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      <title>Ponca City Energy Selects Milsoft Outage Management and Communications</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p>ABILENE, Texas – January 12, 2012 — Milsoft Utility Solutions, Inc., Ponca City Energy in Oklahoma has selected Milsoft Utility Solutions for its utility outage management and communications needs. </p><p>
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	ABILENE, Texas &ndash; January 12, 2012 &mdash; Milsoft Utility Solutions,Inc.,Ponca City Energy in Oklahoma has selected Milsoft Utility Solutions for its utility outage management and communications needs.</p>
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	&ldquo;We are most pleased that Ponca City Energy has chosen Milsoft Outage Management and Communications for their electric and water/wastewater utility operations and customer service needs,&rdquo; said Milsoft CEO Wayne Carr.&nbsp; &ldquo;We understand that a key factor in their decision was the unique power and functionality of our new Core E&amp;O system.&rdquo;</p>
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	Ponca City Energy is deploying the best available technologies in order to continue to serve its citizens in the most efficient and effective manner possible.&nbsp; A long time user of Milsoft&rsquo;s engineering analysis software, the utility selected Milsoft outage management and communications through a formal RFP process.&nbsp; Engineering Manager Steve Sullivan said, &ldquo;We look forward to using Milsoft Core E&amp;O, the best system that we&rsquo;ve seen for fully integrating the data and applications we need for our utility engineering and operations.&rdquo;</p>
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	About Milsoft Utility Solutions, Inc.</p>
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	Milsoft has been serving the electric utility industry for more than two decades.&nbsp; Some 1,000 electric utilities, consultants, universities and others in the US and abroad use Milsoft software. To learn more, start here: <a href="http://www.milsoft.com/">www.milsoft.com</a>.</p>
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	About Ponca City Energy.</p>
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	Ponca City Energy is the city&rsquo;s electric utility which is leased to and operated by the Ponca City Utility Authority.&nbsp; As a public power system it is owned by and is accountable to the people that it serves.&nbsp; Its mission is to provide all its citizens quality public services in the most efficient and effective manner possible, utilizing qualified and dedicated employees, with accessible, well-maintained facilities and infrastructure.&nbsp;</p>
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      <title>Southern Pine EPA, MS Selects Milsoft Utility Solutions</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p>ABILENE, Texas - December 19, 2011 - Milsoft Utility Solutions, Inc., Southern Pine Electric Power Association has selected  Milsoft Utility Solutions' Interactive Voice Response (IVR) and Outage Management System (OMS).</p><p>
	<strong>ABILENE, Texas - December 19, 2011 - <em>Milsoft Utility Solutions, Inc.,</em> </strong>Southern Pine Electric Power Association has selected &nbsp;Milsoft Utility Solutions&#39; Interactive Voice Response (IVR) and Outage Management System (OMS).</p>
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	&ldquo;We are delighted that Southern Pine EPA has chosen to use our software for their operations and customer service needs,&rdquo; said Brian Carr, VP, sales at Milsoft.&nbsp; &ldquo;They join hundreds of electric utilities who rely on Milsoft IVR and OMS to meet the needs of their customers.&rdquo;</p>
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	Southern Pine EPA began investigating IVR in 2010 as part of their ongoing efforts to provide their customers with the most efficient, reliable and quality service.&nbsp; Milsoft IVR was selected after a formal RFP process.&nbsp; Southern Pine EPA then decided to purchase and deploy Milsoft&rsquo;s OMS in order to further improve its operations.&nbsp; Jason Siegfried, Taylorsville (HQ) District Manager, said, &ldquo;We look forward to using Milsoft&rsquo;s powerful software to help us provide the best possible service to our members.&rdquo;</p>
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	<strong>About Milsoft Utility Solutions, Inc.</strong></p>
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	Milsoft has been supplying powerful software solutions to the electric utility industry for over 22 years. &nbsp;Milsoft clients include over 1,000 rural electric cooperatives, municipalities, educational institutions, and consultants both in the United States and abroad. &nbsp;To learn more, start here: www.milsoft.com.</p>
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	<strong>About Southern Pine EPA, MS.</strong></p>
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	Southern Pine Electric Power Association was incorporated in 1938 and serves 65,000 meters. &nbsp;Our Mission Statement: &nbsp;<em>To provide reliable, safe and efficient services at a competitive price to all customers, whether we are supplying electricity to a poultry farm, an urban subdivision or a multi-million dollar industry. &nbsp;Our Commitment is to set the service standard for the providers of electric service and to remain the power providers of electric service and to remain the power provider for our customers.</em></p>
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      <pubDate>2011-12-30T16:10+00:00</pubDate>
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      <title>Milsoft Utility Solutions Names Brian Carr as Vice President of Sales</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p>ABILENE, Texas – October 31, 2011— Milsoft Utility Solutions, an industry leader in Engineering Analysis, Outage Management, Interactive Voice Response, Geospatial Information Systems and Field Engineering solutions announced today the promotion of Brian Carr to Vice President of Sales.</p><p>
	<strong>ABILENE, Texas &ndash; </strong>October 31, 2011&mdash;&nbsp;Milsoft Utility Solutions, an industry leader in Engineering Analysis, Outage Management, Interactive Voice Response, Geospatial Information Systems and Field Engineering solutions announced today the promotion of Brian Carr to Vice President of Sales.</p>
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	&quot;Brian&#39;s ability to accurately represent the very diverse and complex suite of Milsoft products, coupled with his interpersonal and communication skills, made him the perfect Regional Account Manager, and primarily responsible for closing $2.2mm in sales in 2008,&quot; &nbsp;said Ed Carlson, Executive Vice President, Sales and IVR Division. &nbsp;&quot;A logical next step was having him lead the sales team as Director, utilizing his leadership talents and product knowledge to bring the team to a high level of productivity and cohesiveness. &nbsp;As Director from 2009 to present, Brian has shown time and again that he is capable of leading his team in an extremely professional and capable manner, validating in his managers the honesty and integrity that are truly indicative of Milsoft&#39;s industry reputation ... being named Vice President is a well deserved promotion&quot; said Carlson. &nbsp; &nbsp;</p>
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	Leon Giesecke, President, said: &nbsp;&quot;We are proud to welcome Brian to the Executive Team. &nbsp;Brian has tremendous insight, is a forward thinker in all areas of both sales and business development, and has absolutely the right mix of talent and personality to carry us into the future.&quot;</p>
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	Milsoft provides powerful software solutions for power system professionals in over 1,000 rural electric cooperatives, municipalities, educational institutions, and consultant offices in the United States&nbsp;and abroad. &nbsp;Milsoft offers a suite of software solutions including Engineering Analysis, Outage Management, Interactive Voice Response, Geospatial Information Systems and Field Engineering to optimize utility performance and efficiency. &nbsp;Milsoft has developed an outstanding reputation for delivering quality products, services and support to the electric utility industry for over two decades and continues to thrive on product innovation and superior customer support. &nbsp;To learn more, start here: <a href="http://www.milsoft.com">www.milsoft.com</a></p>
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      <pubDate>2011-10-31T20:53+00:00</pubDate>
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      <title>CRC selected Milsoft as its Interactive Voice Response solution</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p>Milsoft Utility Solutions, Inc. and  Cooperative Response Center, Inc. (CRC), are pleased to announce an expansion of their strategic business partnership with CRC selecting Milsoft as its interactive voice response solution.</p><p>
	<strong>ABILENE, Texas &ndash; August 29, 2011</strong>&mdash; Milsoft Utility Solutions, Inc. and &nbsp;Cooperative Response Center, Inc. (CRC), are pleased to announce an expansion of their strategic business partnership with CRC selecting Milsoft as its interactive voice response solution.</p>
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	According to Ed Carlson, Milsoft Executive VP of IVR &amp; Sales, &ldquo;Milsoft and CRC already have a history of great success interfacing and integrating their respective solutions for their common customers. Now CRC will offer to its membership interactive voice response service using Milsoft&rsquo;s industry leading IVR.&rdquo;</p>
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	&ldquo;CRC and Milsoft share a passion for excellence in customer service and support,&rdquo; says Chris Holt, interim President and CEO of CRC. &ldquo;CRC and Milsoft are recognized leaders in providing advanced solutions to rural electric utilities and this is a continuation of that leadership.&rdquo;</p>
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	<strong>About Milsoft Utility Solutions</strong></p>
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	Milsoft provides powerful software solutions for power system professionals in 1,000 rural electric cooperatives, municipalities, educational institutions, and consultancies in the USA and abroad. Milsoft has an outstanding reputation for delivering quality products, services and support to the electric utility industry for over two decades and continues to thrive on product innovation and superior customer support. To learn more, visit <a href="http://www.milsoft.com/">www.milsoft.com</a>.</p>
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	<strong>About Cooperative Response Center</strong></p>
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	CRC is a nationwide, cooperatively owned and operated, 24/7 contact center, central station, and software provider. Founded in 1992, CRC has steadily increased the size and scope of its operation with offices currently in Austin, Minnesota, Dunlap, Tennessee, and Abilene, Texas. CRC serves 274 members and associate members in 38 states, representing 3.87 million consumers. Visit CRC on the web at <a href="http://www.crc.coop/CRCWeb/">www.crc.coop</a>.</p>
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      <title>Major Utility Services Provider Taps TextPower for its Text Messaging Enterprise Needs</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p>June 8, 2011 – SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, California -- TextPower, a provider of software and text messaging (SMS) gateway services, today announced a technology partnership with Milsoft, an Abilene, TX provider of software solutions for the utility industry, to provide electrical power customers with rapid information services regarding their utility via text messaging services.  </p><p>
	<strong>June 8, 2011 &ndash; SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, California</strong>-- TextPower, a provider ofsoftware and text messaging (SMS) gateway services, today announced a technology partnership with Milsoft, an Abilene, TX provider of software solutions for the utility industry, to provide electrical power customers with rapid information services regarding their utility via text messaging services.&nbsp; TextPower and Milsoft will outline the new program at the 2011 Milsoft User&rsquo;s Conference next week in Westminster, Colorado.</p>
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	Often power customers are not informed about planned or sudden power outages and can spend a significant amount of time on hold waiting for details about when power restoration is expected.&nbsp; The partnership between TextPower and Milsoft provides a significant upgrade to customer service by allowing&nbsp; Milsoft&#39;s utility customers to receive and send immediate text messages about such things as outages, load shedding alerts, delinquencies, appointment scheduling, pending payments and other services offered through Milsoft in its IVR hosted call center using TextPower&rsquo;s SMS service 24 hours a day. &nbsp; &nbsp;</p>
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	&quot;Milsoft selected TextPower as our texting gateway service provider based on three major criteria; a proven track record of success, an excellent interface toolbox, and professionalism in customer support,&quot; said Ed Carlson, Milsoft&#39;s Executive Vice President. &quot;Our &#39;Milsoft Connections&#39; call center is a hosted subscription service designed to offer utilities the advantage of virtually unlimited capacity in phone lines and broadband, without having to bear the cost of the infrastructure. Whether our customers have mission critical outage reporting or customer service related communication, the capacity to handle virtually unlimited inbound and outbound high volume communication traffic is invaluable to our customers.</p>
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	&quot;We are very excited about our relationship with TextPower&nbsp;and their texting gateway services that allow us to provide immediate alerts for our customers,&quot; Carlson continued.&nbsp;</p>
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	&quot;TextPower is delighted to partner with Milsoft, a company with an exceptional track record as a technology solution provider to the utility industry,&quot; said Mark Nielsen, TextPower&#39;s Executive Chairman.&nbsp; &quot;By integrating our text messaging platform with Milsoft, numerous utility companies will be able to reach their customers immediately, wherever they may be, for greatly improved customer service.&quot;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
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	TextPower has already shown the value of text messaging for utilities to control peak usage as experienced by one of its clients in the Midwest reducing peak load by large system irrigators almost 64 percent during the summer months.&nbsp;&nbsp; This program resulted in significant cost savings to both the utility and its customers, who adjusted their daily irrigation schedules and power usage based on each morning&#39;s alert messages.</p>
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	TextPower integrates with an organization&rsquo;s back-office system to create event-triggered alerts that lets senior management decide the criteria so that when something happens or reaches a predetermined threshold, alerts are automatically sent to a mobile or group of cell phones, advising them of the occurrence. To benefit from TextPower&rsquo;s SmartAlert&trade; suite of software capabilities, simply add Text Power&rsquo;s SOAP interface (API) into internal IT systems.&nbsp;</p>
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	For more information about TextPower&#39;s services for utilities or other industries call 818.222.8600 or email <a href="mailto:Info@TextPower.com">Info@TextPower.com</a>. &nbsp; The TextPower web site has a special section for the utilities services described here at <a href="http://www.TextPower.com/Utilities">http://www.TextPower.com/Utilities</a>.</p>
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	<strong>About TextPower, Inc.</strong><br />
	TextPower, Inc. is a Southern California-based company providing business solutions to a variety of industries worldwide using text messaging (SMS). &nbsp;The company provides software and text messaging gateway services that allow companies to use texting to enhance their revenues, decrease costs and improve customer loyalty. A variety of businesses and agencies use its simple web-based applications and sophisticated development interfaces (both API and SOAP) to send real-time updates, emergency alerts and two-way communications to customers, students and employees.&nbsp;</p>
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	TextPower&rsquo;s infrastructure employs mission-critical redundancy and avalanche-level throughput for the industry&rsquo;s highest reliability,&nbsp;and connectivity&nbsp;to&nbsp;virtually&nbsp;every&nbsp;cell phone user in the United States with connections&nbsp;to most recognized wireless operators around the world.&nbsp;&nbsp;Visit <a href="http://www.TextPower.com">http://www.TextPower.com</a>, email <a href="mailto:Info@TextPower.com">Info@TextPower.com</a>or call 818.222.8600 for more information. &nbsp;</p>
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	<strong>About Milsoft Utility Solutions, Inc.</strong><br />
	Milsoft has supplied software solutions to the utility industry for more than 20 years. Specializing in transmission &amp; distribution modeling and analysis, outage management, interactive voice response, geospatial information systems, and field engineering solutions, Milsoft clients include more than 1100 utilities, educational institutions and consultants in both the United States and abroad. For additional information please visit Milsoft&rsquo;s website at <a href="http://www.milsoft.com/">www.milsoft.com</a>.</p>
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      <title>PCS to Provide Milsoft Hosted IVR Solution to Its Customers</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p>ABILENE, Texas – October 22, 2010 — Milsoft Utility Solutions, Inc. and Professional Computers Systems, Co. (PCS), announced today a new partnership to provide Milsoft’s hosted Interactive Voice Response (IVR) solution to PCS customers.

Ed Carlson, Milsoft EVP, IVR & Sales, explains: “Milsoft and PCS have already had great success with interfacing and integrating their respective solutions for their common customers and now PCS can directly offer to its customers all of Milsoft’s hosted IVR solutions.”</p><p>
	ABILENE, Texas &ndash; October 22, 2010 &mdash; Milsoft Utility Solutions, Inc. and Professional Computers Systems, Co. (PCS), announced today a new partnership to provide Milsoft&rsquo;s hosted Interactive Voice Response (IVR) solution to PCS customers.</p>
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	Ed Carlson, Milsoft EVP, IVR &amp; Sales, explains: &ldquo;Milsoft and PCS have already had great success with interfacing and integrating their respective solutions for their common customers and now PCS can directly offer to its customers all of Milsoft&rsquo;s hosted IVR solutions.&rdquo;</div>
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	&ldquo;PCS and Milsoft share a passion for excellence in software and support,&rdquo; says Kim Ingerslev, CEO of PCS. &nbsp;&ldquo;We are delighted to add this important customer service and commerce capability to our comprehensive billing and accounting solutions. &nbsp;This hosted IVR solution eliminates the need for the utility to own and operate telecom and server hardware, making it affordable for even smaller utility clients. &nbsp;With the MultiSpeak-based interface, customer data is communicated from the PCS billing application, Utilit-e Connect, directly to the IVR system in real-time. &nbsp;Clients do not have to enter information in both systems. &nbsp;We are looking forward to this product offering and our partnership with Milsoft.&rdquo;</div>
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	About Milsoft Utility Solutions, Inc.&nbsp;</div>
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	Milsoft provides powerful software solutions for power system professionals in over 1,000 rural electric cooperatives, municipalities, educational institutions, and consultant offices in the United States and abroad. Milsoft offers a suite of software solutions including Engineering Analysis, Outage Management, Integrated Voice Response, Geospatial Information Systems and Field Engineering to optimize utility performance and efficiency. Milsoft has developed an outstanding reputation for delivering quality products, services and support to the electric utility industry for over two decades and continues to thrive on product innovation and superior customer support. To learn more, start here: www.milsoft.com.</div>
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	About PCS</div>
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	Professional Computer Systems, Co. (PCS) has been serving the utility industry with billing and accounting software solutions since 1981. PCS offers Utilit-e Solutions, an integrated suite of premier software applications for the utility industry. &nbsp;The suite includes: Utilit-e Connect, a customer information system and utility billing application; Utilit-e Insight, a comprehensive financial accounting solution; Utilit-e Online, an e-Commerce solution; and Utilit-e Central, an application software hosting service. &nbsp;PCS also provides many Smart Grid interfaces to third party applications such as AMI, GIS, IVR, MDM and more. &nbsp;PCS provides customer support personnel who know your utility and understand your support needs. For more information, visit www.pcsco.com. Contact: &nbsp;Kathy Muckey, 712-263-3106, kathy.muckey@pcsco.com.</div>
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      <title>Milsoft Introduces DisSPatch Mutual Assistance Network to Outage Management Customers</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p>Milsoft is proud to announce the formation of the DisSPatch Mutual Assistance Network (DMAN) for our DisSPatch OMS customers.  DMAN provides a platform for our OMS users to join a coalition which provides access to experienced dispatchers who might be available to assist each other during times when power service is disrupted.</p><p>
	ABILENE, Texas - October 22, 2009 -&nbsp;Milsoft is proud to announce the formation of the DisSPatch Mutual Assistance Network (DMAN) for our DisSPatch OMS customers. &nbsp;DMAN provides a platform for our OMS users to join a coalition which provides access to experienced dispatchers who might be available to assist each other during times when power service is disrupted.</p>
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	Every year destructive storms tear through the country compromising utility service. &nbsp;Utilities are tasked with restoring power as quickly as possible, thereby minimizing the detrimental economic affect that prolonged outages have on communities and businesses. While managing a large outage, the benefit of having ready access to additional, experienced dispatchers would be enormous. DMAN provides Milsoft users with a &quot;go-to&quot; resource by providing information on any available dispatchers who could provide aid during a critical time. In a nut-shell, DMAN provides a way for users to offer each other assistance.</p>
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	The formation of DMAN was largely the brainchild of Milsoft Advisory Board members. While there are existing channels to ask for assistance with crews, Advisory Board members indicated that there was no resource available to turn to for assistance from experienced DisSPatch users. DMAN fills that role.</p>
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	While we hope that you will never have to use DMAN to assist in the restoration of power, it is our belief that providing this network will prove invaluable in the event that you should ever need this resource. &nbsp;We will constantly re-evaluate the system and make improvements whenever it makes sense to do so. Milsoft continually seeks advanced ways to offer support for our users with creative hardware and software solutions designed to bring customers real value for their investment in Milsoft products. We are confident that as the grid gets smarter, solutions will too. &nbsp;Know that Milsoft will be right there to bring these smarter solutions to you.</p>
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	How to Join the DisSPatch Assistance Network</p>
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	To join DMAN, simply visit www./milsoft.com/smart-grid/mutual-assistance-network, register and then activate your Milsoft online account. After your account information is verified, you will have access to other utilities who could offer available dispatchers. &nbsp;You will also have the ability to post available dispatchers from your utility. Only registered Milsoft users will have access to this network.</p>
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      <title>Wireless Matrix &#45; Milsoft Receives MultiSpeak 4.0 Interoperable Certification</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p>HERNDON, VA – (Oct. 20, 2010) – Wireless Matrix (TSX:WRX) announced today that its FleetOutlook&reg; GPS fleet tracking solution and Milsoft DisSPatch Outage Management System have received MultiSpeak&reg; 4.0 Interoperable certification.

The MultiSpeak Initiative is a collaboration of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA), utility companies and leading utility market software vendors. Its goal is the development and application of a specification defining standardized interfaces between software applications commonly used by electric utilities. This ensures that different supplier products can interoperate without a need to develop custom interfaces.
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	HERNDON, VA &ndash; (Oct. 20, 2010) &ndash; Wireless Matrix (TSX:WRX)&lt;/b&gt; announced today that its FleetOutlook&amp;reg; GPS fleet tracking solution and Milsoft DisSPatch Outage Management System have received MultiSpeak&amp;reg; 4.0 Interoperable certification.</p>
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	The MultiSpeak Initiative is a collaboration of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA), utility companies and leading utility market software vendors. Its goal is the development and application of a specification defining standardized interfaces between software applications commonly used by electric utilities. This ensures that different supplier products can interoperate without a need to develop custom interfaces.</p>
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	&nbsp;&ldquo;Customers want the ability to select from a variety of best-in-breed solutions to manage their operations, &ldquo; said Michael Jakab, vice-president of sales for Wireless Matrix, &ldquo;and they want them to work together seamlessly. MultiSpeak 4.0 certification for FleetOutlook gives utilities the confidence that if they are already using other MultiSpeak compliant solutions, integration with FleetOutlook can be rapidly accomplished.&rdquo;</p>
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	This certification on the latest version of the MultiSpeak standard ensures clear data interoperability between FleetOutlook and the DisSPatch Outage Management System (OMS) from a key Wireless Matrix utility partner, Milsoft Utility Solutions. Through this standard interface, GPS fleet tracking information from FleetOutlook is rapidly accessible by DisSPatch. This allows technician location and status to be used to coordinate outage priorities more safely and efficiently, two keys to timely service restoration.</p>
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	&ldquo;Having DisSPatch Outage Management operating with the Wireless Matrix FleetOutlook solution has been a fantastic marriage of technology,&rdquo; said Ed Carlson, Executive Vice President for Milsoft. &ldquo;The ability to readily identify and dispatch crews who are geographically close enhances restoration times and crew efficiency, as well as providing a margin of safety and crew awareness from within the dispatch center.&rdquo;</p>
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	&ldquo;Certification under the latest version of the MultiSpeak specification is a testament to the greater ability of FleetOutlook to integrate in a standardized fashion with other leading applications,&rdquo; said J. Richard Carlson, president and CEO of Wireless Matrix. &ldquo;FleetOutlook provides utility companies with a superior choice for coordinating their vehicles and tapping into that data with other powerful tools to achieve mission-critical goals.&rdquo;</p>
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	About Wireless Matrix:&nbsp;<br />
	Wireless Matrix Corporation (TSX: WRX) provides software solutions to improve service fleet delivery metrics. The company&rsquo;s solutions provide location intelligence for managing, measuring and monitoring service execution. Users consistently report greater on-time arrivals, increased productivity and lower total operating expenses. The Wireless Matrix solution suite includes FleetOutlook&reg;, a web-based platform providing fleet operators complete visibility of their operations, enabled by vehicle mounted wireless data communication services. Wireless Matrix is headquartered in Herndon, Va. For more information visit www.wirelessmatrix.com.</p>
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	Contacts:</p>
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	Investor Relations:&nbsp;<br />
	Maria C. Izurieta<br />
	Wireless Matrix<br />
	(703) 262-4020<br />
	maria.izurieta@wirelessmatrix.com</p>
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	Sales:<br />
	Michael Jakab<br />
	Wireless Matrix<br />
	(703) 262-4086<br />
	mike.jakab@wirelessmatrix.com</p>
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	Marketing:<br />
	Mark Freeman<br />
	Wireless Matrix<br />
	(703) 262-4024<br />
	mark.freeman@wirelessmatrix.com</p>
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	About Milsoft Utility Solutions:<br />
	Milsoft has provided powerful software solutions for power system professionals in over 1,000 rural electric cooperatives, municipalities, educational institutions, and consultant offices in the United States and abroad. Milsoft offers a suite of software solutions including Engineering Analysis, Outage Management, Integrated Voice Response, Geospatial Information Systems and Field Engineering to optimize utility performance and efficiency. Milsoft has developed an outstanding reputation for delivering quality products, services and support to the electric utility industry for over two decades and continues to thrive on product innovation and superior customer support. To learn more, start here: www.milsoft.com.</p>
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	About MultiSpeak:&nbsp;<br />
	The MultiSpeak Specification is an industry-wide software standard that facilitates interoperability of diverse business and automation applications used in electric utilities. It has been developed and maintained by a collaboration of NRECA and the 60 software vendors and consultants that are members of the MultiSpeak Initiative. www.multispeak.org</p>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p>Telogis, Inc., the platform for location intelligence, announces that its Telogis Fleet vehicle management solution has achieved MultiSpeak&reg; Version 4 certification for interoperability with Milsoft Utility Solutions' DisSPatch&reg; Outage Management System (OMS). Multispeak certification is a collaboration between the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) and leading software designers that supply the utility market to identify software products that work together without developing extensive or complicated interfaces. </p><p>
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	Telogis, Inc., the platform for location intelligence, announces that its Telogis Fleet vehicle management solution has achieved MultiSpeak&amp;reg; Version 4 certification for interoperability with Milsoft Utility Solutions&#39; DisSPatch&amp;reg; Outage Management System (OMS). Multispeak certification is a collaboration between the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) and leading software designers that supply the utility market to identify software products that work together without developing extensive or complicated interfaces.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;</div>
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	By integrating Telogis Fleet with the DisSPatch OMS, utility customers will now visualize real-time location of field resources (both vehicles and assets) within Milsoft&amp;#39;s DisSPatch Client Map. This allows dispatchers to better observe resource status and dispatch the closest technician with the most appropriate resources. It improves operational efficiency, outage management response time and overall productivity, saving both time and money.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;</div>
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	&quot;Integrating Telogis Fleet with a leading outage management system offers our utility customers additional levels of visibility and control over their mobile workforce, and increases the value of the location intelligence platform,&quot; says Jason Koch, president, Telogis Fleet. &amp;#39;Multispeak certification with Milsoft&#39;s DisSPatch solution improves workforce efficiency for utilities and better directs resources to where they are needed most.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;</div>
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	&quot;The integration with Telogis Fleet empowers our customers to make fast, accurate and critical decisions while in the field to ensure that power is restored as quickly and safely as possible,&quot; says Luis Malave, executive vice president and chief technology officer, Milsoft. &quot;Milsoft is passionate about supporting MultiSpeak, as we feel that is the fastest and most cost-efficient way to deliver the value and usefulness of the software solutions that we deliver to our customers.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;</div>
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	ABOUT TELOGIS&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;</div>
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	Telogis Inc., the platform for location intelligence, is dedicated to enhancing the value of its customers&amp;#39; businesses through intelligent integration of location technology, information and services. Telogis was established in 2001 and is headquartered in Aliso Viejo, Calif., with offices in Europe and Latin America as well as development centers in Austin, Texas and Christchurch, New Zealand. Telogis&amp;#39; products and services are used and distributed in more than 60 countries worldwide. To learn more about Telogis visit www.telogis.com or call toll free at 866-TELOGIS (866-835-6447).&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;</div>
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	ABOUT MILSOFT UTILITY SOLUTIONS&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;</div>
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	Milsoft has provided powerful software solutions for power system professionals in over 1,000 rural electric cooperatives, municipalities, educational institutions, and consultant offices in the United States and abroad. Milsoft offers a suite of software solutions including Engineering Analysis, Outage Management, Integrated Voice Response, Geospatial Information Systems and Field Engineering to optimize utility performance and efficiency. Milsoft has developed an outstanding reputation for delivering quality products, services and support to the electric utility industry for over two decades and continues to thrive on product innovation and superior customer support. To learn more, start here: www.milsoft.com.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;</div>
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	ABOUT MULTISPEAK&amp;reg;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;</div>
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	The MultiSpeak&amp;reg; Specification is an industry-wide software standard that facilitates interoperability of diverse business and automation applications used in electric utilities. It has been developed and maintained by a collaboration of NRECA and the 50 software vendors and consultants that are members of the MultiSpeak&amp;reg; Initiative.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;</div>
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      <title>Press Release: Open Systems International and Milsoft successfully passed interoperability tests!</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p>Open Systems International, Inc. (OSI) and Milsoft successfully passed interoperability tests for interfaces between OSI's monarch&#8482; (Multi-platform Open Network ARCHitecture) SCADA and Distribution Management platform and Milsoft's DisSPatch and Windmil products in compliance with MultiSpeak&reg; 3.0 standards.  The monarch platform is a modern control system architecture for supporting the monitoring, controlling, scheduling and optimization of complex network operations for the electric, oil & gas, transportation, and water industries.  </p><p>
	Open Systems International, Inc. (OSI) and Milsoft successfully passed interoperability tests for interfaces between OSI&#39;s monarch&amp;#8482; (Multi-platform Open Network ARCHitecture) SCADA and Distribution Management platform and Milsoft&#39;s DisSPatch and Windmil products in compliance with MultiSpeak&amp;reg; 3.0 standards. &nbsp;The monarch platform is a modern control system architecture for supporting the monitoring, controlling, scheduling and optimization of complex network operations for the electric, oil &amp; gas, transportation, and water industries. &nbsp;</p>
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	Milsoft&#39;s Outage Management System (OMS), DisSPatch, uses the interface to retrieve breaker operations as well as substation voltages and currents from monarch in order to detect outage events or restorations. &nbsp;Through the interface, the monarch system can also actively detect outages and restorations as they occur and relay those notifications to the DisSPatch OMS in real-time, allowing the location of service interruptions to be more quickly identified and repaired. &nbsp;</div>
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	Similarly, Milsoft&#39;s Windmil product can also retrieve breaker operations, as well as substation voltages and currents, from monarch through the interface to run the Fault Locator utility or (in the case of feeder current data) to run a Load Allocation study.</div>
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	OSI provides open, state-of-the-art and high-performance automation solutions to utilities worldwide. These solutions include Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems, Network Management Systems (NMS), Energy Management Systems (EMS), Distribution Management Systems (DMS) and Generation Management Systems (GMS); as well as individual software and hardware products and SmartGrid solutions for utility operations. OSI is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. For more information, please visit www.osii.com.&nbsp;</div>
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	About Milsoft</div>
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	Milsoft has provided powerful software solutions for power system professionals in over 1,000 rural electric cooperatives, municipalities, educational institutions, and consultant offices in the United States and abroad. Milsoft offers a suite of software solutions including Engineering Analysis, Outage Management, Integrated Voice Response, Geospatial Information Systems and Field Engineering to optimize utility performance and efficiency. Milsoft has developed an outstanding reputation for delivering quality products, services and support to the electric utility industry for over two decades and continues to thrive on product innovation and superior customer support. For more information, please visit www.milsoft.com.&nbsp;</div>
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	About MultiSpeak</div>
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	The MultiSpeak Specification is an industry-wide software standard that facilitates interoperability of diverse business and automation applications used in electric utilities. It has been developed and maintained by a collaboration of NRECA and the 50 software vendors and consultants that are members of the MultiSpeak Initiative. &nbsp;</div>
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