Dassault Systèmes

Lowell, MA, January 24, 2008, Dassault Systèmes (DS) (NASDAQ: DASTY; Euronext Paris: #13065, DSY.PA), a world leader in 3D and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, today announced the availability of ENOVIA MatrixOne 10.8. ENOVIA MatrixOne 10.8 is a major step in DS’s ENOVIA strategy and the first V6 enabled solution in support of PLM 2.0[1]. ENOVIA MatrixOne 10.8 is the foundation of DS’s single PLM platform for all customer business processes in all industries.

“ENOVIA MatrixOne 10.8 is the foundation for DS’s V6 platform - central to our long term vision and future PLM offerings and services,” said Joel Lemke, CEO, ENOVIA, Dassault Systèmes. “By adopting ENOVIA MatrixOne 10.8, existing and future customers will be V6 ready.” ENOVIA MatrixOne 10.8 is a significant step in DS’s SOA strategy for PLM, to manage and federate any PLM related IP in the extended enterprise.

ENOVIA MatrixOne 10.8 is a major contributor to the values of the newly announced V6:

Single PLM platform for IP management:

• Demonstrating DS’s commitment to deliver innovative industry accelerators and applications supporting PLM strategies in DS’s target industries
• Delivering a New Collaborative Platform to federate all PLM related IP in the extended enterprise

Global collaborative innovation:

• Providing a solution to enable collaborative innovation communities for global enterprises and their supply chains
• Enabling technologies for dynamic creation of structured and ad-hoc ecosystems for innovation between enterprises

Online creation and collaboration:

• Supporting the creation of online communities that need to reuse, share, experience, collaborate and create IP

Lifelike experience

• Providing a new industry benchmark for PLM, with unrivalled realism in business process modeling and simulation
• Allowing customers to benefit from DS’s award winning 3DLive navigation technology, to experience IP live online

Ready-to-use PLM business processes

• Delivering unique competitive advantages based on next-generation best practices across the PLM lifecycle, including: modeling, simulation, manufacturing, support and enhanced program management of complex multi-site, cross-functional programs

• Leveraging online dynamic modeling and execution of business process technologies,
• Expanding its accelerator portfolio significantly in industries including: life science, apparel and semiconductor

Lower cost of ownership:

• Implementing the best of the online and SOA worlds, with PLM capabilities going far beyond SOA standards (dynamic business process modeling, bi-directional federation based on XML, minimum  footprint), making V6 the most powerful and open PLM platform, the quickest to deploy and lowest by far in terms of global cost of operation

All ENOVIA MatrixOne 10.8 solutions are scheduled for general availability in February 2008, available as a standard upgrade for ENOVIA MatrixOne customers.

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[1] see today’s separate announcement

As a world leader in 3D and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, Dassault Systèmes brings value to more than 100,000 customers in 80 countries. A pioneer in the 3D software market since 1981, Dassault Systèmes develops and markets PLM application software and services that support industrial processes and provide a 3D vision of the entire lifecycle of products from conception to maintenance. The Dassault Systèmes portfolio consists of CATIA for designing the virtual product - SolidWorks for 3D mechanical design - DELMIA for virtual production - SIMULIA for virtual testing - ENOVIA for global collaborative lifecycle management, and 3DVIA for online 3D lifelike experiences.  Dassault Systèmes is listed on the Nasdaq (DASTY) and Euronext Paris (#13065, DSY.PA) stock exchanges. For more information, visit http://www.3ds.com

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