NEEDHAM, MA. - March 08, 2005 - PTC (Nasdaq:
PMTC), the Product Development Company™, today
announced that it has joined Microsoft’s Program for
Collaborative Product Development (CPD). In
connection with the program, PTC intends to deliver
integrated solutions for the product lifecycle
management (PLM) market. Microsoft’s CPD program was
launched in October 2004 to help manufacturers
improve their ability to collaborate on product
development and design data -- within and outside of
the organization -- on a global scale. The program
also helps manufacturers learn how to seamlessly
access information such as digital design data,
which allows for faster and better decision making
to manage risk, and increase the success rate of new
product development initiatives.
With nearly 20 years delivering PLM solutions to
leading manufacturers worldwide, PTC helps companies
create digital product representations, gain control
over their product information and better
collaborate with more diverse and distributed
product teams throughout various stages of the
product development process.
“The CPD program is designed to help companies
optimize their existing technology investments while
enabling enhanced integration, communication and
collaboration throughout the product development
lifecycle,” said Bill Gerould, discrete
manufacturing industry manager for Microsoft. “PTC’s
commitment to removing complexity, cost, and risk
from PLM initiatives aligns with Microsoft’s efforts
to improve product development process and help
customers speed time to market.”
PTC currently supports the Microsoft platform
with its comprehensive PLM solutions:
- PTC’s Pro/ENGINEER® family of design solutions
are certified “Designed for Windows 2000/XP”
- PTC’s Windchill® family of collaboration and
data management solutions, a purely Web-based
solution suite, runs on Microsoft Internet
Information Server (IIS), Windows Server 2003,
Windows 2000/XP, and Internet Explorer
- Windchill integrates with desktop productivity
applications including the Microsoft Office suite
and Microsoft Project with the simplicity of drag
and drop interoperability
- The seamless integration between PTC’s
Pro/ENGINEER and Windchill solutions is enabled by
embedding Microsoft’s Internet Explorer technology
PTC is working to further extend its integral PLM
solutions by leveraging the Microsoft platform and
more tightly integrating with Microsoft’s
collaboration technologies including Microsoft
Exchange, Microsoft Office Live Meeting, and Windows
SharePoint Services.
“PTC is dedicated to helping customers realize
value in their product development processes,” said
James Heppelmann, executive vice president and chief
product officer, PTC. “Our participation in the CPD
program formalizes our existing support of Microsoft
technologies, and, as we align our solutions more
tightly, will enable us to provide our customers
with additional flexibility in choosing a total PLM
solution. In fact, the operation of our integral PLM
products on a Microsoft stack will enhance the
simplicity and reduce the cost of ownership of the
full solution.”
About PTC
PTC (Nasdaq: PMTC) provides leading Product
Lifecycle Management (PLM) software solutions to
more than 35,000 companies worldwide. PTC customers
include many of the world's most innovative
manufacturing companies in the aerospace & defense,
automotive, consumer, electronics & high technology,
industrial equipment and medical products
industries. PTC is included in the S&P 500 and
Russell 2000 indices. For more information on PTC,
please visit
http://www.ptc.com
