1、?Fiscal year 2006 was another outstanding year for Autodesk.Customers around the globefrom design professionalsin the building,manufacturing and infrastructure industries to creative artists in media and entertainmentincreas-ingly adopted Autodesk solutions to realize their ideas to compete and win.
2、Demand was strong across our businessin fiscal 2006,propelling net revenues to a record$1.523 billion.Our continued focus on improving profitability reapedimpressive results:operating margins increased 5 percentage points to 24%,and earnings per diluted share were$1.33.The key to our currentand ongo
3、ingsuccess is a consistent business strategy that we ve been executing on yearafter year:enabling our customers to realize their ideas by providing the innovative,yet practical,software solutions tohelp them create,manage,and share their digital assets.We re also paying attention to critical global
4、trends.Expanding consumer choice worldwide is leading to a proliferationof new products and designs.In the midst of economic globalization,our customers are facing stiffcompetition.Thisunprecedented competitive environment is driving labor market globalization and forcing customers to focus on major
5、process change to drive productivity,reduce cycle time,and win business anywhere in the world.These trends have profoundly altered the landscape of our customer environment,presenting significant futureopportunities for Autodesk.Customers are creating more designs and developing more alternatives to
6、 deliver abroader array of choices to consumers.Our design,visualization,and simulation solutions help them explorealternatives without having to do slow,cumbersome,and expensive redesign and physical prototyping.Our solutionssignificantly increase user productivity and offer a very fast return on i