SPL(R) Enterprise Asset & Work Management Enters 2006 With Strong Momentum; Highlights Include New Contracts, Expansions, and Successful Implementations.

SAN FRANCISCO -- SPL WorldGroup today announced that recent customer sales, expansions and implementations within the SPL(R) Enterprise Asset & Work Management (EAM) product group demonstrate continued success and momentum and are testimony to SPL's solution being recognized as an industry leader.

"We are generating significant momentum in the marketplace," commented Dave Mulit, president of SPL Synergen. "Customers -- new and existing -- have recognized and are taking advantage of a functionally rich best-of-breed solution with a track record in reducing costs and increasing operational efficiency. Our vision has always gone a step further to provide a strategic planning tool to help asset intensive organizations gain a competitive edge. The momentum we're seeing is testimony to the strength of our offering and an endorsement by the industries we serve that our vision is providing the value they need to help them achieve their strategic initiatives."

New Customers

The following customers selected SPL Enterprise Asset and Work Management solution:

--Pope & Talbot -- a large lumber and pulp manufacturer

--The City of Las Vegas Public Works Environmental Division, Water Pollution Control Facility

--Sam Houston Electric Cooperative

Customer Expansions

Existing customers have acknowledged the benefit and value of furthering efficiencies with expansion of the scope from their original implementations:

--The City of Portland, OR, expanded usage to include Bureau of Environmental Services 

--The City of Tucson, AZ -- expanded functionality to access their EAM from a GIS Web-based mapping interface on mobile computers

Implementations

Successful EAM go-lives occurred with the following customers:

--The City of Calgary, Canada, Waterworks and Wastewater business units

--The City of Carrollton, TX , initial phase implementation in the Public Works department 

--The City of Clearwater, FL, phase two implementation to the General Services Department

--New York City Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Wastewater Treatment -- has completed implementation of SPL in the first two of their 14 plants

SPL's EAM solution has established a reputation for nearly 20 years as a best-of-breed enterprise application designed to optimize and maximize asset and supply chain performance by supporting best practices for maintenance, inventory, and purchasing for utilities and other capital-intensive organizations. Strategic enterprises have made the decision to proactively manage their capital assets with SPL to ultimately reduce costs, increase productivity, and ensure sound operations.

About SPL Enterprise Asset & Work Management

Launched in 1986, SPL Enterprise Asset & Work Management (EAM) is a best-of-breed software solution from SPL WorldGroup that is designed to optimize capital resources for asset intensive industries.

About SPL

SPL delivers the proven software applications that help utilities around the world achieve competitive advantage and excellence in business performance, while ensuring a lower total cost of technology ownership. SPL solutions in customer care and billing, enterprise asset and work management, mobile workforce management, and outage and distribution management are specifically designed for energy, water, and service companies. Working with systems-integration and technology partners around the world, SPL has an unparalleled record of implementation success. SPL focuses on clients' return on investment and fosters long-term relationships based on confidence and trust. Visit SPL at www.splwg.com or call [phone] (San Francisco), [phone] (London), or [phone] (Sydney). Within the US and Canada, call [phone].

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