Geometric Software Chooses netGuru's eReview
For Its PLM Solutions
YORBA LINDA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 4, 2003--Web4, a division
of netGuru Inc. (Nasdaq:NGRU),
and a provider of enterprise collaborative commerce solutions, today
announced that Geometric Software Solutions (Geometric), a leading
provider of product lifecycle management (PLM) solutions for the
mechanical design, manufacturing and industrial markets has chosen Web4's
eReview to enhance Geometric's product offerings.
Geometric will license Web4's core two-dimensional (2D) viewing, markup
and real-time collaboration technology, eReview, and integrate it into
Geometric's visualization package called CollabView.
By integrating eReview's market-leading real-time collaboration
technology, Geometric will offer a new collaboration suite to document
management companies worldwide looking to embed a visualization and markup
solution in their workflow management system.
Geometric has been offering Computer Aided Design (CAD) and PLM
integration services and technology to leading software vendors such as
MSC.Software, Electronic Data Systems and Autodesk. eReview's platform
agnostic real-time viewing and markup system, will enable Geometric to
extend its own collaboration framework and offer a seamless integration
between document vaulting, retrieving and viewing of any 2D or
three-dimensional (3D) CAD files.
Sandeep Kulkarni, head of Collaborative Engineering Services at
Geometric said, "During our long and complementary relationship with
netGuru and Web4, Geometric has focused on building 3D
visualization/collaboration technology through CollabView, Geometric's
reusable product framework. Web4 has been doing the same for 2D
visualization/collaboration through its eReview.
"We found Web4 to be the best partner to offer a complete solution to
our customers by extending CollabView's format support to include a wide
range of 2D CAD data, graphics and document formats, through Web4's
eReview."
Commenting on the transaction, Amrit Das, chairman & CEO of netGuru
said: "We are very pleased that Geometric chose to embed our viewing
technology within its PLM solutions. Geometric has the expertise and
footprint in the collaborative engineering market and relationships with
several document management companies around the world. We believe eReview
will greatly enhance Geometric's product and service offerings."
About eReview
eReview, the industry's leading collaborative software product of Web4,
a division of netGuru, offers a one-to-many model of collaboration, moving
one step ahead of the traditional peer-to-peer model. The software
requires only one server-based installation without the need for any
installation on client machines. eReview is also platform agnostic in that
it can seamlessly and simultaneously run on multiple operating systems
such as Windows, MAC or UNIX.
Furthermore, eReview has the capability to read native file formats
without the need for original applications on either the client or server
machines. Incorporating powerful new features such as 3D model viewing,
and compatibility with more than 150 2D file formats and Microsoft Office
documents, eReview 4.0 offers state-of-the-art desktop application sharing
and Web-based collaboration via textual chat, voice and video
conferencing.
eReview is a valuable tool enabling a shorter product development
lifecycle and therefore a quicker deployment for the packaging,
manufacturing and A/E/C sectors. eReview's current clients include Agilent
Technologies, CNH Global, Paxonix, LG, Constructware, eBuild, Tata
Consulting Services and Tejari.com. For more information about eReview and
Web4, visit http://www10.aeccafe.com/goto.php?http://www.netguru.com.
About Geometric Software Solutions
Geometric Software Solutions (Geometric) specializes in offering
end-to-end PLM solutions for the global mechanical design, manufacturing
and industrial markets. Geometric provides innovative technologies,
products and services in the areas of CAD/CAM/CAE/PDM and Collaborative
Engineering and offers the best value in PLM solutions, delivered through
a network of local partners. Geometric employs more than 500 software
professionals.
Geometric's partnerships with major PLM vendors such as Dassault,
Electronic Data Systems, MatrixOne, etc. gives Geometric the unique
advantage of providing cost-effective solutions on leading PLM platforms.
In addition to its U.S. sales headquarters in Merrimack, N.H. Geometric
has sales offices in Germany, India, Singapore and Japan. Geometric is
traded on both the Bombay and National stock exchanges in India. For more
information about Geometric, visit http://www10.aeccafe.com/goto.php?http://www.geometricsoftware.com.
About netGuru
netGuru (http://www10.aeccafe.com/goto.php?http://www.netguru.com)
is an integrated information technology and services company. netGuru's
services and solutions consist of:
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Engineering and collaborative software products and services for
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Information technology services; and |
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Web-based telecommunication and travel services.
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netGuru has offices in the United States, India, the United Kingdom,
France, Germany and Singapore and distributors in 40 countries. The
company currently licenses its software products to more than 19,000
businesses, with 47,000 installations and 160,000 users in more than 85
countries.
Safe Harbor Statement Under the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995
With the exception of historical information, the matters discussed in
this news release including, in particular, the company's ability to
achieve rapid growth in the collaborative product commerce business are
forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and
uncertainties. The actual future results of the netGuru could differ from
those statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to such
differences include, but are not limited to, the company's ability to
continue revenue growth and technological innovation despite worldwide
economic conditions, changes in governmental regulations and policies, the
emergence of competitive products and services, unforeseen technical
issues and those factors contained in the "Risk Factors" Section of
netGuru's Form 10-KSB, as amended, for the fiscal year ended March 31,
2002.
CONTACT: netGuru Inc., Yorba Linda
Jyoti Chatterjee, 714/974-2500, ext. 214
E-mail: jyoti@netguru.com
or
Ben Parikh, 714/974-2500, ext. 216
E-mail: bparikh@netguru.com