Wessex Water selects Nexala Insights^TM to improve business performance.

London 3rd November 2006:

Wessex Water has selected Nexala Insights for Asset Performance Analysis and driving improvement across their business. Mr Dave Watkins, General Manager Treatment with Wessex Water, said "We chose Nexala because of their deep understanding of the water industry and in particular their ability to understand our assets, processes and our data. Their solutions allow us to manage and optimise our asset performance and our operations in an effective manner". Nexala Insights will be used as the standard platform across the business to manage asset performance & maintenance, understand resource impacts and drive the operation’s Key Performance Metrics.

Mr. Liam Brennan, Sales Director with Nexala said "Wessex Water is a key customer win for Nexala. Nexala has developed a best of breed solution for the Utilities sector. Wessex Water selecting Nexala is an excellent endorsement of our offering to the sector ".

About Wessex Water

Wessex Water is the regional water and sewage treatment business serving an area of the south west of England, covering 10,000 square kilometres including Dorset, Somerset, Bristol, most of Wiltshire and parts of Gloucestershire and Hampshire. Wessex Water supplies drinking water to 1.2 million people and provides sewerage services to about 2.5million.

Wessex Water was recognised in 2006 by the United Kingdom water industry regulator, OFWAT, as the most efficient operator in England and Wales for the second year in a row.

About Nexala

Nexala is a world leader in Asset management, Advanced Planning and Service Management software. Nexala's solutions allow companies to plan for the future, improve operational efficiencies, manage their service levels, and fundamentally to reduce their costs while at the same time ensuring that the service they provide is maintained to the highest level. In effect, Nexala is about improving business performance. Nexala was formed in 2002 following the acquisition of a number of technology organisations. Nexala has operations in Ireland, United Kingdom, France and North America. Nexala has a number of agents a distributors servicing Asia and the Middle East.