History 101: PDM (Part 5) - Dassault Systèmes VPM V5, CATIA V5, and SmarTeam in the 2000s

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While VPM V5 targeted the high end (large enterprises with CATIA V5), Dassault also had a mid-market strategy. In early 1999, they acquired a 75% stake in an Israeli company called Smart Solutions, whose product SmarTeam was a more affordable, department-level PDM. Initially, SmarTeam was positioned

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