SoftSmiths Markets and SoftSmiths Electronic Tagging now available for Microsoft SQL Server 2000

Houston, TX. – September 15, 2005 –  SoftSmiths, Inc., today announced availability of SoftSmiths Markets and SoftSmiths Electronic Tagging for SQL Server 2000. SoftSmiths Markets is a next-generation market participant solution to interact with Independent System Organizations (ISO) and Regional Transmission Organizations (RTO). SoftSmiths Electronic Tagging is a fully NERC-compliant E-Tag Agent, Approval, and Authority service that enables all entities involved in energy delivery transactions to create, verify and approve transactions electronically.

“By adding MS-SQLServer to the list of relational database management systems supported by SoftSmiths, including Oracle and MySQL, we provide our customers the database options they like, while showing that SoftSmiths leads in multi-database connectivity and integration for market participant application solutions”, said Larry Stone, Director of Product Development at SoftSmiths.

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.

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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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