Ventyx Acquires Global Energy Decisions

Ventyx(TM), the leading Service Delivery Management (SDM) solution
provider, today announced that it has acquired Global Energy Decisions
LLC (Global Energy), a provider of integrated software, data and
advisory services to the worldwide electric utility industry and its
supply chain.

Global Energy delivers utility industry solutions for generation
asset and portfolio optimization, energy trading and risk management,
schedule management, price and load forecasting, maintenance
optimization, resource planning, fuel budgeting, plant betterment and
environmental compliance analysis. The solutions are based on a common
framework of software applications, energy markets data and advisory
services. Global Energy has worldwide relationships with 400 energy
market participants and more than 175 installed software clients and
150 installed database clients -- making the company a leader in
providing integrated analytics, planning, energy trading and
operations management solutions.

"The addition of Global Energy Decisions gives our combined
business the most complete product offering for the electric utility
industry, and the combination creates the largest privately held
software company serving this industry," said Ventyx President and CEO
Greg Dukat. "For the first time ever utilities will have a single
provider whose comprehensive solution suite bridges utility
forecasting, trading and operations and service delivery to customers.
As a result, the acquisition greatly expands our ability to help
utility clients deliver cleaner power, meet increasing load demand by
better operating existing assets, make big investment bets on new
capacity, secure fuel supplies in uncertain markets and achieve core
business objectives."

"Global Energy and Ventyx have been serving this industry for
decades, we have a deep understanding of how utilities work, and our
combined product lines help them to solve their most difficult and
complex business problems," said Ron McMahan, Chairman and CEO, Global
Energy Decisions. "This acquisition dramatically changes the landscape
in this market. It strengthens our mutual commitment to the utility
industry, and it will give utilities much better control over their
businesses with improved efficiencies and customer satisfaction."

"Utilities are looking to make strategic decisions about their
portfolio of assets, including how to operate generation as a fleet,
how and when to invest in new assets and how and when to invest in
existing assets within the context of real market conditions,"
explained Jill Feblowitz, Director of Business Technology at IDC's
Energy Insights. "With the acquisition of Global Energy Decisions,
Ventyx now has the ability to deploy applications covering wholesale,
delivery and customer requirements and therefore even greater
potential for providing real advantages to utilities."

Ventyx will continue to support all the industries on which it
currently focuses, including utilities, communications and its
traditional commercial markets. "This acquisition solidifies our
proactive strategy for growing our business, and we will continue to
actively assess opportunities to expand and deepen our product
offerings in all of our targeted industries," added Dukat.

Global Energy Decisions will operate as a Ventyx company, and its
employees and management team will continue to support the development
and deployment of its current software, data and advisory services
solutions for the wholesale electric utility industry and its supply
chain.

Ventyx is backed by Vista Equity Partners, a $1 billion private
investment firm based in San Francisco, CA. Ventyx was formed earlier
this year when Vista brought together industry leaders Indus
International Inc. and MDSI Mobile Data Solutions to form the leading
Service Delivery Management provider.

Global Energy Decisions was purchased by Ventyx from private
equity firm Quadrangle Group. Harris Williams & Co. advised Global
Energy Decisions on the transaction.

About Ventyx

Ventyx is the leading provider of proven Service Delivery
Management solutions which enable utility, communications and other
commercial field service organizations to optimize the management of
their customers, workforce, spare parts inventory, equipment, tools
and documentation -- empowering organizations to maximize efficiencies
in their customer relationships, facilities, workforce and field
service operations. With offices in North America, Europe, the Middle
East and Asia-Pacific, the company has more than 400 clients in select
asset-intensive service-based industries. For more information, visit
our Website at www.ventyx.com.

About Global Energy

Global Energy provides integrated software, data and advisory
services to the electric utility industry and its supply chain
enabling them to plan and operate their businesses, improve their
performance and make more informed, fact-based decisions. The company
has more than 400 client relationships worldwide with the industry's
leading market participants. More information about Global Energy is
available at www.globalenergy.com.

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