University of Erlangen-Nuremberg Implements First Educational MasterKey License System in Europe

University of Erlangen-Nuremberg Implements First Educational
MasterKey License System in Europe
The Friedrich Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg and Its Regional
Computing Center (RRZE) Implement MSC.Software SimOffice Products Into
Classroom Education and Research 


SANTA ANA, Calif., Jan. 13  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- MSC.Software Corp.
(NYSE:MNS), the leading global provider of virtual product development (VPD)
products including simulation software and services, today announced that the
Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg and the Regional Computing
Center (RRZE) have signed the first MSC.MasterKey license agreement by a
university customer in Europe.  The agreement includes access to MSC.Software's
SimOffice products MSC.ADAMS, MSC.Nastran, MSC.Patran, and MSC.Marc, which can
be all accessed and used via the flexible token based MasterKey License System.
 Students of different university departments, including engineering, material
science, engineering mechanics, quality management, engineering design,
production engineering, and systems engineering can now take advantage of the
breadth and depth of MSC.Software tools for research and science within a
single, cross-campus licensing system.

"The education of future designers and engineers is very important for
MSC.Software and a key focus of our educational sales and training activities,"
said Frank Perna, chairman and chief executive officer of MSC.Software.  "We
opened the MSC.MasterKey system to universities around the world in the last
half of 2004 and I am very pleased that we are already starting to have success
implementing more of our technologies across more university departments,
classes and research teams.  We are committed to ensuring that graduating
engineers are proficient in VPD technologies and we look forward to working
with the professors and students who are using MSC.Software technologies via
MSC.MasterKey."

"We are very happy with the MasterKey license System from MSC.Software because
it really meets our needs," said Dipl.-Ing. Hans Cramer, Director of the
regional computing center (RRZE).  "We at the RRZE serve several universities
in the region of Northern Bavaria, all of them with many different departments
in the engineering field.  Our students need to get familiar with CAE and VPD
products, and this can only be done by offering them a broad base of many types
of software.  We appreciate the MSC.MasterKey license system offering this
broad range of solutions at a convenient pricing scheme for universities as
well as the consultation we are receiving from our software partner.  We feel
that MSC.Software really speaks our language and expect our students' research
to benefit greatly from the new possibilities."

About the University Erlangen-Nuremberg

The hallmark of the Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg today,
260 years after its foundation is its commitment to both tradition and
innovation.  The university offers a wide spectrum of subjects, the diversity
and interdisciplinary integration of which is unique in Germany.  "Integrated
diversity" is seen as the key feature that enables the university to enhance
its profile in research and teaching while at the same time promoting the
process of internationalisation more intensively.

Thanks to the breadth of its subject range, the university offers an ideal
environment in which to generate innovative research.  This has enabled the
university to secure a leading place among the German universities in the
German Research Foundation (DFG) rankings and to attract a large number of
Humboldt scholars, who have chosen the university as the place to pursue their
research.  The university is committed to the constant improvement of its
infrastructure, study and research conditions and its service-oriented
administration, all of which are essential as the university forges ahead on
its way to becoming a first-class university of international renown.  For more
information please visit: http://www.uni-erlangen.de/.

About the Regional Computing Center (RRZE)

Being the IT service provider of the Friedrich-Alexander University
Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU) the RRZE provides since several decades a functional
IT-Infrastructure to the University.  It supports, within the frame of the
regional concept, also other universities in the region.  Being the interface
between research and technology the RRZE understands itself as the center of
computing competence in the university environment of Northern Bavaria and as
the partner of science.  For more information please visit:
http://www.rrze.uni-erlangen.de/

About MSC.Software Corporation

MSC.Software (NYSE:MNS) is the leading global provider of virtual product
development tools that help companies make money, save time and reduce costs
associated with designing and testing manufactured products.  MSC.Software
works with thousands of companies in hundreds of industries to develop better
products faster by utilizing information technology, software, services and
systems.  MSC.Software employs more than 1400 people in 23 countries.  For
additional information about MSC.Software's products and services, please visit
http://www.mscsoftware.com/. 

DATASOURCE: MSC.Software Corp.



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