DASSAULT'S ASSAULT

摘要

The French company tackles factory software. A boom in telecom networks may revive Micromuse. As for Gitrix, some say it will rise from the ashes. A merican investors looking for global tech plays are zeroing in on France's Dassault Systemes (dasty), which develops software for computer-aided design (cad), manufacturing, engineering, and data management. The excitement stems from Dassault's products for e-manufacturing, which help factories create, monitor, and control their production systems from beginning to end, thus saving time and money. Dassault was first featured in this column on June 16, 1997, when the stock was at a split-adjusted 32 a share. It has since leaped to 97.