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Oracle Offers Integrated Design Tools with Agile PLM Solution

12 Dec, 2007

Company adds Perception Software's EDAConnect to Agile PLM suite, connecting electronic systems and integrated circuit design tools from Cadence and Mentor Graphics to the PLM environment.


Perception Software, a member of the Oracle PartnerNetwork, has announced that its EDAConnect integration solution will be available as part of Oracle's Agile product lifecycle management (PLM) suite. According to the company, Oracle will offer EDAConnect through its worldwide sales force and provide product support through its international support center.

EDAConnect connects electronic systems and integrated circuit design tools from Cadence and Mentor Graphics with Oracle's Agile PLM environment. Within the EDA environment, engineers can perform design check-in/check-out, design archiving and searching, bill of materials extractions, comparisons and publishing, design file viewing, and library metadata synchronization.

"Oracle is pleased to offer Perception's EDAConnect capabilities to our customers," said Hardeep Gulati, Oracle's vice-president of product strategy, PLM, and PIM applications. "In today's world, electronics is a critical and growing component of product content across industry verticals. Companies using MCAD-based PDM systems continue to struggle in managing electronics product information. Now with deeper integration capabilities to EDA design environments, Oracle is furthering our differentiation as the leading enterprise PLM solution with comprehensive capabilities for all engineering and enterprise stakeholders."