Like any other companies which provide cloud-based solutions, we provide
a subscription-based model. The reason is simple to understand as the
service delivered encompasses many items such as access to a sophisticated
IT environment, automatic upgrades, storage capacity embedded with all
necessary licenses. As technology evolves and as the customers usage does
too over time, automatic adjustments are being made which are transparent to
the user. There is then no notion of ownership of any of the elements provided
in the solution which, for all that relates to IT infrastructure, Dassault
Systèmes also subscribes to and does not own. This business model provides
flexibility to our customers, enabling them to adapt their level of expense to
their actual needs, and to grow smoothly and transparently
