Press Release
MSC.Software Announces New Global Impact Program Partners to Market and Deliver SimOffice®
SANTA ANA, Calif. - December 4, 2006 - MSC.Software Corp. (NASDAQ: MSCS), the leading global provider of enterprise simulation solutions and services, today announced the first wave of global resellers that will market the company's newest product, SimOffice. New resellers include industry leaders such as INCAT, who will resell globally, Korea-based RaonX Solutions and China's Beijing Daheng, as well as MRI in Japan, Analysis y Simulacion in Spain, INTEC in Germany and Africa Simulating Reality (PTY) in South Africa.
SimOffice allows manufacturers to leverage existing IT investments and simulation environments through the entire suite of Microsoft productivity and collaboration solutions including Windows Vista, Microsoft Office Sharepoint and Microsoft Office Groove. With SimOffice, organizations who either may not yet be taking advantage of simulation or for whom it is a smaller part of their business can gain a competitive edge by improving productivity through fast, reliable simulation in an easy-to-use next generation Windows Vista desktop environment.
"SimOffice is a tremendous win for our customers, who are continuously looking for solutions that can help them reduce time to market, lower costs, improve quality and achieve innovation," Mikel Garbizu, Sales Director, Analysis y Simulacion., "By combining MSC.Software's desktop simulation software and market leadership with our trained, highly skilled sales and support teams, our customers can streamline design through enhanced data access and collaboration across the product design chain."
"We are pleased to expand our offerings to a broad range of manufacturers through a team of world-class resellers. MSC works closely to identify partners with proven domain expertise and equip them with the resources they need to distribute SimOffice to manufacturers across the globe," said Alf Goebel, vice president of global channels, MSC.Software. "We look forward to working with our new SimOffice partners to drive the benefits of enterprise simulation to all levels of manufacturers."
About MSC.Software Corporation
MSC.Software (NASDAQ: MSCS) is the global leader of enterprise simulation solutions, that help companies make money, save time and reduce costs associated with designing and testing manufactured products. MSC.Software works with thousands of companies in hundreds of industries to develop better products faster by utilizing information technology, software, services and systems. MSC.Software employs more than 1200 people in 23 countries. For additional information about MSC.Software's products and services, please visit www.mscsoftware.com.
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This press release contains forward-looking statements, including all statements relating to the features, benefits, capabilities and performance of MSC.Software products. These statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to be materially different than expectations. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, changes in technology, the end-user computing and analysis environment, implementation and support that meet evolving customer requirements, general industry trends and the impact of competitive products.
Furthermore, information provided herein, which is not historical in nature, are forward-looking statements pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All such forward-looking statements are based largely on management's expectations and are subject to and qualified by risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such statements. The Company undertakes no duty to update any forward-looking statement to conform the statement to actual results or changes in the Company's expectations.
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