At the 2006 Japanese CATIA Forum (JCF), Microsoft Corp. and Dassault Syst�mes (Nasdaq: DASTY; Euronext Paris: #13065, DSY.PA) announced that Toyota Motor Corp. (TMC) has adopted CATIA V5, Dassault Syst�mes� virtual product design product lifecycle management (PLM) solution on Microsoft� Windows� XP Professional x64 Edition.

TMC�s use of CATIA V5 on the Microsoft platform demonstrates the customer benefits of the global strategic alliance between Dassault Syst�mes and Microsoft. Announced in November 2004, the alliance provides deeper integration between Dassault Syst�mes� V5 PLM and 3-D collaborative solutions and the Windows client and Windows Server� platforms to enable more flexible customer solutions that are cost-effective, easy to deploy and easy to maintain. All V5 PLM products take advantage of the familiar Windows experience but with the dramatically enhanced power of 64-bit.

�Having Dassault Syst�mes and Microsoft working together is a key success factor for our company,� said Yoshikazu Amano, managing officer for Toyota Motor. �The alliance of the leader in PLM with the leader in computing technology provides us with a solution that extends the memory capacity necessary to design and review large assemblies, and ultimately enables us to deliver innovative products to the market more efficiently and cost-effectively.�