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Indus Asset Suite Goes Into Production at Entergy.


Nuclear Facilities Upgrade Work and Supply Chain Management Software

ATLANTA -- Indus International Inc., a leading Service Delivery Management solution provider, today announced that Entergy Corporation (NYSE NYSE

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) has gone into full production on a standardized work management and supply chain system based upon the latest enterprise asset management (EAM (1) (Enterprise Asset Management) The management and control of the information technology assets within the enterprise. The asset management repository includes a description of the asset as well as contract information pertaining to its acquisition. ) software from Indus. The company has implemented a single Indus supply chain solution across their regulated utility business, as well as standardized and upgraded the work management systems in their Southern Nuclear stations. Entergy also replaced a previous Indus solution at their Vermont Yankee Nuclear Station.

Entergy, a member of Indus' Nuclear Leadership Council, becomes the first major user to transition entirely to Indus Asset Suite. This industry-leading EAM solution leverages the incredible depth of functionality that has been a hallmark of Indus PassPort while adding a services-oriented architecture to significantly improve the user experience and simplify integration to external systems. Entergy can now fully exploit the power of tailored workflows and wizards which not only allow end users to be more efficient but also significantly reduce both the training complexity and time needed for the users to become fluent in their job roles.

Entergy, the second-largest nuclear generator in the U.S., is an integrated energy company engaged primarily in electric power production and retail distribution operations. Entergy owns and operates power plants with approximately 30,000 megawatts of electric generating capacity. This initiative will provide a stable, predictable and common platform to allow Entergy to acquire existing nuclear stations, as with the recent announcement of the Palisades Palisades, cliffs along the west bank of the Hudson River, NE N.J. and SE N.Y., extending from N of Jersey City, N.J., to the vicinity of Piermont, N.Y., with a general altitude of from 350 ft to 550 ft (107–168 m).  plant, as well as construct new nuclear generating capacity cost effectively, safely and with minimal risk.

This decision by Entergy, one of the most prominent nuclear generators in the country, further validates both Indus' vision and ability to execute on that vision. "We are very pleased, not only with the results, but also with the fact that Entergy trusted Indus to deliver a new product on a very fast track schedule, with little margin for slippage," said Indus President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.  Greg Dukat. "Indus is the obvious choice for companies like Entergy who need scalable and functionally rich applications, but also need a strategic partner who is attuned at·tune  
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 to the needs of achieving client-specific goals."

NOTE TO EDITORS: Indus announced on January 9, 2007, that the company has been acquired by an affiliate of $1 billion private equity investment firm Vista Equity Partners and will be combined with MDSI MDSI Multiple (Destination) Digital Speech Interpolation
MDSI Mobile Data Solutions Inc.
MDSI Mountain Data Systems, Inc (Boise, Idaho) 
 Mobile Data Solutions Incorporated, the worldwide leader in enterprise mobile workforce management Workforce Management (WFM) encompasses all the responsibilities for maintaining a productive and happy workforce. Sometimes referred to as HRMS systems, or even the larger ERP systems (Oracle, PeopleSoft, SAP). There are many software vendors within this space.  software. See the press release for more details.

About Entergy

Entergy Corporation is an integrated energy company engaged primarily in electric power production and retail distribution operations. Entergy owns and operates power plants with approximately 30,000 megawatts of electric generating capacity, and it is the second-largest nuclear generator in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . Entergy delivers electricity to 2.7 million utility customers in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. Entergy has annual revenues of more than $10 billion and approximately 14,000 employees. More information about Entergy is available on the Internet at: www.entergy.com.

About the Combined Indus and MDSI

Indus and MDSI together become the leading provider of proven Service Delivery Management solutions which enable utility, communications and other commercial field service organizations to optimize the management of their customers, workforce, spare parts Spare parts, also referred to as Service Parts is a term used to indicate extra parts available and in proximity to the mechanical item, such as a automobile, boat, engine, for which they might be used.

Spare parts are also called “spares.
 inventory, equipment, tools and documentation -- empowering organizations to maximize efficiencies in their customer relationships, facilities, workforce and field service operations. With offices in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , Europe, the Middle East and Asia-Pacific, the company has more than 400 clients in select asset-intensive service-based industries. For more information, visit our Websites at www.indus.com and www.mdsi.ca.

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