Maximo Life Sciences Working Group Draws Industry Leaders; MRO Software Meets with User Group, Discusses Best Practices, Product

MRO Software, Inc. (Nasdaq: MROI), the leading provider
of asset and service management solutions today announced the opening
of the 2006 Maximo Life Sciences Working Group conference, being held
February 22-23.
   MRO Software customer, Bristol-Myers Squibb will host the
conference that will focus on maximizing asset performance in the
global life sciences industry. The meeting has attracted more than 50
users from nearly 20 of MRO Software's life sciences customers. Also
in attendance are more than a dozen business and technology partners.
Attendees come together to discuss their use of Maximo(R), MRO
Software's asset and service management solution.
   The Maximo Life Sciences Working Group represents Maximo users and
industry professionals in all facets of the life sciences industry,
from research and development to production and packaging. The
conference features a variety of industry specific topics and
operational issues, providing Maximo users with a forum to gather and
share information. Specific agenda items include calibration,
validation, regulatory compliance, mobile computing strategies, the
impact of electronic signatures and adherence to the Maintenance
Baseline Guide as being drafted by ISPE (Industrial Society for
Pharmaceutical Engineers). In addition, there are four customer-driven
sessions highlighting successful Maximo implementations.
   MRO Software will provide specific details on its latest
calibration package for Maximo Enterprise Suite (MXES), and other
features and functionality designed for the life sciences industries.
   "We work with more than 100 life sciences customers including the
top 10 Fortune-ranked life science companies. With a user community
like that, we're focused on, and dedicated to, working with these
industry professionals to discuss the technology requirements and
other issues they face in a very competitive market," said Johan Arts,
vice president, industry marketing, MRO Software. "Today more than 50
customers have purchased our calibration solution, and more than
two-thirds of them are life sciences companies. The requirements and
functionality delivered in the calibration solution were driven in
large part by our life sciences customers and from communities like
the Maximo Life Sciences Working Group. These meetings provide
critical feedback and insights that we use to develop and enhance our
solutions to better meet our customers' needs."
   The Maximo Life Sciences Working Group is an independent,
voluntary organization sponsored by life sciences companies using MRO
Software's Maximo asset and service management solution. The forum is
designed to exchange information, methods and experiences in working
with Maximo. The working group meets twice a year; at MRO World in
July and at a host site, in this case, the Bristol Myers Squibb
facility in Manati, Puerto Rico.

   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 across the asset
base.
   MRO Software (Nasdaq: MROI) is a global company based in Bedford,
Mass., with approximately 900 employees, 10,000 customers and more
than 260,000 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.