SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
6-K
REPORT
OF
FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT
TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 OF
THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Report
on
Form 6-K dated January 24, 2008
Commission
File No. 0-28578
DASSAULT
SYSTEMES S.A.
(Name
of
Registrant)
9,
Quai Marcel Dassault, B.P. 310, 92156 Suresnes Cedex, France
(Address
of Principal Executive Offices)
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ENCLOSURES:
Dassault
Systemes S.A. is furnishing under cover of Form 6-K a press release dated
January 24, 2008, announcing the unveiling of PLM 2.0 on V6
Platform.
Dassault
Systèmes Unveils PLM 2.0 on V6 Platform
First
Customers Experiencing Value of
PLM
Online for All with V6
Suresnes,
France, January 24, 2008- Dassault
Systèmes (DS) (Nasdaq: DASTY; Euronext Paris: #13065, DSY.PA), a world leader
in
3D and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, today announced PLM
2.0 and
its new V6 platform. PLM 2.0 - PLM online for all, is a 3D online environment
for everybody to experience products virtually where all user interactions
generate Intellectual Property (IP). V6 is DS’s next generation platform for PLM
2.0.
“PLM
2.0
is to PLM what Web 2.0 is to the Web, harnessing collective intelligence
from
online communities. Any user can imagine, share and experience products in
the
universal language of 3D. PLM 2.0 brings knowledge, from idea to product
experience (IP), to life. It merges the real and virtual in an immersive
lifelike experience,” explains Bernard Charlès, president and CEO, Dassault
Systèmes. “With V6, IP can be put to use immediately via ‘networked’ PLM
solutions, so that anybody can ‘test drive’ a virtual product in the real
world.”
“Online
collaboration and content authoring is critical for our business. Working
globally around the clock is necessary in today’s business climate. V6 enables
people to work together concurrently in real time via a simple Web connection.
The 3D interface and user experience make it easy for anybody to participate
in
the product lifecycle - designers, supply chain, or end customers. This improves
our ability to innovate for our customers rapidly and efficiently,” says Walter
Knoblauch, PLM manager, Schuler.
“V6
delivers a single PLM platform for all PLM business processes, available
to
anybody anywhere, spanning engineering groups, business and end users. V6
also
gives intelligent access to all IP no matter the data source location, with
MatrixOne technology built into the foundation. V6 is an open platform,
embracing SOA standards and rapid to deploy,” explains Dominique Florack, senior
executive vice president, Products - R&D, Dassault Systèmes.
V6
values
match customers’ requirements for their PLM strategies:
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Single
PLM platform for IP management:
V6
supports modeling applications spanning all engineering disciplines
and
Collaborative Business Processes (CBP) including end user experiences,
through the product lifecycle.
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Global
collaborative innovation:
PLM’s future is about expanded collaboration amongst all players, so
that
they can bring together Requirements, Functional, Logical and Physical
(RFLP) definitions of the product.
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Online
creation and collaboration:
V6
is enabled for real time, concurrent work, across multiple locations
via a
simple Web connection. This is critical for companies implementing
global
engineering and manufacturing
strategies.
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Lifelike
experience:
V6’s interface is intuitive - any user can easily find and search
information, communicate, collaborate and experience products in
3D online
- mimicking what would happen in the real
world.
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Ready-to-use
PLM business processes:
V6
unifies engineering and enterprise processes including program
and
compliance management and sourcing. V6 Industry Accelerators provide
industry-specific PLM best practices and capabilities, to speed
deployment
and cut time to ROI.
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Lower
cost of ownership:
Quick ramp up time via a single server and database for all applications
dramatically reduces cost of ownership and spurs efficient collaboration.
SOA standards compliance allows easy integration with existing
systems and
modeling of business processes with no programming skills, supporting
an
adaptable business model.
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DS’s
V6
PLM solutions (CATIA, DELMIA, SIMULIA, ENOVIA) are scheduled for general
availability in May 2008. As for previous major versions, DS will expand
the
value of customers’ existing PLM assets and continue to develop V5 releases,
enabling transition to V6. As part of this effort, ENOVIA MatrixOne 10.8,
announced today, is V6 enabled. By upgrading to 10.8, ENOVIA MatrixOne customers
will be V6 ready. For more information, visit http://www.3ds.com/V6
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About
Dassault Systèmes:
As
a
world leader in 3D and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, Dassault
Systèmes brings value to more than 100,000 customers in 80 countries. A pioneer
in the 3D software market since 1981, Dassault Systèmes develops and markets PLM
application software and services that support industrial processes and provide
a 3D vision of the entire lifecycle of products from conception to maintenance
to recycling. The Dassault Systèmes portfolio consists of CATIA for designing
the virtual product - SolidWorks for 3D mechanical design - DELMIA for virtual
production - SIMULIA for virtual testing - ENOVIA for global collaborative
lifecycle management, and 3DVIA for online 3D lifelike experiences.
Dassault Systèmes is listed on the Nasdaq (DASTY) and Eurolist
(#13065,
DSY.PA) stock exchanges. For more information, visit http://www.3ds.com.
CATIA,
DELMIA, ENOVIA, SIMULIA, SolidWorks and 3D VIA are registered trademarks
of
Dassault Systèmes or its subsidiaries in the US and/or other
countries.
Dassault
Systèmes Press Contacts:
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Derek
Lane (DS Americas)
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derek.lane@3ds.com
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+1
(818) 673-2243
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Mikiko
Igarashi (DS AP)
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mikiko.igarashi@3ds.com
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+81
3 5442 4138
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Arnaud
Malherbe (DS EMEA)
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arnaud.malherbe@3ds.com
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+33
(0)1 55 49 87 73
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant
has
duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized.
DASSAULT
SYSTEMES S.A.
Date:
January 24, 2008
By:
/s/
Thibault de Tersant
Name:
Thibault
de Tersant
Title:
Senior
EVP and Chief Financial
Officer