Agile Acquires Cimmetry Systems

By DE Editors

Agile Software Corporation (San Jose, CA), provider of PLM (product lifecycle management) solutions,has announced its acquisition of Cimmetry Systems, Inc.

“Agile’s acquisition of Cimmetry is a good strategic move and should begood for customers of both groups. Collaborative visualization is acritical PLM infrastructure component, and Cimmetry is an industrytechnology leader in this area. This move shows Agile’s continuedcommitment to building a comprehensive best-in-class PLM solution,“said Ed Miller, CIMdata president. “Collaborative visualization toolsenable a much broader set of people both inside and beyond a company todrive critical product decisions based not just on textual information,but also on 2D and 3D visualizations of the product. By enabling moreusers to participate in product decisions, solutions like Cimmetry’sdeliver significant value to companies focused on quality,time-to-market, and meeting the needs of their customers withinnovative solutions.”

According to a recent CIMData report, “As PLM solutions have grown inscope, and are increasingly focused on providing enterprise support,visualization tools have become a critical component of more and moreimplementations. Like Web technology, which helps to disseminateinformation more effectively, visualization tools provide a relativelysimple, less expensive way of expanding the value of PLM to people inthe enterprise who otherwise would probably not have convenient onlineaccess to product data. By enabling more users to become active morequickly, visualization tools can provide a ‘jump start’ in achievingearly PLM benefits for an organization.”

Founded in 1988, Cimmetry Systems is a leading provider ofcollaborative visualization solutions including AutoVue(TM), with wellover 9,500 customers worldwide across several industries includingmanufacturing, electronics, architectural/engineering/construction(AEC) and industrial markets. Specifically focused on enabling the useof 2D and 3D mechanical CAD (MCAD) and electronic design automation(EDA/ECAD) information across the extended enterprise. Cimmetrysolutions support over 450 native formats including AutoCAD, Cadence,CATIA, Inventor, Microsoft Office, MicroStation, Mentor, Pro/ENGINEER,Solid Edge, SolidWorks, UG NX and Zuken. Cimmetry solutions make rich,highly specialized design information available to both technical andnon-engineering users including stakeholders such as customers, productdefinition groups, engineering, purchasing, planning, suppliers,marketing, sales and service without the need for highly specialized,expensive CAD tools.

“In addition to the broad trend towards outsourced design andmanufacturing, most new products include electronic and mechanicalcontent. Manufacturers want to ensure that their product recordrepresents the complete product, which has become increasinglydifficult because of issues around synchronizing data generated byproprietary MCAD and EDA applications,” said Bryan Stolle, Agile CEO.“Cimmetry is a leader in providing data format-agnostic collaborativevisualization solutions, and their products have gained widespreadacceptance across multiple industries as evidenced by their broadcustomer base. We have been partnering with Cimmetry for a number ofyears to solve critical viewing and collaboration issues, and we arepleased to welcome them into the Agile fold.”

For more information about Cimmetry’s solutions, please see a recentlyreleased product review by CIMData entitled “Product VisualizationAcross the Extended Enterprise.” This document is available fordownload on the CIMdata Web site, and from Cimmetry’s Web site. Additional details on the acquisition can be found at Agile’s Web site.