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21 December 2005

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Pelagic Group Joins Growing Roster of PlanView Global Partners

PlanView announced it has signed a strategic partnership with The Pelagic Group, Asia Pacific's leading Business Process Management Consultancy, to increase PlanView's awarness across Asia-Pacific. More than 20 value added resellers (VARs), international distributors, vertical solution providers, system integrators and consulting firms participate in the PlanView Global Partners Program to help build best-in-class solutions that leverage PlanView's leading IT portfolio management platform.

"The Pelagic Group joins a growing list of partners leveraging PlanView Enterprise to help organizations align IT spending with corporate business objectives," said Thomas Chauchard, vice president of PlanView in charge of the international expansion program. "We are very enthusiastic about this partnership and confident that our customers in Asia Pacific will benefit tremendously. With the combination of PlanView and Pelagic Group, customers are getting the best of both worlds, best in class IT portfolio management solutions and leading Process Management Consultancy."

PlanView's channel partners are leading distributors, integrators, consultants and value added resellers (VARs) around the world who offer PlanView Enterprise solutions and integrated, customer-tailored implementations. PlanView's diligent selection process and dedicated partner support ensures that PlanView partners are highly trained, customer-focused professionals committed to 100% customer satisfaction.

"We have been very impressed about the capabilities of PlanView Enterprise to provide executive visibility into IT spend," said Ken Reimer, CEO of Pelagic Group. "Having been active in this field for over a decade, we have rarely seen a tool with the same focus and ease of use PlanView provides, maintaining the excellent value-for-money balance suitable for the typical Asian company. We look forward to helping PlanView expand into Asia and are confident that our customers will benefit from this relationship tremendously."

The PlanView Global Partners Program requires a significant commitment from both the Partner and PlanView in terms of focus, time and resources. After a rigorous induction course, partners are certified and measured on both sales and implementation performance to ensure a consistent level of quality that matches PlanView's customer commitment. Paul Dharmaratne, Regional Director of PlanView Asia-Pacific is responsible for regional partner operations across Asia-Pacific. For more information: info-apac@planview.com or visit http://www.planview.com/partners.asp .

About Pelagic Group

Pelagic Group is a leading Operations Management Consultancy in Australasia. With offices in Australia, China and Singapore, Pelagic Group helps global Fortune 1000 companies develop and maintain operational excellence. With a panel of process advisors and its undiluted focus on Processes, Pelagic Group has contributed to many of the famous Process Management Concepts such as Process Identity Management or the Process Capability Maturity Model. Key service offerings provided by the Pelagic Group are: Process Improvement, BPM, Sarbanes & Oxley Compliance Management, Process Methodology Development, Empowerment of Corporate Process Teams and Enterprise Architecture Management. Pelagic Group's Industry specific services include Telecoms, Insurance, Manufacturing and Professional Services practices. For more information please visit http://www.pelagicgroup.biz .

About PlanView

Since 1989, PlanView has been a market leader and trusted partner in software for comprehensive IT management. Our flagship product, PlanView Enterprise, brings the most comprehensive IT management solution to the market, combining adaptive IT management best practices, best of breed resource management and portfolio management software. We serve an active and growing global customer community of over 400 organizations in the financial, insurance, healthcare, government and other industries. For more information, visit http://www.PlanView.com .

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