UGS Announces Linux Support Plans for Its Teamcenter and NX Solutions at PLM World

Posted by dave on May 4, 2005 9:50 AM EDT
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Responding to Growing Customer Demand, Executive Vice President of PLM Products, Chuck Grindstaff, Unveils UGS' Product Plans for Linux on x64 Technology at the 2005 PLM World Conference

DALLAS, May 2 /PRNewswire/ -- 2005 PLM World Conference -- UGS Corp., a leading global provider of product lifecycle management (PLM) software and services, today announced its plans to add the Linux open source operating system to the list of supported environments for Teamcenter(R) and NX(TM) solutions, the company's flagship digital product lifecycle and digital product development software portfolios respectively.

Chuck Grindstaff, UGS executive vice president of PLM Products made the announcement at the 2005 PLM World Conference in Dallas, Texas, during his keynote product strategy presentation. In response to growing customer demand, Teamcenter and NX are both being ported to the Linux environment on x64 technology, the 64-bit architecture supported by AMD and Intel. The PLM World Conference is the annual conference for users of UGS software, the world's largest PLM user community.

"Linux on x64 is attractive for many of our customers," said Grindstaff. "Linux offers an excellent migration path for our UNIX(R) customers looking to move to the price performance benefits and multiple offerings available in x64 based workstations. The x64 platform also permits 64-bit applications to address large amounts of memory facilitating the development of large, complex models. In addition, since the x64 is backward compatible with the x86 architecture, customers can run the latest 64-bit applications along with any existing 32-bit applications on the same machine."

UGS is expected to begin shipping completed products starting in Q4 of 2005, with additional products following in 2006. Initial support will be for Novell's SUSE(TM) Linux Desktop and Enterprise Server 9.

"Having a mature and established platform is critical to enable UGS to develop, deliver and support our products with the quality our customers expect," said Chris Brosz, vice president of Technical Operations, UGS. "Linux has evolved from a do-it-yourself project, to an integrated and supported operating environment with the necessary tools for development." About UGS

UGS is a leading global provider of product lifecycle management (PLM) software and services with nearly 4 million licensed seats and 42,000 clients worldwide. The company promotes openness and standardization and works collaboratively with its clients in creating enterprise solutions enabling them to transform their process of innovation and thus begin to capture the value of PLM. For more information on UGS products and services, visit http://www.ugs.com . Note to editors: UGS, Teamcenter and NX and are trademarks or registered trademark of UGS Corp. or its subsidiaries in the United States and in other countries. UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group. Novell is a trademark or registered mark of Novell, Inc. SUSE is a trademark of SUSE Linux Products GmbH, a Novell business. All other trademarks, registered trademarks or service marks belong to their respective holders. The statements in this news release that are not historical statements, including statements regarding product distribution, success and capabilities and other statements identified by forward looking terms such as "may," "will," "expect," "plan," "anticipate" or "project," are forward-looking statements. These statements are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ materially from such statements, including, among others, risks relating to developments in the PLM industry, competition, and intellectual property. UGS has included a discussion of these and other pertinent risk factors in its registration statement on Form S-4 most recently filed with the SEC. UGS disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. CONTACT:

Jim Phelan

314-264-8216

jimp@ugs.com

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