Datastream Product Line to Support Microsoft Office
2000
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MP2 Professional, MaintainIt Pro and MaintainIt Compatible With Latest Version of
Microsoft Office
GREENVILLE, S.C., June 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Datastream Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:
DSTM) today announced that the Company's maintenance software systems
based on the Microsoft Access database will support Microsoft Office 2000.
Datastream's MP2(R) Professional(TM), MaintainIt Pro)(TM) and MaintainIt(R)
maintenance software products utilize the Microsoft Access database to store
equipment, labor, inventory and other crucial information.
"Our goal with Office 2000 is to provide customers with the tools to integrate
productivity tasks and the Web to streamline the process of sharing information
with others," said Don Richardson, technical evangelist for manufacturing at
Microsoft. "We are excited to see Datastream capitalize on Office 2000's
technology to provide their customers with the best set of productivity tools."
MP2 Professional offers an array of easy-to-use features to streamline
maintenance operations by generating work orders and purchase orders,
scheduling preventive maintenance (PM) tasks, and providing on-line purchasing of
Maintenance, Repair and Operations (MRO) parts. MaintainIt Pro and MaintainIt
are designed specifically for small-to-medium sized maintenance organizations and
for companies who are implementing their first comprehensive maintenance
software system.
"Supporting Microsoft Office 2000 allows us to provide solutions that are easy to
use, scalable and meet the future demands of our customers," said Jeff Childers,
director of product development at Datastream. "With Microsoft Office 2000
technology as the backbone of our MP2 Professional and MaintainIt product lines,
we will continue to provide powerful applications suited to our customers' needs."
Datastream Systems, Inc. is the leading* provider of Computerized Maintenance
Management Systems (CMMS) and Enterprise Asset Management (EAM)
systems aimed at improving plant efficiency, increasing equipment uptime and
reducing costs. The Company has sold over 47,000 system units worldwide,
accounting for more than 55 percent of the unit market share* in CMMS/EAM.
Headquartered in Greenville, South Carolina (USA), Datastream has offices in 10
countries and software products in 15 languages. Datastream's customers are
located in 129 countries and include over 60 percent of the Fortune 500. For more
information on Datastream, please visit the Company's multilingual Web site at
dstm.com .
* Based on number of system units sold, as reported by Automation Research
Corporation, 1998.
This news release contains forward-looking statements which involve a number of
risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from
historical results or those anticipated. Potential risks and uncertainties include, but
are not limited to, those described in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K,
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the year ended December
31, 1998. With respect to such forward-looking statements, Datastream seeks the
protections afforded by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
Datastream, MP2 and MaintainIt are registered trademarks and MP2 Professional
and MaintainIt Pro are trademarks of Datastream Systems, Inc. Microsoft,
Microsoft Office 2000 and Microsoft Access are either registered trademarks or
trademarks of Microsoft Corporation (Nasdaq-NNM: MSFT) in the United States
and/or other countries. All other products or company names mentioned are used
for identification purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective owners.
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