Microsoft and UGS Announce Strategic Alliance

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New Product Life-Cycle Management Solution Will Change the Way Product Teams Collaborate, Innovate and Compete

REDMOND, Wash., and PLANO, Texas — May 3, 2006 — Microsoft Corp. and UGS Corp., a leading global provider of product life-cycle management (PLM) software and services, today announced a multiyear, global strategic alliance to “change the game” of how companies create innovative products by delivering the full suite of UGS® software solutions on the Microsoft® platform.

The alliance will help UGS deliver a version of the full suite of its PLM technology currently used by more than two million users — including digital life-cycle management — on the Microsoft platform. The full solution empowers manufacturers with the ability to create and manage all their product data in a easy to use and security-enhanced environment, while allowing global team members, customers, industry partners and vendors to participate in the creative process. The end result is that customers are able to be more innovative to drive profitability by getting products to market faster. more>