SoftSmiths again named in Houston's Top 25 Software Development Companies

Houston, TX. – March 31, 2003 – Today, SoftSmiths announced their inclusion in the Houston Business Journal's annual Top 25 list of Houston-based Software Development Companies. SoftSmiths delivers critical e-Business solutions and services that enable energy industry participants to enhance profitability and reliability in the competitive marketplace.

"We are proud to be included in the Business Journal's annual list for the second consecutive year" said Hugo Stappers, Director of Sales/Marketing at SoftSmiths. "We have dedicated ourselves to delivering new enabling solutions to energy market participants, who are increasingly recognizing the breadth and depth of functionality, proven scalability, and technology innovation of our products. This is a very exciting time for us"
SoftSmiths provides critical elements for the next generation of transaction management systems, including its e-Merchant, e-Wheel, and ETPS product suites. e-Merchant offers a flexible, scalable business technology solution, seamlessly integrating Trading, Portfolio Assessment, Resource Management, Scheduling, Risk Measurement, Accounting, and Reporting. e-Wheel is designed for RTOs, Transmission Providers, and Control Area Operators, and offers Scheduling, Transmission Services, ATC Management, Interchange Checkout, EMS Integration, Accounting, and Reporting. ETPS is a NERC 1.7 compliant Electronic Tagging solution allowing the electronic creation, verification, approval, and management of interchange transaction tags in all three roles -- agent, approval, and authority.

About SoftSmiths

SoftSmiths is a leading provider of proven business critical Transaction Management Systems and services for Load Serving Entities, Generation Production Entities, Purchasing Selling Entities, and Transmission Providers who operate in physical markets to sell, purchase, trade, and deliver energy in the most efficient and cost- effective way. SoftSmiths’ seamlessly integrated, scalable, and adaptable solutions provide ready-to-deploy, out-of-the-box functionality that is highly configurable and customizable to meet companies' unique needs. SoftSmiths' proven solutions and in-depth knowledge of the industry's business practices allow its customers to automate manual processes, eliminate redundancies, and increase business visibility across the enterprise to allow faster decision making and more informed decisions, thereby improving profitability, operational efficiencies and cash flow. The company has been successfully delivering e-business solutions to energy service companies since 1997.

SoftSmiths is a registered trademark of SoftSmiths, Inc.

Contact Information:

Softsmiths Inc.
Hugo Stappers
Phone:    713.626.9184
Fax:          713.626.0186
Email:      mkt@softsmiths.com
Website:  www.softsmiths.com

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