnson, 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 have realized high
impact results through their use of Agile
solutions. For more information, call 408-284-4000
or visit
www.agile.com.
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