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MRO Software (Nasdaq: MROI), the leading provider of asset and service management solutions, today announced the availability of an enhanced asset and service management solution for the transportation industry, Maximo Transportation. The latest Transportation solution is delivered on the Maximo Enterprise Suite (MXES) platform and is an extension of the Company's asset and service management solution, providing special capabilities targeted to the transportation industry. This version adds key capabilities that address specific transportation industry requirements. These include modules for automated alerts, fleet asset information, campaigns, escalations, fuel management, industry codes, inventory enhancements, labor certification, meter history & adjustments, motor pool, warranty recovery and workflow. Transportation users can leverage key components of the MXES platform such as Service Level Agreements, Incident & Problem Management, Change and Configuration Management and Contract Management. These are key features to improve the alignment of asset and service management with the business. The additional features of Maximo Transportation now allow organizations with significant transportation fleets or infrastructure to consolidate asset and service management for production, facilities, linear and IT assets onto a single platform. Maximo Transportation, launched originally in the summer of 2003, is part of MRO Software's Industry Solutions program. This program delivers solutions developed on the Company's proven, web architected platform that address industry specific requirements for its key vertical markets. The flexibility provided by the MXES platform delivers a significant cost savings over older, capital-intensive systems and provides the flexibility, security and scalability required for these industries. MXES' flexible, service-oriented architecture allows it to interface with other enterprise applications providing a comprehensive view of asset management. "After a thorough evaluation we selected the Maximo Transportation solution because of the Internet architecture, the solution's ability to integrate with our future ERP systems, the deep transportation functionality and MRO Software's commitment to the transportation industry," said Robin Cody, department manager, Information Technology, San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART). "As one of the nation's largest rapid transit systems, managing 103 miles of railways in four counties and more than 660 rail vehicles, having an Internet architecture was critical to deploying a cost effective asset management solution across a large metropolitan area." This latest version of Maximo Transportation includes added functionality and can be used by existing Maximo customers that want to add the capability to manage fleets or other transportation assets. "Asset management requirements for the transportation market historically were a niche segment because of the functional footprint required. Maximo Transportation, with its extensive list of transportation functionality enhancements has allowed us to bridge that gap. Customers no longer need to buy a separate solution for transportation assets, but can leverage the enterprise platform for managing critical assets," said Johan Arts, vice president, industry marketing, MRO Software. "With Maximo Transportation, MRO Software is delivering one of the key components of its vision of Asset & Service Management. The transportation users get a deep functional footprint while the IT department can implement a modern platform based on a Service Oriented Architecture." MRO Software currently provides asset and service management solutions for multiple segments of the transportation industry. More than 450 of the industries most-progressive transportation companies, including more than 175 fleet and 100 rail and transit customers, are currently using Maximo solutions. Transportation customers worldwide have seen improved operational efficiency as a result of Maximo implementations. These improvements include greater warranty recovery, improved compliance capabilities, the ability to manage more assets with less staff, reduced inventories and a reduction in the number of capital assets required to meet operations schedules. MXES can be deployed on virtually any mobile device providing functionality wherever it's needed. For more information on Maximo Transportation please visit http://www.mro.com/transportation. About MRO Software, Inc. 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.