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<title>admin on "MSC Software aquires Network Analysis Inc."</title>
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<description>&#60;p&#62;SANTA ANA, Calif. - MSC.Software (NASDAQ: MSCS), the leading global provider of enterprise simulation solutions, including simulation software and services, expands its world-class thermal solution portfolio through its acquisition of Arizona-based Network Analysis, Inc. (NAI), a global innovator of thermal simulation software and the developers of the SINDA/G(TM) advanced thermal modeling software.  The NAI acquisition by MSC.Software comes complete with all of NAIâ€™s expert technical staff, allowing continuity of NAIâ€™s business while concurrently complementing MSC.Softwareâ€™s world-class development organization.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;SINDA/G is a robust, trusted thermal design system comprised of a proven thermal solver that can quickly solve large complex nonlinear thermal models involving temperature-dependent thermal properties, radiation and orthotropic material properties.  SINDA/G also comes with specialty connections to major thermal radiation codes such as THERMICA, NEVADA, TRASYS, TSS and NAI's fast new radiation solver SINDARad enabling critical orbital heating effects to be included in satellite simulations that can be chained with subsequent thermal/stress predictions.  In addition, SINDA/G comes with plug-in capabilities to enable seamless integration into existing thermal modeling environments, allowing transparent access to SINDA/Gâ€™s advanced thermal capabilities and automatic synchronization between the finite element and network thermal representations of a given system.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;When combined with MSC.Softwareâ€™s flagship thermal management solutions such P/Thermal, Marc thermal and Nastran thermal, the SINDA/G thermal solutions solidifies MSC.Softwareâ€™s ability to serve multi-billion dollar market segments including jet engines.  Furthermore, the MSC.Software-NAI synergies opens access to broader thermal management markets such as mechatronics and electronics cooling, as well as re-emerging markets such as commercial and defense satellites which has been invigorated  by office-in-the-sky airborne internet and Homeland Security needs.   NAIâ€™s proven advanced thermal solutions complement MSC.Softwareâ€™s CFD initiative and accelerate MSC.Softwareâ€™s realization of scalable, high-confidence, Multi-Disciplinary simulations for complex systems. &#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;â€œMSC.Software is committed to providing our customers with consistent product development excellence,â€ said Bill Weyand, CEO of MSC.Software. â€œThe acquisition of Network Analysis provides our customers with innovative thermal capabilities for advanced simulations involving complex thermal environments such as jet engines and orbiting satellites. It complements MSC.Software's solutions for thermal-stress analysis in aerospace, automotive and electronics applications.&#34;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;â€œNetwork Analysis customers will benefit from the breadth of the MSC.Software product suite, ensuring continued technology access and development,â€ said Ron Behee, President of Network Analysis. â€œWe are committed to a seamless and timely transition for NAIâ€™s customers.â€ &#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;About Network Analysis, Inc.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;Network Analysis, Inc. (NAI) was founded in 1982 to develop, market and support thermal analysis software. Building on the foundation laid by its founder Jerry Gaski, NAI continues to extend the capabilities of SINDA/G through innovative development under the leadership of its president, Ron Behee. Working closely with such major customers as Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Hamilton Sundstrand, Raytheon and major NASA centers, NAI markets its products worldwide in over 25 countries and is headquartered in the Stellar Airpark, 4151 W. Lindbergh Way, Chandler, AZ 85226.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;About MSC.Software Corporation&#60;br /&#62;
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 1100 people in 23 countries. For additional information about MSC.Software's products and services, please visit &#60;a href=&#34;http://www.mscsoftware.com&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&#62;http://www.mscsoftware.com&#60;/a&#62;.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;Safe Harbor Language&#60;br /&#62;
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.&#60;br /&#62;
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.&#60;br /&#62;
The MSC.Software corporate logo, Adams, Dytran, Easy5, Laminate Modeler, Marc, MD Adams, MD Nastran, MD Patran, Mentat, MSC, MSC MasterKey, MSC Nastran, Mvision, Patran, SimDesigner, SimEnterprise, SimManager, SimOffice, SimTemplate, SimXpert and Sofy are trademarks or registered trademarks of the MSC.Software Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. NASTRAN is a registered trademark of NASA. All other trademarks belong to their respective owners.
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<pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2007 07:03:39 +0000</pubDate>
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<description>&#60;p&#62;Multi-Discipline Solution Selected to Increase Product Innovation and Improve Process Efficiency.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;SANTA ANA, Calif. -  MSC.Software (NASDAQ: MSCS), the leading global provider of enterprise simulation solutions including simulation software and services, today announced that automotive manufacturer Audi AG has standardized on the company's multidiscipline solver, MD Nastran, as their standard technology for vehicle simulation. More than 100 installations of MD Nastran will be deployed throughout Audi design and development sites during 2007 and early 2008.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;The current announcement follows a successful historical use of MSC.Software's engineering product solutions, most notably MSC.Nastran and Adams. More recently Audi has worked with MSC.Software to develop the CAEBench system, a full simulation management environment built around the company's SimManager Enterprise. By selecting MD Nastran, Audi is targeting improvements in both design innovation and efficiency, ultimately producing benefits in both quality and cost. The implementation of MD Nastran within Audi's managed simulation environment will also ensure efficient and verifiable data and process control.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#34;Audi has a &#34;Vorsprung durch Technik (Progression through Technology)&#34; philosophy that has allowed us to build a reputation for introducing innovation and technological advances to the motor industry,&#34; said Dr. Michael Holzner, Manager CAX Methods of Audi. &#34;With increasing requirements for a variety of linear, nonlinear and dynamic analyses, MD Nastran's comprehensive simulation capability is a critical component in this process.&#34;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#34;MD Nastran is rapidly becoming the de-facto simulation technology for automotive OEMs and their suppliers&#34;, said Amir Mobayen, Senior Vice President, MSC.Software EMEA Operations. &#34;We are proud to have a strong Strategic Alliance partnership with Audi, and we are confident that together we can deliver the software solutions and support infrastructure to meet their efficiency and quality objectives.&#34;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;MD Nastran builds on MSC.Software's heritage of providing leading FE and MBS solvers for linear, nonlinear, and dynamic applications, and is the solution technology at the center of the company's new SimEnterprise portfolio. By combining the most common simulation types into a single integrated data model, MD Nastran allows manufacturers to more efficiently address a broad set of multi-disciplinary engineering applications. Traditionally such analysis would be performed using a linked series of analyses, with manual or a limited automatic connectivity. The MD approach addresses multidisciplinary applications in a fully combined solution, therefore eliminating the need for re-modeling and transfer of data, and hence reduces the potential for error. The MD system architecture also enables new levels of solution optimization, thereby creating faster simulations with higher accuracy and more reliability than was previously possible.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;In addition to the technology benefits, customers with existing MSC.Software installations can also take advantage of the Enterprise Advantage licensing system, allowing them to incrementally adopt the new MD and SimEnterprise technology while fully preserving their historic investments.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;More information regarding MSC's products and services can be found at &#60;a href=&#34;http://www.mscsoftware.com&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&#62;http://www.mscsoftware.com&#60;/a&#62;.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;About MSC.Software Corporation&#60;br /&#62;
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 1100 people in 23 countries. For additional information about MSC.Software's products and services, please visit &#60;a href=&#34;http://www.mscsoftware.com&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&#62;http://www.mscsoftware.com&#60;/a&#62;.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;About Audi&#60;br /&#62;
Originally formed in 1899, Audi is one of Germany's oldest automotive manufacturers. In 1932 Auto Union AG was formed by the amalgamation of the Audi, DKW, Horch and Wanderer marques, with the resulting company adopting the now famous &#34;four rings&#34; emblem to symbolise the new union. At the time it manufactured the widest range of passenger vehicles that the German industry could offer - from motorcycles to luxury saloon cars. AUDI AG is an international developer and manufacturer of high-quality and innovative cars. In 2006, the company achieved record revenue of 31.1 billion euros and sold almost 905,000 vehicles. The current model range comprises the A3, A4, A6 and A8 model lines, the innovative SUV Audi Q7 and the TT sports car in individually varying body, equipment and additional sports versions. Audi extended its range in 2007 with the supersportscar Audi R8 and the Audi A5. The company has set itself lofty goals for the future: Audi aims to sell a million cars worldwide for the first time in 2008. The brand has its sights set extremely high: Audi intends to become the leading manufacturer in the premium segment. Even today, Audi's great potential is reflected in renowned opinion polls and important awards. Audi is based in Ingolstadt and Neckarsulm in Germany, Audi also have production sites in Belgium, Hungary and China. Audi also have interests, and a notable heritage, in Motorsport, from rallying and touring cars to the pioneering success of the diesel powered RD10 TDI at Le Mans in 2006.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;Safe Harbor Language&#60;br /&#62;
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.&#60;br /&#62;
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.&#60;br /&#62;
The MSC.Software corporate logo, Adams, Dytran, Easy5, Laminate Modeler, Marc, MD Adams, MD Nastran, MD Patran, Mentat, MSC, MSC MasterKey, MSC Nastran, Mvision, Patran, SimDesigner, SimEnterprise, SimManager, SimOffice, SimTemplate, SimXpert and Sofy are trademarks or registered trademarks of the MSC.Software Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. NASTRAN is a registered trademark of NASA. All other trademarks belong to their respective owners.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;Contact:&#60;br /&#62;
Jennifer Brannon&#60;br /&#62;
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(714) 445-3119&#60;br /&#62;
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<title>admin on "MSC.Software Corporation Wins IBM Information Management Award for Information M"</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2007 07:02:02 +0000</pubDate>
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<description>&#60;p&#62;MSC.Software's Simulation Data Solution Delivers Immediate Return on Investment&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;SANTA ANA, Calif. - November 5, 2007 - MSC.Software (NASDAQ: MSCS), the leading global provider of enterprise simulation solutions including simulation software and services, has been named winner of the &#34;Information Management Solution Excellence&#34; award in the annual IBM Information Management Awards competition, recognizing IBM Information Management Business Partners for their demonstrated excellence in delivering exceptional business value for Information Management software.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;MSC.Software's winning solution, SimManager Enterprise is an enterprise-level software product that is designed to allow global businesses to greatly speed design and development while providing the functionality that allows organizations to efficiently create, manage and re-use simulation data. SimManager allows companies to execute, control, share and extend engineering analysis processes and  all related data for  their products both internally and externally into the supply chain.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;SimManager Enterprise revolutionizes the way engineering teams can access and work with simulation processes and data, sharing associated information across the extended enterprise for collaboration as well as improved audit trails and comparative analysis. With SimEnterprise, product development stakeholders, regardless of application preference or global location can easily collaborate and manage simulation and simulation-based design information to accelerate product development in a highly cost-efficient manner.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#34;Our partners are critical to the success of IBM's Information on Demand initiative and we are delighted to recognize this group of leaders with the 2007 Information Management Business Partner Awards,&#34; said Robert D. Thomas, vice president, Business Development, IBM Information Management. &#34;We look forward to continuing our collaboration with all of our partners, because their solutions and deep expertise provide superior business value to our joint clients.&#34;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#34;This is the second time this year that our industry-leading simulation solutions have been recognized by esteemed IBM awards,&#34; said Frank Kovacs, vice president, strategic business development, MSC.Software. &#34;Earlier this year, we were honored to receive the Beacon Award for Global Solutions, Best Industry Solution and are so pleased that IBM recognizes how SimManager Enterprise addresses manufacturers increasing time to market and right to market pressures, by providing these businesses with the ability to manage simulation process execution and data for true multidiscipline problems with reliable performance predictions that reduce the need for physical prototypes and provide more accurate and complete results.&#34;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;About MSC.Software&#60;br /&#62;
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 1100 people in 23 countries. For additional information about MSC.Software's products and services, please visit &#60;a href=&#34;http://www.mscsoftware.com&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&#62;http://www.mscsoftware.com&#60;/a&#62;.&#60;/p&#62;
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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.&#60;br /&#62;
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.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;The MSC.Software corporate logo, Adams, Dytran, Easy5, Laminate Modeler, Marc, MD Adams, MD Nastran, MD Patran, Mentat, MSC, MSC MasterKey, MSC Nastran, Mvision, Patran, SimDesigner, SimEnterprise, SimManager, SimOffice, SimTemplate, SimXpert and Sofy are trademarks or registered trademarks of the MSC.Software Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. NASTRAN is a registered trademark of NASA. All other trademarks belong to their respective owners.&#60;/p&#62;
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(714) 445-3119&#60;br /&#62;
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<title>admin on "Airbus Selects MSC.Softwareâ€™s SimXpert"</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2007 08:35:07 +0000</pubDate>
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<description>&#60;p&#62;New Automated Simulation Processes are Being Introduced Throughout Airbusâ€™ European Sites in Order to Significantly Enhance Design Quality and Engineering Productivity  &#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;SANTA ANA, Calif. â€“ October 16, 2007 - MSC.Software (NASDAQ: MSCS), the leading global provider of enterprise simulation solutions, including simulation software and services, today announced that Airbus has selected its SimXpert solution to drive ambitious design and process improvement on commercial aircraft development. Building on a strong historical relationship, this latest agreement establishes SimXpert as a new foundation technology at Airbus sites across Europe. &#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62; MSC.Software has been a strategic supplier to Airbus for many years with the companyâ€™s core engineering products in wide use in France, Germany, Spain and the UK. This new agreement builds upon the existing environment, consolidating the solutions already in place, and adding new technologies from MSC.Softwareâ€™s SimEnterprise, most notably SimXpert. Central to the adoption of new technology is Airbusâ€™ aim to significantly reduce development time and improve quality in the pre-design phase of airframe development. &#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;The solution provided by MSC.Software consists of multiple installations of SimXpert, together with customized solution templates for the wing and fuselage sections. The new solution will be implemented across Airbusâ€™ European sites by the end of the year.  Reduced modelling and solution time, optimized structural performance, and process quality improvements are just some of the benefits that MSC.Softwareâ€™s solutions will contribute toward these objectives. &#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;Further program extensions anticipate the additional use of SimXpert in the detailed design phase of new aircraft development. The new solution environment will be administered using MSC.Softwareâ€™s Enterprise Advantage (EA) licensing system, a flexible means of solution access which preserves historic investments and provides continuity between MSC.Softwareâ€™s engineering products and the new enterprise solutions.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;â€œThe unified adoption of SimXpert by Airbus sends an important message to the aerospace industry, confirming the market readiness for our next generation simulation technology,â€ said Amir Mobayen, senior vice president, MSC.Software EMEA Operations. â€œThe ability of SimXpert to capture and share automated best-practices is opening previously undiscovered areas of simulation methods and process improvement. This is a key commercial benefit in driving productivity and quality gains through the aerospace supply chain.â€ &#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;About SimXpert&#60;br /&#62;
SimXpert is MSC.Softwareâ€™s next-generation CAE solution that enables manufacturers to accelerate the speed and accuracy of simulation, increase design productivity, and bring better products to market faster. Designed exclusively for dedicated analysts, SimXpert is built around MSC.Softwareâ€™s multidiscipline (MD) core solver set, effectively combining all of the most common FE solutions into a single analysis framework built upon a common data model. The SimXpert interface comprises interchangeable workspaces (including Structures, Motion, Thermal, and Explicit) each designed to efficiently guide the analyst through the modelling set-up, solution submission, and results interpretation for the chosen application. Further modelling efficiencies are achieved through native CAD interoperability and full associativity of the CAD and FEM geometries. The SimTemplate Studio also allows SimXpert users to capture, share, and reuse all stages of the simulation process, from modelling, solution, and pre/post processing to results manipulation and report generation, thereby mobilizing the inherent design intellect, and promoting consistency and best-practice throughout the design stakeholders. SimXpert is also fully operational with SimManager, thereby enhancing existing PLM environments with a process and data management uniquely dedicated to simulation requirements.     &#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;About MSC.Software Corporation&#60;br /&#62;
 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 1100 people in 23 countries. For additional information about MSC.Software's products and services, please visit &#60;a href=&#34;http://www.mscsoftware.com&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&#62;http://www.mscsoftware.com&#60;/a&#62;  &#60;a href=&#34;http://www.mscsoftware.com/&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&#62;http://www.mscsoftware.com/&#60;/a&#62; .
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<title>admin on "MSC.Software ENTERS the COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS (CFD) marketspace"</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2007 06:33:32 +0000</pubDate>
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<description>&#60;p&#62;MSC.Software ENTERS the COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS (CFD) marketspace with the acquisition of Pioneer Solutions, Inc.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;SimEnterprise Multidiscipline Enterprise Simulation Expanded to Include CFD &#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;SANTA ANA, Calif. â€“ August 7, 2007 - MSC.Software (NASDAQ: MSCS), the leading global provider of enterprise simulation solutions, including simulation software and services, today announced the acquisition of pioneerSOLUTIONS, Inc.  Through this acquisition and the SimEnterprise open SOA, MSC.Software is able to deliver to its customers, an all-inclusive platform for multidiscipline simulation including fluids, structures, thermal, acoustics, motion and mechatronics. Through its Open CFD approach MSC.Software is now positioned to be the first company to deliver an all-in-one common user environment through the SimEnterprise simulation platform that covers fluids applications such as fluid flow, heat transfer, aerodynamics, climate control, chemical mixing, and fluid structures interaction (FSI).&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;â€œMSC.Software is pleased to announce this strategic acquisition as we enter the CFD marketplace with our Open CFD solution,â€ said Bill Weyand, chief executive officer for MSC.Software.  â€œToday there are over 40 CFD solver tools in the market, creating separate models for CFD.  This is an outdated and costly approach.  Customers want to be able to work with CFD in a single, multidiscipline environment, with a common and consistent work environment across all the disciplines, enabling them to drive innovative products to market faster.â€&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;â€œWe are very excited to join the MSC.Software team and committed to bring pioneerSOLUTIONSâ€™ passion for simulation based design and abstract modeling to the SimEnterprise products,â€ said Bruce Webster, founder and CEO of pioneerSOLUTIONS.  â€œFluidConnection, our innovative OpenCFD product, fits perfectly into MSC.Softwareâ€™s SimEnterprise strategy complementing its simulation based design paradigm with abstract modeling for CFD. This combination will not only extend SimEnterprise to be CFD compliant, but will do so in ways that MSC.Softwareâ€™s customers will have unprecedented ease of use, reuse, flexibility and choice.  This acquisition is a win/win for us, our customers and the CAE/PLM community at large.â€&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62; â€œThe acquisition of pioneerSOLUTIONS by MSC.Software is great news,â€ said Jose Nazario, Senior Technical Specialist, John Deere.  â€œWe have successfully used FluidConnection for years to automate our development process and CFD simulations.  FluidConnection becoming integrated into the advanced SimEnterprise environment will open a variety of multi-disciplinary solutions important to reliably predict our productsâ€™ performance for different environments.  We look forward to the extended capabilities of FluidConnection and SimEnterprise.â€&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62; â€œRealizing a revolutionary idea like our Magenn Air Rotor System (MARS) family of lighter-than-air wind turbines represents many challengesâ€ explains Mac Brown, CEO of Magenn Power Inc.  â€œThrough the employment of FluidConnection for CFD analysis, one reusable Abstract Model allows us to very efficiently and economically investigate the performance of various design alternatives and turbine sizes.  A combination of FluidConnection and SimEnterprise will enable advanced multidiscipline simulations for comprehensive virtual tests.â€&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;This best in class approach to CFD breaks the commonly used approach of disconnected one-off CFD analysis and leverages SimXpert and SimEnterprise investments of common data model, common user environment, knowledge capture and re-use, and multidiscipline enabled solutions. Pioneerâ€™s FluidConnection, already proven in major automotive, commercial and heavy machinery applications and recognized as a best practice by industry leaders, is deliverable now in SimEnterprise, and as a SimXpert workspace in early 2008.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62; â€œMSC.Software continues its leadership role in enterprise simulation by making strategic acquisitions, such as this one, and providing a CFD simulation environment that works with multiple industry-preferred commercial and custom CFD solvers through an open CFD approach,â€ said Frank Kovacs, vice president, strategy &#38;#38; business development. â€œCombination of MSC and pioneerSOLUTIONS technology and talents will provide the market with a compelling integrated platform for true multidisciplinary simulation.â€&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;About MSC.Software Corporation&#60;br /&#62;
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 1100 people in 23 countries. For additional information about MSC.Software's products and services, please visit &#60;a href=&#34;http://www.mscsoftware.com&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&#62;http://www.mscsoftware.com&#60;/a&#62; .&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;About pioneerSOLUTIONS&#60;br /&#62;
pioneerSOLUTIONS' business activities consist of software tools and services that accelerate the product development processes of manufacturing companies.  With the introduction of Simulation Based Design principles enabling early and repeated virtual tests through automated procedures, our products and services have demonstrated the ability to make our customersâ€™ development processes significantly more efficient.  pioneerSOLUTIONS' offerings address fast growing customer needs to save development costs and significantly reduce risk and time to market.  The added benefit of automatically capturing valuable engineering know-how facilitates re-use of best practices. For more information, visit the pioneerSOLUTIONS web site at &#60;a href=&#34;http://pioneersol.com&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&#62;http://pioneersol.com&#60;/a&#62;.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;For more information about John Deere, visit &#60;a href=&#34;http://johndeere.com&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&#62;http://johndeere.com&#60;/a&#62;.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;For more information about Magenn Power Inc., visit &#60;a href=&#34;http://www.magenn.com/index.php&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&#62;http://www.magenn.com/index.php&#60;/a&#62;.
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