Big Deal for Dassault but Where Is Search?
December 12, 2014
After Dassault Systèms bought Exalead in 2010, we were eager to learn what they would do with one of our favorite search systems. We waited. And waited. Now, as Dassault pursues bigger and better deals around the world, search may have fallen by the wayside. In fact, the company seems to be focused on its 3D technology at the moment. Business Wire reveals, “Dassault Systèms Signs Research Agreement with the Food and Drug Administration for Its ‘Living Heart Project’.” If they must shove search aside, at least they’re working on something that should be good for medicine. The press release states that Dassault:
“… has reached a significant milestone in its project aimed at driving the creation and use of simulated 3D personalized hearts in the treatment and diagnosis of heart diseases and medical device development. Powered by Dassault Systèmes 3DEXPERIENCE platform’s realistic simulation applications, The ‘Living Heart Project’ announced in May of this year, has rapidly moved its first realistic 3D heart simulator into beta test, validated the efficacy of a device and has surpassed 30 contributing member organizations.
“As a key step of this initiative, Dassault Systèmes has signed a five-year collaborative research agreement with the United States’ Food and Drug Administration (FDA) which will initially target the development of testing paradigms for the insertion, placement and performance of pacemaker leads and other cardiovascular devices used to treat heart disease.”
Dassault’s deal with the FDA is a five-year collaborative research agreement. The team is working closely with a long list of cardiologists, medical device companies, and academic researchers. We applaud programs that promise better medical outcomes, especially for a condition as widespread as heart disease.
Still, we can’t help being a bit disappointed that search seems to be an afterthought, if that, for Dassault. Exalead’s CloudView is a search platform we felt was on the right track. Exalead was launched in 2000 and is based in Paris. Dassault Systèms is located in Vélizy-Villacoublay, France. The company has a history of snapping up other businesses, having acquired 11 companies since its founding in 1981.
Cynthia Murrell, December 12, 2014
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