PLEASANTON, CA -- 02/19/08 --
Right Hemisphere, the leading provider of
visual communication and collaboration solutions, today announced its new
web-based Deep Access(TM) digital media asset management (MAM) software.
Deep Access works with Right Hemisphere's Deep Server(TM) process
automation system to deliver a unified, searchable repository of 2D, 3D and
related media assets and metadata. Together Deep Access and Deep Server
software provide an enterprise-class and comprehensive product information
management solution that can automatically generate a full spectrum of
product graphics derivatives and documents for all participants involved in
a company's development, manufacturing, promotion and support processes.
With Deep Access, assets can be corralled and organized into categories,
folders, and assembly structures. It even manages assets and metadata
across multiple entities and geographies.
"With the proliferation of 3D and related product data, we are seeing
manufacturers struggle to efficiently store, find, manage, and distribute
their digital assets," said Mark Thomas, president, founder and CTO at
Right Hemisphere. "The trend toward greater involvement of third parties in
all aspects of a product's design, manufacturing, marketing and support
requires companies to be able to share their assets and view and mark them
up with their partners and customers. We have developed Deep Access so these
companies can share their assets easily and securely, as well as eliminate
all of the wasted time spent searching for and recreating assets. The net
effect of Deep Access is that all participants involved in the product
lifecycle can be more effective and efficient."
"We plan to integrate Deep Access as we believe it can greatly expand how
we are sharing and collaborating on product information across our
business," said Steve Lewis, Manager of Simulation at Bell Helicopter, a
Textron company. "We have derived a great deal of value from our investment
in Right Hemisphere software and solutions. We routinely share 3D content
across various enterprise functions using Deep Server Web as a
communications enabler for value-added derivatives and vendor information
as well as source CAD data. We believe Deep Access will add further value
by enabling us to stream live updates into our integrated communications
flow."
IDC Manufacturing Insights stated in its Theory & Practice Newsletter, "As
companies evolve and mature social networking and collaboration, they will
amass large amounts of not only structured product data, but also
unstructured data pertaining to products, suppliers and customers.
Searching in this corpus of knowledge will be the next challenge of PLM 2.0
tools."*
To help tackle this next challenge of PLM 2.0 tools, there is Deep Access,
a robust, feature rich MAM solution that:
-- Amalgamates multiple computer-aided design (CAD), digital media assets,
and metadata from multiple sources into one easy to use interface for
anyone to access
-- Organizes all CAD data and other media assets into categories, folders,
and assembly structures
-- Automatically displays CAD and multimedia files with relevant metadata
and associations
-- Maintains full version control of assets with check-in and check-out
procedures
-- Automatically creates "derivative graphics" - new forms of source
graphics -- for preview, collaboration and downstream uses
-- Has an easy-to-use Web-based user interface with customizable home page
and reports
-- Makes finding data easy with simple searches on asset names, properties,
or metadata
-- Enables collaborative viewing and markup of 2D and 3D CAD files, images
and other assets
-- Provides role-based security at the project, part and assembly levels
-- Delivers user or admin defined metadata, categories, and processing
methods
-- May be extended to other tools and applications with the Right Hemisphere
software development kit
Manufacturers that build complex products with geographically extended
supply chains will especially appreciate how Deep Access facilitates
collaboration via the Web for both 2D and 3D assets. With Deep Access,
these users can view and save markups in a unified environment with one
interface that supports almost any CAD data format or 2D and 3D media type,
including associated textures and animations. Most importantly, Deep Access
accelerates digital media production by enabling the re-use of assets and
by shortening the time required to created assets. It also helps improve
the quality of designs and media assets created by facilitating more
efficient collaboration.
Deep Access is immediately available and requires the use of Right
Hemisphere 5 Deep Server software. It is priced as part of an enterprise
solution and starts at $995 per server-connected user. Contact Right
Hemisphere directly for more information at 800-720-9809 or
sales@righthemishpere.com. To register for the live Deep Access Webinar
scheduled for Thursday, February 21 at 11:00 a.m. PST, please go to
www.righthemisphere.com/webinar/DeepAccess.
About Right Hemisphere
Right Hemisphere is the leading provider of enterprise visual product
communication and collaboration solutions enabling manufacturers to
optimize their global product development, launch, and support processes.
Right Hemisphere maximizes knowledge transfer efficiency of product
information to downstream stakeholders by automatically publishing product
information readily available in CAD, PLM, and ERP systems into common
document formats and business applications. Over 500 innovative
manufacturers, including five of the top six automotive OEMs and nine of
the top 10 U.S. aerospace and defense contractors rely on Right Hemisphere
to dramatically accelerate time to market, increase product and services
revenues, and lower product communications costs. Founded in 1997, Right
Hemisphere is a privately held, venture-funded corporation based in Silicon
Valley and Auckland, New Zealand. For more information please visit
www.righthemisphere.com.
*IDC Manufacturing Insights, Theory and Practice Newsletter, February 4,
2008.
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Susan Austin
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Right Hemisphere
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