Microsoft, Dassault Systemes in strategic alliance
Reuters | at | by Mike
Microsoft, the world's largest software maker, and France's Dassault Systemes have forged a global, 5-year strategic alliance to deliver Dassault's 3D software to firms using the Microsoft software platform.
Microsoft Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates, in Paris to announce the deal, said on Wednesday the new alliance was Microsoft's second-biggest cooperation deal after that with German software maker SAP.
Dassault Systemes' software allows companies to simulate products in 3D, from conception to maintenance, in what is known in the industry as product lifecycle management (PLM).