MRO Software Names Roberto Casetta Vice President, Worldwide Channels

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    BEDFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 28, 2005--MRO Software, Inc. (Nasdaq: MROI), the leading provider of strategic asset and service management solutions, today announced that Roberto Casetta has joined the company as its vice president of worldwide sales channels.
    In this position, Casetta is responsible for leading MRO Software's channel sales and operations worldwide. Casetta will report to Dick Cahill, MRO Software executive vice president of worldwide sales operations.
    "Roberto has a proven track record of building and executing a channel strategy, and we will look for him to leverage that experience as we enhance our existing channel program," said Dick Cahill, executive vice president, worldwide sales operations for MRO Software. "Roberto's deep technology background uniquely qualifies him to support our channel partners in realizing the full benefit of our solutions to their end-user customers. With Maximo Enterprise Suite rolling out internationally, his ability to drive channel activity will be critical to the Company's growth. I look forward to working with Roberto to expand our channel program on a worldwide basis."
    Casetta was most recently SEMEA Regional Director at BMC Software. He has nearly 20 years' of experience in a range of technologies. His background as a product, technical and business line manager has built a keen understanding of enterprise applications and his more recent experience with channels demonstrates his ability to communicate the benefits of a given technology or solution. Casetta brings a proven ability to work with partners and secure their focus to successfully sell a solution in the marketplace.

    About MRO Software, Inc.

    MRO Software is the leading provider of strategic 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 lifecycle 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) is a trademark of MRO Software, Inc.

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CONTACT: MRO Software Vaughn Harring, 781-280-6855 vaughn.harring@mro.com

KEYWORD: MASSACHUSETTS INDUSTRY KEYWORD: HARDWARE SOFTWARE MANAGEMENT CHANGES SOURCE: MRO Software, Inc.

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