MRO Software Offers MAXIMO MainControl for IT Asset Management; New Alliance Agreement with Visionael Combines IT Asset with Network Resource Management.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers Symposium/ITxpo 2002 Booth 1445 LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 8, 2002 MRO Software MRO Software, Inc. - formerly known as PSDI, was a software firm based in Bedford, Massachusetts, which published Maximo, the top-selling Enterprise Asset Management system in the market. (Nasdaq: MROI MROI Marketing Return On Investment MROI Magdalena Ridge Observatory Interferometer (New Mexico) MROI Marginal Return on Investment ), a leading provider of e-Business solutions for strategic asset management, today announced that MAXIMO(R) MainControl(TM), the Company's IT asset management solution, will be featured as part of the Company's strategic asset management (SAM) suite at Gartner's ITxpo. The MAXIMO MainControl solution is based on the IT asset management capabilities added to the MAXIMO suite through acquisition of MainControl in June 2002. MRO Software also announced an alliance agreement with Visionael, a leading provider of network resource management (NRM NRM Natural Resources Management NRM National Railway Museum (UK) NRM Norman Rockwell Museum (Stockbridge, Massachusetts) NRM National Resistance Movement (Uganda) ) solutions. The partnership with Visionael will extend MAXIMO MainControl's leading lifecycle IT asset management technology to include network equipment all the way from a workgroup switch A network switch designed for LAN traffic within an enterprise. Contrast with carrier-class switch. through to the network backbone. The MAXIMO MainControl solution enables customers to strategically manage the configurations and costs of technology resources, including computers, network equipment and software, throughout the enterprise. The product manages assets throughout their lifecycle, allowing for efficient planning, procurement The fancy word for "purchasing." The procurement department within an organization manages all the major purchases. , deployment, tracking, maintenance and retirement of these critical asset types. MAXIMO MainControl is an integral part of MRO MRO In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Mauritanian Ouguiya. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. Software's suite for strategic asset management that provides customers with solutions for managing the assets most critical to their bottom line including manufacturing, and production assets, facilities, fleets, and IT assets. "We're seeing a growing recognition among businesses that tighter and more sophisticated management of all strategic assets contributes directly to an enterprise's bottom line," said Terry Saunders Saun´ders n. 1. See Sandress. , vice president product and industry marketing, MRO Software. "A major component of this involves managing the vast number and variety of IT assets. With MAXIMO MainControl, we're building on our acquisition of MainControl and can now offer proven IT Asset management capabilities within the MAXIMO software suite. We're providing our customers with a complete solution consolidating the management and procurement of critical assets across the enterprise." Visionael Agreement To meet the unique challenges associated with enterprise networks, MRO Software has signed a marketing alliance agreement with Visionael to expand the IT asset management capabilities of MAXIMO MainControl. By enhancing MAXIMO MainControl data collection capabilities with Visionael 6 automated au·to·mate v. au·to·mat·ed, au·to·mat·ing, au·to·mates v.tr. 1. To convert to automatic operation: automate a factory. 2. network discovery technology, customers will be able to access asset data from network devices for a more complete IT asset management system. This combination will provide discovery of network equipment and management of routers, switches and other network devices along with existing hardware and software IT assets. About MRO Software, Inc. MRO Software is a leading provider of e-Business solutions for strategic asset management. The Company's integrated suite of applications optimizes performance, improves productivity and service levels 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 optimization Field of applied mathematics whose principles and methods are used to solve quantitative problems in disciplines including physics, biology, engineering, and economics. , software license compliance, lease management, warranty and service management and provisioning across the asset base. MRO Software (Nasdaq: MROI) is a global company based in Bedford, Mass., with approximately 1,000 employees, 10,000 customers and more than 260,000 end-users. The Company markets its products through a direct sales organization in combination with a network of international distributors. MRO Software has sales offices throughout 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, Asia/Pacific and Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. . Additional information on MRO Software can be found at http://www.mro.com. MAXIMO(R) is a registered trademark, and MRO Software(TM), are trademarks of, MRO Software, Inc. |
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