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Matrikon, Inc. News
| Matrikon Joins MRO Software Alliance Program |
Edmonton, AB May 2, 2005 - Matrikon Inc. (TSX:MTK), a leading provider of industrial intelligence solutions, today announced that it has signed an alliance program agreement with MRO Software, Inc. (Nasdaq:MROI), the leading provider of strategic asset and service management solutions. The Alliance Program is designed to bring value to asset-intensive companies through collaboration with world-class product and service partners. Under the agreement, Matrikon and MRO Software will jointly offer asset management capabilities and solutions to all industries, including the mining, oil and gas and utilities sectors. Maintenance budgets are a significant part of total operations spending for our industrial clients, commented Nizar J. Somji, president and CEO of Matrikon. Minimizing maintenance spending is a universal priority. Shifting maintenance to a condition-based or proactive model can provide a rapid return on investment. Matrikons solutions for equipment health monitoring and predictive technology are complemented by MRO Softwares asset management software, Maximo®. We are excited about the potential for delivering next-generation solutions for asset management as an MRO Alliance Partner. Our alliance program formalizes strong existing relationships and focuses on delivering high value, high quality solutions to our joint customers, said David Rothberg, vice president strategic alliances, MRO Software. Matrikons years of experience implementing Maximo , combined with their complementary solutions that offer real-time equipment monitoring enable a condition-based maintenance solution for customers. Matrikon has demonstrated their commitment to helping clients achieve optimized economic performance, improved reliability and compliance targets. Matrikon has 20 Maximo Certified Consultants across North America and Australia today and continues to add strength to the asset management team. As asset management capability is built in Europe, Matrikon is positioned to deliver global asset management implementations. In addition to the many Maximo implementations, Matrikon has integrated Maximo with Matrikon applications to extend the capability of Maximo to deliver real-time asset health monitoring and condition-based maintenance solutions. Under the Alliance Program, Matrikons complementary solutions for real-time equipment health monitoring and condition-based maintenance will be further refined and formalized. Matrikon has also developed the Maximo RTC (Real-Time Connector) to equip Maximo with real-time data access to numerous data sources. About Matrikon Inc. Matrikon (www.matrikon.com) is a leading provider of industrial intelligence solutions that enable manufacturing plants to achieve operational excellence by transforming production data into knowledge to predict and prevent problems and optimize operations. Matrikon's customers achieve agile operations through the combination of external market and plant data to make informed, intelligent decisions in real-time. With offices in major cities throughout North America, Australia, Europe and the Middle East and a global client base including industry leaders in a wide range of manufacturing and process industries, Matrikon's reach is global. |