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by Stephanie Neil, MA Editorial Staff
Posted on Friday, December 01, 2006 5:14:00 PM Sign Up to receive Daily News Alerts in your E-mail Inbox    | Abstract: | Vendors roll out new software or pledge support for the long-awaited operating system as well as the Office 2007desktop productivity suite. |
| Keywords: | Microsoft, Vista, Office 2007, MSC.Software, UGS, Dassault Systemes, and Transpara |
As Microsoft Corp. took the wraps off its long-awaited Windows Vista operating system, manufacturing software partners yesterday began what is sure to be an ongoing love-fest by unveiling new products and pledging allegiance to the next-generation operating environment and to the industry giant's new Office 2007 desktop productivity suite. For instance, MSC.Software Corp., a maker of manufacturing simulation software, and Transpara Corp., which offers an operational key performance indicator (KPI) engine for process industries, have released products compatible with Vista and Office 2007. In addition, PLM purveyors UGS Corp. and Dassault Systemes announced full support for the new OS across their respective product portfolios. According to Microsoft officials, the company counts 640,000 partners worldwide. More than 1,000 ISVs are developing and testing products for Microsoft Office 2007, while another 3,000 partners are in the final stages of development, the company claimed. Many manufacturing-specific ISVs have previously outlined their efforts to reengineer products around Vista, including Invensys, Activplant, and Exact Software, in order to take advantage of the system's improved memory management, 3D support, and security features. [Click to continue] |
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