Next CIMdata PLM Certificate Program Scheduled for Neumarkt, Germany, May 3-7, 2010

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, March 3, 2010—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) consulting and research firm announces that the next CIMdata PLM Certificate Program is to be held in Neumarkt, Germany from May 3-7, 2010. The CIMdata PLM Certificate Program is the flagship offering of CIMdata PLM Leadership—the PLM industry’s most comprehensive non-biased education and training offering for today’s PLM professionals.

The CIMdata PLM Certificate Program prepares PLM professionals at several levels to successfully address the challenges inherent in PLM implementations. This assessment-based certificate program includes an intimate classroom experience, individual and team-based exercises, and individual evaluations of achievement. Additionally, the program provides candidates with intensive and extensive exposure to a team of CIMdata experts. Upon successful completion of the program, each participant receives a CIMdata PLM Certificate and thereby becomes a member of CIMdata’s global PLM Leadership community.

According to Mr. Peter Bilello, CIMdata’s Vice President, “CIMdata is excited to announce our May 2010 CIMdata PLM Certificate Program in southern Germany. This program will be hosted by CIMdata’s newest PLM Leadership Alliance Member, ECS GmbH. Over the last several years, we have observed an increasing number of German companies looking at PLM as an enterprise critical initiative. As a result, we feel that it is important to make the CIMdata PLM Certificate Program easier to access for companies within the region.” PLM Certificate Program participants can register online for either the 3-day or complete 5-day program. This certificate program is available to industrial companies who are considering and/or implementing PLM, and to PLM technology and service suppliers. The CIMdata PLM Certificate Program is built on CIMdata’s more than 25 years of extensive worldwide experience guiding industrial companies in successfully defining and implementing best-in-class PLM strategies and tactics. Please refer to CIMdata’s website at www.CIMdata.com for detailed information on the CIMdata PLM Certificate Program, and for registering to it.

About CIMdata

CIMdata, a leading independent worldwide firm, provides strategic consulting to maximize an enterprise’s ability to design and deliver innovative products and services through the application of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions. Since its founding more than 25 years ago, CIMdata has delivered world-class knowledge, expertise, and best-practice methods on PLM solutions. These solutions incorporate both business processes and a wide-ranging set of PLM enabling technologies.

CIMdata works with both industrial organizations and suppliers of technologies and services seeking competitive advantage in the global economy. In addition to consulting, CIMdata conducts research, provides PLM-focused subscription services, and produces several commercial publications. The company also provides industry education through PLM certificate programs, seminars, and conferences worldwide. CIMdata serves clients around the world from offices in North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific. To learn more about CIMdata’s services, visit our website at www.CIMdata.com or contact CIMdata at: 3909 Research Park Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48108, USA. Tel: +1 (734) 668-9922. Fax: +1 (734) 668-1957; or at Siriusdreef 17-27, 2132 WT Hoofddorp, The Netherlands. Tel: +31 (0)23 568-9385. Fax: +31 (0)23 568-9111.

About ECS GmbH

ECS—Engineering Consulting and Solutions GmbH is a leading specialist in Product Lifecycle Management (PLM). With its international network of partners, ECS covers the complete product lifecycle from initial concept, development and construction, through manufacturing, sales and service, to recycling. The ECS portfolio includes business process design and improvement, product data modeling and system integration as well as an extensive and in-depth knowledge of the standard solutions from software providers like Oracle, IBM, PTC, SAP, or Siemens PLM. ECS also provides products of its own for the manufacturing industries in the form of the eCenter integration platform and the SAP-certified partner solution PLM Integrator. ECS customers come from mechanical, electrical, and plant engineering, automotive, information and communication sectors, as well as aviation and space technology. The ECS network employs 120 engineers worldwide. Visit their website at www.ecs-gmbh.de or contact ECS at Holzgartenstrasse 8, D-92318 Neumarkt, Germany. Tel: +49 (0)9181 4764-16. Fax: +49 (0)9181 4764-50. Email: Email Contact.