Auckland, New Zealand

News Facts

· NextWindow, a New Zealand-based designer and manufacturer of optical touch screens for all-in-one PCs, monitors and large-format displays, has selected Oracle’s Agile Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) to manage the exponential demand for its ground-breaking touch screen technology, which is currently used by PC manufacturers HP and Dell.

· This will be the first implementation of Oracle’s Agile PLM in New Zealand.

· As a company projecting significant growth rates over the next 12 months, NextWindow selected Agile PLM to streamline its product development and testing across its three Asian-based manufacturing sites.

· Anticipated benefits of using Agile PLM include maintaining a central point of access for all product design data and the ability to automatically route this information - including design changes - to the appropriate internal parties and customers in a controlled manner. NextWindow anticipates that these capabilities will facilitate communication and collaboration, translating into significant time and money savings, which will be critical to maintaining competitive advantage in the new and rapidly developing touch screen market.

· NextWindow will use Agile PLM to provide the structured development environment required by the world’s PC manufacturers, which use NextWindow’s technology to build optical touch screens for their all-in-one computers. Agile PLM will also allow NextWindow to comply with international quality standards with greater confidence and less risk.

· The Agile PLM solution - the first Oracle application to be used by NextWindow - is anticipated to integrate smoothly into the company’s existing application infrastructure and to start delivering business value relatively quickly.

· The first phase of the implementation will involve introducing Agile to the company’s New Zealand-based product development team and is scheduled to be completed next month. Subsequent phases will involve NextWindow’s Singapore-based operations and its three primary manufacturing sites located in Malaysia, Thailand and China. The extended rollout is expected be completed in the first half of 2010.

Supporting Quotes

· “Our entire business is based on innovation – we need to maintain control over that innovation and deploy it across the globe,” said Andy Stevens, VP of Product Development, NextWindow. ““I have been impressed with Agile PLM through various other roles in my career, and I am assured about what Oracle has done with the solution since its acquisition. For one, there is now strong local support.

· “Agile PLM is an economical, scalable and flexible solution that will provide us with robust functionality to help facilitate communication and collaboration around product data, and give us more effective configuration control of that data with our manufacturers – as well as with our customers’ manufacturers - where we can integrate directly with their production systems.”

· “I anticipate that we will be able to more efficiently produce top quality products to meet the high expectations of today’s top PC and consumer electronics manufacturers, and help NextWindow drive innovation, business growth, and competitive advantage.”

· “To meet consumer, market and regulatory demands and maintain profitability, electronics and high-tech companies must relentlessly accelerate product innovation and introduction, reduce costs, and improve quality while ensuring regulatory compliance,” said Callum Ross, Applications Sales Director, Oracle New Zealand.

· “Oracle's Agile product lifecycle management (PLM) solutions enable companies like NextWindow to accelerate product innovation and maximise product profitability. Agile PLM solutions provide secure, timely, and accurate visibility and control of critical product information and processes to stakeholders at every stage in the product lifecycle. Agile PLM provides the broadest and most comprehensive end-to-end PLM solutions in the industry, with a proven track record of delivering value and enabling best practices across more than 1,300 global companies.”

Supporting Resources

Oracle’s Agile Product Lifecycle Management Solutions

Oracle Delivers New Capabilities in Oracle’s Agile Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Furthering its Leadership in Enterprise PLM

Oracle’s Agile PLM Blog

Oracle’s Agile PLM Twitter Feed

About NextWindow
NextWindow is a leader in touch-screen technology and a major manufacturer of optical multi-touch displays for OEMs, ODMs and resellers. With highly accurate, cost-effective solutions designed for personal and business use, NextWindow provides the hardware necessary to bring touch-screen technology to life—giving software designers the freedom to create exciting and intuitive applications. Founded in 2000, NextWindow is privately held with offices in New Zealand, Taiwan, California and Singapore, with manufacturing facilities throughout Asia. More information about NextWindow is available at www.nextwindow.com.