dassault systèmes (ds) (euronext paris: #13065, dsy.pa), a global leader in 3d solutions and product lifecycle management technologies (plm), and exalead, leader in the supply of search and search-based applications (sba), have announced that dassault systèmes has acquired the French company exalead for approximately 135 million euros.
every month more than 100 million people rely on the tools of search for information, access and reporting of exalead, among these realities as sanfi-aventis and the world bank in business, or friendster, lagardère active and viamichelin for contextual research in the consumer. exalead provides the only platform conceived from the outset for the application of advanced semantic processing to large volumes of data in the web environment. exalead offers scalability levels. agility and usability unique to sectors such as banking, large distribution, publishing, business services, biomedical and consumer services, wherever there is a need to easily access a large volume of information.
“to speed up the implementation of search-based applications in all sectors of the market, we needed a strong international partner,” commented alain cotte, ceo, exalead. “This agreement represents a great opportunity for our partners and customers who will benefit from the presence of dassault systèmes on a global scale.” one of the co-founders of exalead, françois bourdoncle, added: “Thanks to our real-time research capabilities and natural language processing (nlp), we provide users with a unique experience on the web. the combination of these technologies with the 3d will create a new next generation of computer technologies for realistic experiences. with dassault systèmes the number of people who will enjoy our technology will grow exponentially. ”
“the world of innovation is everywhere and the information is so much,” said bernard charlès, president and CEO of dassault systèmes. “Everyone seeks maximum simplicity with intuitive applications (“life-like”) that enhance the rich heritage of information present within and outside each company. with exalead and its partners, we can provide a new category of sba applications for collaborative communities.” bernard charlès added: “I would like to emphasize the central role played by Qualis, who has set up an excellent team with great scientific expertise and made available the means necessary to transform it into a leader of technology and research applications, entrusting it finally to us to continue the path of growth on a global scale. ”
emmanuel coste, partner, qualis, commented: “We are confident that the evolution of exalead will have a breakthrough with dassault systèmes. It was not an easy decision, but it is a choice that we have made with the full awareness of the place that exalead will go to occupy within dassault systèmes, as it emerged clearly in the phase of definition of the technological and commercial partnership. ”
to this statement is associated yvan proteau, vice president, is/it, yellow pages group, which adds: “The combination of these two realities will help organizations like ours to offer better services to their customers thanks to the provision of information and data in innovative ways, able to fully exploit the latest 3d technologies as long demanded by consumers. ”
paul hermelin, vice chairman and group ceo, cap gemini, has declared: “With exalead, ds has chosen the way of opening, ensuring full flexibility of enovia “as service” and opening new avenues to the development of applications for high value added companies. we believe that this position is very promising. we have been among the first to recognize exalead and their sba model as a factor of great innovation in the company, of course the advantages of this agreement for customers in the manufacturing industry, but in our opinion it is equally clear that even our customers in the most advanced sectors will benefit from this synergy. ”
every month more than 100 million people rely on the tools of search for information, access and reporting of exalead, among these realities as sanfi-aventis and the world bank in business, or friendster, lagardère active and viamichelin for contextual research in the consumer. exalead provides the only platform conceived from the outset for the application of advanced semantic processing to large volumes of data in the web environment. exalead offers scalability levels. agility and usability unique to sectors such as banking, large distribution, publishing, business services, biomedical and consumer services, wherever there is a need to easily access a large volume of information.
“to speed up the implementation of search-based applications in all sectors of the market, we needed a strong international partner,” commented alain cotte, ceo, exalead. “This agreement represents a great opportunity for our partners and customers who will benefit from the presence of dassault systèmes on a global scale.” one of the co-founders of exalead, françois bourdoncle, added: “Thanks to our real-time research capabilities and natural language processing (nlp), we provide users with a unique experience on the web. the combination of these technologies with the 3d will create a new next generation of computer technologies for realistic experiences. with dassault systèmes the number of people who will enjoy our technology will grow exponentially. ”
“the world of innovation is everywhere and the information is so much,” said bernard charlès, president and CEO of dassault systèmes. “Everyone seeks maximum simplicity with intuitive applications (“life-like”) that enhance the rich heritage of information present within and outside each company. with exalead and its partners, we can provide a new category of sba applications for collaborative communities.” bernard charlès added: “I would like to emphasize the central role played by Qualis, who has set up an excellent team with great scientific expertise and made available the means necessary to transform it into a leader of technology and research applications, entrusting it finally to us to continue the path of growth on a global scale. ”
emmanuel coste, partner, qualis, commented: “We are confident that the evolution of exalead will have a breakthrough with dassault systèmes. It was not an easy decision, but it is a choice that we have made with the full awareness of the place that exalead will go to occupy within dassault systèmes, as it emerged clearly in the phase of definition of the technological and commercial partnership. ”
to this statement is associated yvan proteau, vice president, is/it, yellow pages group, which adds: “The combination of these two realities will help organizations like ours to offer better services to their customers thanks to the provision of information and data in innovative ways, able to fully exploit the latest 3d technologies as long demanded by consumers. ”
paul hermelin, vice chairman and group ceo, cap gemini, has declared: “With exalead, ds has chosen the way of opening, ensuring full flexibility of enovia “as service” and opening new avenues to the development of applications for high value added companies. we believe that this position is very promising. we have been among the first to recognize exalead and their sba model as a factor of great innovation in the company, of course the advantages of this agreement for customers in the manufacturing industry, but in our opinion it is equally clear that even our customers in the most advanced sectors will benefit from this synergy. ”