Autodesk Celebrates 25 Years with Six Value-Added Resellers

Company’s Loyal Channel Partners Hit Anniversary of Contributing to Design and Engineering Achievements

SAN RAFAEL, Calif. — (BUSINESS WIRE) — March 12, 2012 — Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) recognized an exclusive group of six value-added resellers (VARs) during an awards ceremony at One Team Conference (OTC), the company's annual sales and channel event, and acknowledged their 25 years of exceptional sales and superior customer service. The six companies have worked with Autodesk since the early years when AutoCAD was first introduced.

“These six resellers have proven their long-time ability to speak to customers’ needs and evolve with customers as their businesses advance," said Dave Rhodes, vice president, Americas Sales, Autodesk. “The partners we’re honoring this year have provided us with insight that has been vital in our company’s growth. Autodesk would not be where it is without them.”

Autodesk has a global network of 1,900 VARs responsible for delivering Autodesk's 3D design technologies to customers across numerous industries, including manufacturing, architecture, construction, and media and entertainment. Currently, these Autodesk VARs assist customers in taking advantage of Autodesk’s 2D and 3D CAD design tools to help customers imagine, design and create a better world.

Autodesk marked 25 years with the following value-added resellers:

Advanced Solutions, Louisville, KY
AMS CAD + CAFM Solutions (Advanced MicroSystems), Fairfield, NJ
Comgrap (Computación Gráfica Aplicada), Chile
D|C|CADD, San Antonio, TX
Engineering Design Systems, Roanoke, VA
Microsol Resources, New York, NY

About Autodesk

Autodesk, Inc., is a leader in 3D design, engineering and entertainment software. Customers across the manufacturing, architecture, building, construction, and media and entertainment industries -- including the last 17 Academy Award winners for Best Visual Effects -- use Autodesk software to design, visualize and simulate their ideas. Since its introduction of AutoCAD software in 1982, Autodesk continues to develop a broad portfolio of state-of-the-art software for global markets. For additional information about Autodesk, visit www.autodesk.com.

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