MRO Software Positioned in Leader Quadrant in Magic Quadrant For Enterprise Asset Management

MRO Software, Inc. (Nasdaq: MROI), the leading provider
of asset and service management solutions, today announced that
Gartner Inc. has positioned the Company in the leader quadrant in its
report; "Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Asset Management, 1H06(1)".
   According to Gartner, Inc., leaders are; "vendors that would
normally be included in shortlists worldwide for EAM products for
mainstream industries that rely on assets. They perform profitably,
grow their revenue and have a presence in all major markets. Their
functionality is above average and their technology and functionality
are leading edge. These vendors would be followed and tracked by other
EAM vendors."
   The report includes a market description for EAM solutions:
"Customer enterprises evaluate and procure EAM products or maintenance
modules when solving physical asset care requirements, such as
providing maintenance support in a facility, fixed plant, a fleet of
equipment or complex or hybrid manufacturing or service environment."
   "An EAM solution includes work order creation, planned
maintenance, maintenance history, purchasing and procurement and
inventory management, as well as equipment, component and asset
tracking for hierarchical contracts of equipment," noted Gartner
Inc.'s Kristian Steenstrup, Managing Vice President, and Bill Maynard,
Research Director, in the report "Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Asset
Management 1H 06."
   "We're extremely pleased with our positioning in the Gartner EAM
Magic Quadrant report. MRO Software was recognized based on several
criteria including vision and ability to execute," said Patricia C.
Foye, executive vice president of global marketing and alliances, MRO
Software. "We believe we've achieved this position based on our
understanding and commitment to solving the challenges our customers
face. We feel we are positioned where we are, based on our ability to
deliver the functionality and performance our customers require. And
we continue to build on this leadership position as we extend our
breadth of asset and service management solutions with Maximo
Enterprise Suite."

   About MRO Software, Inc.

   MRO Software is the leading provider of asset and service
management solutions. Maximo Enterprise Suite, the Company's flagship
solution, is delivered on a web-architected platform and increases
productivity, optimizes asset performance, and service levels, reduces
costs 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 life cycle of strategic assets including: planning,
procurement, deployment, tracking, maintenance and retirement. Using
MRO Software's solutions, customers improve production reliability,
labor efficiency, material optimization, 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 900 employees, and more than 300,000
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,
Europe, Asia/Pacific and Latin America. Additional information on MRO
Software can be found at http://www.mro.com.

   Maximo(R) is a registered trademark, and MRO Software(TM) and
MXES(TM) are trademarks, of MRO Software, Inc.

   (1) Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Asset Management, 1H 06, Gartner
Inc. Kristian Steenstrup, Billy Maynard, March 29, 2006

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