FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE.

Maintenance Connection Announces Release of Version 1.9

Davis, CA – April 4, 2005 - Maintenance Connection, Inc., a Northern California developer of web-based maintenance management software, today announced the release of Version 1.9 of their flagship web-based CMMS product.  All customers hosting the software in the Maintenance Connection data center have been automatically upgraded.  The following release notes outline some of the notable feature enhancements:

• My Dashboard
  This release of My Dashboard is the preview for a feature which will be expanded in future versions. My Dashboard provides a quick snapshot to key performance indicators (KPI) metrics from data being tracked on a daily basis within the system. This tool provides a visual dashboard to compare KPIs across multiple sites such as MTBF, MTTR, response time, PM compliance, and % overtime hours.
   

• My Matrix
  The new My Matrix button on the home page allows users to quickly view and access work orders on a grid by a variety of factors. These include number of open work orders by labor assigned, category, problem code, procedure, requester, priority, type and many more. The system offers quick access to the work orders in full or list view as well as to simply filter the explorer to view the desired list of work orders. The My Matrix view will automatically refresh every 10 minutes.
   

• Zones / Zones Manager
  The Zones Manager is a new concept within version 1.9 which allows an administrator to designate various groups of assets/locations as “zones”. This will provide functionality to group various locations and view the associated work on a calendar. The Zones Manager will allow you to configure a color for the zone so the work order list and calendar views will visually identify these zones accordingly. This function may be used in situations where location groups are used to group work orders and labor assignments. This will make the navigation and assignment of work orders much easier for a maintenance planner.
   

• Priority Rules
  Set up rules to automatically adjust the target date to a certain interval based upon the priority and date requested. Each priority can have an interval in which the target date is set to on a work order. There is also a new system preference which determines whether these rules are accounted for on PM work orders.
   

• Asset Meter Roll-Downs
  You will find a new checkbox on the asset meter tab which allows a meter value to be rolled down the asset tree. This will be primarily used in a situation where meter values should be synchronized for sub-assets within the tree. For example, if a vehicle is listed in the tree and the motor is a separate sub-asset to the vehicle – the asset meter roll-down will synchronize the vehicle’s mileage to the motor’s mileage meter when updated.
   

• Work Order and Asset Images
  You can now attach JPG images to a work order and more than one image to an asset record. By attaching images to the work order, you can now graphically represent work that needs to be done by capturing photos of the problem with a digital camera or camera phone. These work order images and fixed asset images will also be accessible in the docs/images tab of the asset record.
   

• Redesigned Menus and Screen Layouts
  Many of the menus and screens within this version have been updated and reorganized to become more efficient. The main menu and tools/actions menus have been updated with new icons. The XP-style tab interface has been applied throughout many of the modules within the system.
   

• New Work Order Preferences
  Additional preferences have been added to control and customize the work order complete/close dialog. These preferences can be set specific to a repair center or an individual user. Virtually every checkbox and option on the work order complete/close dialog can now be defaulted to checked or not. For example, a preference can be set to automatically check the “Set all tasks completed” checkbox on this dialog. Also, default the Complete, Finalized or Closed options as selected to avoid having to manually check these options. These enhancements are designed to streamline the usage of Maintenance Connection on a day-to-day basis.
   

• Enhanced Labor Calendars
  Find additional views within the labor calendars such as assignments by customer, department, zone, supervisor, project, and category. All labor assignments can now be viewed on a calendar in addition to the target date view, which existed prior. The calendar will also display the first part of the work order reason directly on the calendar instead of having to mouse over the box.
   

• Expanded Asset Search Capabilities
  The asset search function will now display the search results in a hierarchical format versus the previous list format. This format also allows the user to see the tree relationship and drill up and down within the tree structure.
   

• Tab Level Security
  Administrators now have the ability to set access rights down to specific tabs within each module. Also, work order labor costs can be hidden for specific users by disabling access to the rates tab of the labor and craft modules.
   

• Category Module
  There is now the ability to create separate sets of categories in the category module for each module.  Now you can have Work Order categories that are different than Inventory categories…etc.
   

• Document Editor
  There is a new document editor which is more powerful for dealing with Library Documents.  You now have the ability to easily convert Word Documents into Maintenance Connection Library documents and then attach these to Work Orders and Purchase Orders.

About Maintenance Connection
Maintenance Connection is a rapidly growing company leading the way in maintenance management using pure Internet technology. They deliver a full-featured web-based maintenance management (or CMMS) solution including Work Order Tracking, Preventive Maintenance / PM Software, Asset Management, Inventory Tracking, Procedure Library, Labor Scheduling, and Service Requests all available through the Internet using a web browser. Maintenance Connection offers a unique and intuitive user interface built on a robust database infrastructure, all at a highly competitive price point. For more information about the company and their products, visit http://www.maintenanceconnection.com.

Contact: Brad Squires, Manager of Business Development, Maintenance Connection, Inc., phone: 888-567-3434x89, fax: 888-567-3434, email: bsquires@maintenanceconnection.com.