Agile Software Corporation , based in San Jose, California

San Jose, California

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, manufactures product lifecycle management

Product lifecycle management

In industry, product lifecycle management is the process of managing the entire lifecycle of a product from its conception, through design and manufacture, to service and disposal...

 (PLM) software.

In February, 2005, Agile Software Corporation acquired Cimmetry Systems Corporation, a privately owned software developer

Software developer

A software developer is a person concerned with facets of the software development process. Their work includes researching, designing, developing, and testing software. A software developer may take part in design, computer programming, or software project management...

 specializing in enterprise visualization, for approximately US$41.5 million in cash. Cimmetry Systems Corporation became a wholly owned subsidiary of Agile Software Corporation

Cimmetry Systems' AutoVue viewing, markup and collaboration software enables computer users to access many file formats - including 3D CAD (Computer-aided design

Computer-aided design

Computer-aided design , also known as computer-aided design and drafting , is the use of computer technology for the process of design and design-documentation. Computer Aided Drafting describes the process of drafting with a computer...

) parts and assemblies, 2D CAD drawings, PCB/IC layouts and schematics, scanned and raster documents, vector files, office documents and graphics - without having the licensed authoring applications installed locally.

Agile Software Corporation operated as a public company, with shares trading on NASDAQ

NASDAQ

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. On 15 May 2007, Oracle Corporation

Oracle Corporation

Oracle Corporation is an American multinational computer technology corporation that specializes in developing and marketing hardware systems and enterprise software products – particularly database management systems...

 announced that it would acquire Agile Software Corporation through a cash merger for US$8.10 per share, or approximately US$495 million. On July 16, 2007, Oracle Corporation

Oracle Corporation

Oracle Corporation is an American multinational computer technology corporation that specializes in developing and marketing hardware systems and enterprise software products – particularly database management systems...

completed the acquisition of Agile, which became a wholly owned subsidiary.