ANSYS Releases Engineering Knowledge Manager 2.0

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ANSYS EKM Simplifies Simulation Information Backup and Archiving,       Shortening Time to Market and Protecting Critical Intellectual Property

   
SOUTHPOINTE, Pa., Nov 11, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- ANSYS, Inc. (NASDAQ: ANSS), a global innovator of simulation software       and technologies designed to optimize product development processes,       today announced the release of ANSYS(R) Engineering Knowledge       Manager(TM) (ANSYS(R) EKM(TM)) 2.0, a product       focused on simulation process and data management (SPDM). The solution       set addresses some real-world challenges that engineers face, such as       how to better manage, share and reuse simulation data as well as how to       capture the engineering expertise that a simulation result represents.       ANSYS EKM 2.0 offers a number of significant enhancements that simplify       and speed up work, especially for remote teams that hand off data to       each other as part of collaborative design. By managing simulation data       and processes using ANSYS EKM technology, companies can more effectively       leverage the full power of simulation along with the tremendous       expertise of the analysts and engineers who contribute to the process.       The ultimate result is shortened time to market and protection of       valuable intellectual property.
ANSYS EKM software is a web-based solution with extensive capabilities       for archival and management of simulation data, traceability and audit       trail, advanced search and retrieval, report generation and simulation       comparison, process/workflow automation, collaboration tools, and       capture and deployment of best practices. Release 2.0 enhancements allow       for smarter and faster file transfer between remote locations and the       ability to run simulation jobs remotely using job submission systems,       such as RSM, LSF, SGE and compute clusters. A new addition to the suite       is ANSYS EKM Studio, an intuitive graphical system for quickly and       easily defining simulation workflows that can be used for dynamic       engineering simulation collaboration. ANSYS EKM 2.0 also offers a new       scripting interface that enables the creating and publishing of custom       applications templates that can then be accessed by users over the       internet. This enables the capturing of simulation expertise for       deployment throughout the engineering organization.
"Managing product data is a specialized subset of the broader product       lifecycle management (PLM) vision, and it presents a whole new set of       challenges to organizations that engineer products," said Michael       Engelman, vice president, business development, ANSYS, Inc. "Engineers       are interested in spending less time handling data and more time       focusing on true product development efforts. As companies look for       increased productivity in all aspects of their simulation activities,       they start asking 'How do we better manage and share the voluminous       simulation data that is being generated? How do we better capture the       engineering expertise that the simulation results represent?' ANSYS EKM       software helps organizations get the right data to the right person at       the right time. This is a process that is now essential to successful       product/process development in today's global competitive environment."
The ANSYS EKM portfolio is a scalable solution including Desktop,       Workgroup and Enterprise versions designed to meet these varying needs       and differing levels of deployment while providing a growth path from       the desktop to the enterprise. Release 2.0 also offers improvements       including automated metadata extraction and report generation for use       with other CAE formats, tighter integration with ANSYS(R)       Workbench(TM) project files for performing what-if studies,       extended change configuration with branching and versioning, and a new       analysis project type that allows users to easily track input and result       dependencies for simulation files. The software is tightly integrated       with other products in the broad ANSYS multiphysics suite.
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