Connexion by Boeing Improves Product Lifecycle Management Capabilities Through Work with Verity and MatrixOne
March 22 2004 - 6:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
Connexion by Boeing Improves Product Lifecycle Management
Capabilities Through Work with Verity and MatrixOne Technology
Alliance Among MatrixOne, Verity and the vdR Group Delivers PLM
Functionality with Advanced Search and Classification Capabilities
SUNNYVALE, Calif., ORANGE, Calif., and WESTFORD, Mass., March 22
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Verity Inc. and MatrixOne Inc. , today
announced a strategic technology alliance to provide integration of
Verity(R) K2 Enterprise (K2E) advanced search and classification
technologies with MatrixOne's Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
solutions. Verity and MatrixOne have joined forces with the vdR
Group, a long time MatrixOne partner in software development and
systems integration, to deploy the new PLM offering into a
successful production environment at Connexion by Boeing, a mobile
Internet service provider and business unit of Boeing (NYSE:BA).
Connexion by Boeing provides in-flight broadband connectivity
services for private and executive aircraft and to several of the
world's major airlines. The MatrixOne solution is being used to
manage the product development through support life cycle for the
systems associated with its global service that allows travelers to
connect to the Internet while airborne. By adding Verity's search
and classification capabilities to MatrixOne's PLM solutions,
MatrixOne customers will be able to quickly and easily search,
browse and retrieve any content within their MatrixOne application,
resulting in improved product lifecycle collaboration, faster
product change management and shorter time to market. "The ability
to use the Verity K2E intellectual capital management capabilities
to quickly search and retrieve accurate information about the
systems and components that comprise our high-speed communications
service infrastructure enhances our ability to deliver a quality
end-user experience, while helping to ensure we meet key customer
delivery deadlines," said Connexion by Boeing configuration data
managementmanager Ron Gentry. "We are pleased to have that
capability and to have Verity and MatrixOne as valued members of
our Connexion by Boeing team." The K2E/MatrixOne Integration was
developed by the vdR Group and utilizes the best practices from
MatrixOne's PLM solutions and Verity K2E. The integration adheres
to both MatrixOne and Verity development standards and operates on
standard enterprise operating systems. "The vdR Group chose to
partner with Verity on this integration because both MatrixOne and
Verity address the enterprise market with robust, scalable
offerings," said Martin van der Roest, vdR's president. "We expect
this solution to not only enhance the usability and adoption of
MatrixOne, but to also help manufacturing organizations improve
parts reuse and reduce related downstream costs associated with
supplier and inventory management." According to Anthony J.
Bettencourt, Verity's president and chief executive officer, "With
the Verity K2E/MatrixOne integration, Verity, MatrixOne and vdR
have delivered a solution that can significantly enhance the PLM
efforts of all types of product developers, manufacturers and
service providers." "Our alliance with Verity and the vdR Group is
powerful, as it will help customers accelerate and achieve faster
ROI and will improve the adoption rates of PLM across enterprises
and their value chains," said Sam Zawaideh, MatrixOne's vice
president, products and solutions. "By adding the enhanced search
and classification capabilities to our solutions, customers now
have a best of breed solution for managing their product-related
intellectual capital which can translate into improved business
results across their organizations and value chains." Integration
Highlights and Availability The Verity K2E/MatrixOne integration
offers the finest technology for securely searching both business
objects and file attachments within a MatrixOne environment. Verity
K2E's real-time indexing capability enables users to search and
retrieve this information as soon as it is created or modified.
Verity's Parametric Selection feature also permits users to quickly
sort and filter information by selecting pre-set parameters, which
enables users to accurately locate relevant content. Verity's
flexible content classification capabilities permit organization of
large amount of diverse information into relevant taxonomies or
'views.' Verity K2E also supports multiple languages to allow
global organizations using the MatrixOne solutions to index,
classify, searchand retrieve information in more than 70 business
languages. The Verity K2E/MatrixOne integration is immediately
available for all MatrixOne users. About Connexion by Boeing
Connexion by Boeing, recipient of the 2003 World Travel Award for
World's Leading High-Speed Internet Services Provider, brings
broadband Internet, data and entertainment connectivity to
travelers. The Boeing business unit recently announced a high-speed
connectivity solution for the business aviation market, and
definitive service agreements with Lufthansa, Scandinavian Airlines
System, ANA and Japan Airlines to equip their long-haul aircraft
with the mobile connectivity service. In addition, Singapore
Airlines, China Airlines and Kingdom Holding Co. have announced
their intent to install the Connexion by Boeing system on their
long-range aircraft. For information about the Connexion by Boeing
service, visit http://www.connexionbyboeing.com/. For general
information, visit http://www.boeing.com/connexion. About MatrixOne
MatrixOne, Inc. is a recognized leader in delivering collaborative
Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions. The company provides
flexible solutions that unleash the creative power of global value
chains to inspire innovations and speed them to market. MatrixOne's
customers include global leaders in the aerospace and defense,
automotive, consumer products, high technology, life sciences,
machinery, and the process industries, including Agilent
Technologies, General Electric, Honda, Johnson Controls, Philips,
Procter & Gamble, Siemens and Toshiba. MatrixOne (
http://www.matrixone.com/ ) is headquartered in Westford,
Massachusetts with locations throughout North America, Europe, and
Asia/Pacific. About the vdR Group The Group is a 17-year-old
software development and systems integration firm focused
exclusively on providing solutions for the Product Data
Management/Product Lifecycle Management (PDM/PLM) market space.
Since 1997, the Group has partnered with MatrixOne to deliver
enterprise application integrations (EAI) for the MatrixOne
solutions. To date, there are several in- production product
integrations that connect MatrixOne solutions with several CAD
systems, Documentum, eRoom, OpenText, and Telelogic's DOORS. As one
of MatrixOne's original partners, the Group has developed
exceptional expertise with the MatrixOne product line and a unique
perspective of user needs and issues. As a developer of various
commercially released products, the Group has established software
development practices, testing and QA methodologies and
documentation standards required of MatrixOne and other partners.
In addition to software development, the Group is involved in the
deployment and support of its products. This combination has
allowed the Group to bring a combination of high quality product,
support and services to over 10,000 users worldwide. For general
information, visit http://www.vdr.com/. About Verity Headquartered
in Sunnyvale, Calif., Verity provides software solutions that
enable organizations to maximize the return on their intellectual
capital investment by utilizing Verity's industry-leading
enterprise search, classification and personalization technologies.
Verity software is used for sharing information within and
betweenenterprises; for facilitating e-commerce sales; and for B2B
activities on Web-based market exchanges. In addition, Verity
technology serves as a core component of many leading e-business
applications. Verity products are used by more than 3,500
organizations in the private and public sectors. Customers include
Adobe Systems, AT&T, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Cisco, Cap Gemini
Ernst & Young, Documentum (EMC), Dow Jones, EDGAR Online,
Financial Times, H-P, Home Depot, Lotus, META Group, SAP, Siemens,
Stellent, Sybase, Time New Media and Timex. For more information,
contact Verity at or at World Wide Web site http://www.verity.com/
or call 408-541-1500. The statements in this press release
regarding the benefits that Verity expects its customers will
receive from the Verity K2 Enterprise/MatrixOne integration are
forward-looking statements. These statements are subject to risks
and uncertainties, including the risk that: the benefits may not be
obtained due to technical or other reasons; and the structure of
certain customers' organizations may not be conducive to realizing
these benefits. These and other risks relating to Verity and its
business and products are set forth under the caption "Risk
Factors" in Item 2 of Verity's Form 10-Q filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on January 9, 2004. MatrixOne Safe Harbor
Statement: Forward-looking statements in this release are subject
to risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual results to
differ materially from those anticipated. Such statements may
relate, among other things, to our plans, objectives and expected
financial and operating results. The risks and uncertainties that
may affect forward-looking statements include, among others: poor
product sales, long sales cycles, difficulty developing new
products, difficulty in relationships with vendors and partners,
higher risk in international operations, difficulty assimilating
future acquisitions, difficulty managing rapid growth, and
increased competition. For more about the risks and uncertainties
of our business, see our periodic and other S.E.C. filings. NOTE:
Verity and the Verity logo are registered trademarks or trademarks
of Verity, Inc. MatrixOne and the MatrixOne logo are registered
trademarks and Collaborative Product Lifecycle Management Solutions
for the Value Chain and Matrix 10 are trademarks of MatrixOne, Inc.
All other trademarks and service marks are the property of their
respective owners. DATASOURCE: Verity Inc.; MatrixOne Inc. CONTACT:
Winifred Shum of Verity, Inc., +1-408-542-2363, or ; or Charlie
Guyer of MatrixOne, Inc., +1-978-589-4052, or ; or Dave Wolfe of
vdR Group, +1-714-921-9300, ; or Steve Hoechster of ElsterGroup,
+1-646-495-5401, or +1-914-393-9219, or Web site:
http://www.connexionbyboeing.com/ Web site:
http://www.boeing.com/connexion Web site: http://www.vdr.com/ Web
site: http://www.matrixone.com/ Web site: http://www.verity.com/
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