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20th Anniversary Maximo Group Features Customer Success Stories, Industry Leaders and Partners MRO Software, Inc. (Nasdaq: MROI), the leading provider of asset and service management solutions, today announced the opening of MRO World 2006. This year's theme, "Vision 20/20" celebrates the 20th anniversary of the user conference, and provides a forum to look into and discuss the future. Asset management professionals from around the globe will meet at the Walt Disney World Dolphin Hotel in Orlando, Fla. from July 23-26, to share industry best practices and ideas for driving even greater efficiency and cost-savings through asset and service management. With attendance at a record high, the nearly 1500 attendees will benefit from a comprehensive list of client-driven tracks that span topics such as Maximo at work in production, facilities, transportation and IT service management to a track on special interests covering everything from Six Sigma to service provisioning. Amtrak, BP Exploration, Birlasoft Inc., General Motors, 3M, BAE Systems, CVRD from Brazil, Hydro Wholesale Generating Co. from Russia, Lockheed Martin, Roche Pharmaceuticals, the State of Georgia, Starwood Hotels, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and the New York Power Authority are among the dozens of global enterprises that will share their Maximo success stories with attendees. Client presentations will be complemented by an extensive schedule of product campgrounds that will offer in-depth technical information on specific Maximo Enterprise Suite (MXES) functionality. "This year's user conference promises to give customers the insight to make the most of their Maximo investments," said Bill Sawyer, executive vice president of Operations for MRO Software. "They'll have the opportunity to discuss and develop MXES upgrade plans, try hands-on product demonstrations in the Mobile and Partner Pavilion, share tips with colleagues, and discuss best practices within their respective industries. It's fitting that we'll be hosting a record number of attendees here at the 20th anniversary of MRO World." Keynote speakers feature renowned futurist Peter Schwartz, founder and chairman of consulting firm Global Business Network, John Gant, chief research officer and senior vice president, IDC Research, and executive management from MRO Software discussing the industry, the company, its products and the future. More than 50 partner organizations will also be in attendance. These include both the systems integrator partners such as Accenture, BAE Systems, BearingPoint and IBM Global Services as well as the company's many complementary services providers including EMA, ESRI, Syclo, Symbol and OSIsoft. These organizations will be exhibiting in the Partner Pavilion, as well as presenting in some of the break out sessions. In addition to these activities at MRO World, there will be several customer-driven user group meetings scheduled. User groups in the life sciences, facilities management, oil and gas, transportation and IT Service management will meet as part of the scheduled activities. And, the Maximo Utility Working Group (MUWG) will hold its semi-annual event. This is the ninth year of the MUWG, the largest and longest running of the Maximo special interest groups. There will be nine customer presentations by MUWG members focusing on power generation, transmission and distribution as part of the utilities track. The MUWG track will feature Jill Feblowitz of Energy Insights speaking on "Asset Management Best Practices." The group consists of several hundred attendees from leading utilities around the world. For more information about MRO World 2006, visit the Web site at www.mro-world.com. About MRO Software MRO Software is the leading provider of asset and service management solutions. Maximo Enterprise Suite, the company's flagship solution, is delivered on a Web-architected platform and increases productivity, optimizes asset performance, and service levels, reduces costs and enables asset-related sourcing and procurement across the entire spectrum of strategic assets. The company's asset management solutions allow customers to manage the complete lifecycle of strategic assets including: planning, procurement, deployment, tracking, maintenance and retirement. Using MRO Software's solutions, customers improve production reliability, labor efficiency, material optimization, software license compliance, lease management, warranty and service management across their asset base. MRO Software (Nasdaq: MROI) is a global company based in Bedford, Mass., with approximately 900 employees, and more than 300,000 end-users. The company markets its products through a direct sales organization in combination with a network of distributors and resellers. MRO Software has sales offices throughout North America, Europe, Asia/Pacific and Latin America. Additional information on MRO Software can be found at http://www.mro.com. Maximo(R) is a registered trademark, and MRO Software(TM) and MXES(TM) are trademarks, of MRO Software, Inc.