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PILOT SOFTWARE PRESS RELEASE - 14 June 2006
Sears makes enterprise-wide commitment to Pilot Software

Pilot® Software Inc., the original provider of operational performance management solutions, today announced that Sears Holdings Corporation has upgraded to a PilotWorks enterprise deployment. Previously used by 2,800 Kmart business users in the United States, Guam, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, the retail giant plans to expand usage of Pilot Software enterprise-wide so that its worldwide workforce can make profitable decisions that deliver on its customers’ needs.
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PILOT SOFTWARE PRESS RELEASE - 15 May 2006
Pilot Software named an Intelligent Enterprise "Company to Watch"

"Pilot Software today announced it has been selected by Intelligent Enterprise editors as one of its 2006 "Companies to Watch". This recognition from a highly-influential industry magazine comes on the heels of high praise from several other important performance management influencers, including Ventana Research and Aberdeen Research. "To Pilot, performance management isn't about putting lipstick on a BI pig.  PilotWorks 2006 displays a deep understanding of what really needs to happen", said David Stodder, editor-in-chief of Intelligent Enterprise." "
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PILOT SOFTWARE IN THE NEWS - 1 April 2006
Maximize IT to optimize performance, by Mark Smith, Ventana Research in Intelligent Enterprise Magazine

"A rep from a multibillion-dollar insurance company recently told me that the failed BI implementation on top of the firm's $30 million data warehouse could bankrupt it. The CFO of another large enterprise complained that a prominent BI vendor had over-promised while its software and services had underdelivered." "Performance management is a complex undertaking. [...] Pilot Software is addressing these needs in an innovative way, moving beyond basic scorecarding, goals and objectives to performance-management workflow and approval processes that help you gain insight into accountability and ownership."
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PILOT SOFTWARE IN THE NEWS - 20 March 2006
Interview: Jonathan Becher, CEO and President, Pilot Software by InsightExec

'There will also be changes in the market. Already CRM vendors, such as Siebel, offer built-in analytics capabilities. This evolution will continue, reckons Becher. "In 5 to 10 years, every vendor will be a BI vendor. Everyone and everything will be subsumed in BI and analytics," he argues. "But we are not really BI. Our fundamental goal is to optimise the harnessing of data for business ends. Over the next 5 years or so there will be a corporate mentality that is less of 'do it faster' and more about do it more strategically." '
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PILOT SOFTWARE PRODUCT RELEASE- 13 February 2006
Pilot Software announces availability of PilotWorks 2006 - First Performance Management solution to streamline metrics collection and approval process

Pilot® Software Inc., today announced availability of PilotWorks 2006, the first ever performance management solution that streamlines the process of collecting, approving, and publishing metrics, thereby addressing the primary reason that most performance management deployments fail to meet their original expectations. Coupled with dozens of other new features designed to accelerate adoption, PilotWorks provides organisations with the only performance management solution to provide a truly personalised experience.
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ISSEL NEWS RELEASE- 13 October 2005
Pilot Software launches new educational resources to guide organisations through performance management lifecycle

Pilot Software Inc., the original provider of operational performance management solutions has launched a newly-redesigned educational resource library, based on an August 2005 poll of customers, partners and prospects. With the need for straightforward performance management education revealed as the top finding in the survey, Pilot redesigned its educational resources in three, intuitive tracks: Get Started, Build it Out and Sustain Performance.
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PILOT SOFTWARE NEWS RELEASE- 14 July 2005
Pilot Software expands European partner network with HymnSheet agreement

Pilot Software Inc., has signed a partnership agreement, via distributor partner ISSEL, with HymnSheet, a UK-based international corporate management consultancy. The agreement is the latest in a series of partnerships forged by Pilot Software in Europe to help it build its position as the leading provider of operational performance management solutions.
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PILOT SOFTWARE NEWS RELEASE- 16 May 2005
PilotWorks™ selected by Ventana Research as leading alignment Solution

Pilot® Software, the original provider of operational performance management solutions, today announced that its flagship solution, PilotWorks, has been recognised by Ventana Research as a leading software solution for facilitating alignment. In Ventana's 2005 Performance Management Scorecard, PilotWorks was rated a top solution focused on ensuring that an organisation's recommended actions and plans directly support overall goals and objectives.
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To read Ventana's detailed assessment of PilotWorks 2005 Winter, the latest release of Pilot's flagship solution, download it from here (PDF 132 kb).

PRODUCT RELEASE- 28 March 2005
Pilot Software announces availability of PilotWorks 2005 Winter
— First operational performance management solution focused on sustaining performance

Pilot® Software, the original provider of operational performance management solutions, today announced the availability of PilotWorks™ 2005 Winter. PilotWorks 2005 Winter is the first operational performance management solution focused on helping organisations sustain performance management success by enabling employees to consistently execute strategically and do the right work.
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ISSEL NEWS RELEASE- 15 February 2005
Pilot Software and Clickstream collaborate for easy route to web channel performance management

Gives customers a reference solution that integrates web data with performance management software ideal for advanced Web channel initiatives.

Pilot Software Inc., a provider of operational performance management solutions, today announced that through master distributor partner ISSEL, it has signed a European partnership agreement with Clickstream Technologies. Clickstream provides software that captures data about user behaviour on websites and other web-based interfaces. Under the agreement, ISSEL will integrate Pilot’s Web channel performance management solution with Clickstream’s Datasherpa product.
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PILOT SOFTWARE NEWS RELEASE- 19 January 2005
PilotWorks™ chosen 2005 Codie awards finalist among
record-breaking 1,000+ submissions

Operational performance management solution stands out in one of the most popular categories, Best Business Software Product or Service. Pilot® Software, the original provider of operational performance management solutions, today announced that its flagship solution, PilotWorks, was named a finalist in the Software & Information Industry Association's 20th Annual Codie Awards. Submitted in the category of Best Business Software Product — an award for the product that best exemplifies the value that software provides to business operations — PilotWorks was rigorously evaluated against leading companies such as IBM, PeopleSoft and TIBCO. After a two-month judging process, PilotWorks was one of five finalists advanced to the next round in one of the most popular Codie Award categories.
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PILOT SOFTWARE NEWS RELEASE- 15 December 2005
Pilot Software gains momentum in Europe with addition of
Brakes Logistics, Nomura International PLC, Royal Nedalco
and World Food Programme

Pilot® Software Inc., a provider of operational performance management solutions, today announced additions to its growing customer base of more than 300 worldwide organisations with new customers Brakes Logistics (www.brake.co.uk); Nomura International PLC., part of the Nomura Group (www.nomura.com); Royal Nedalco (www.nedalco.nl); and World Food Programme (www.wfp.org).

"We have seen tremendous interest in Europe for Pilot's solutions," said Colin Cooper, commercial director, ISSEL, a Pilot European channel partner. "As organisations increasingly recognise that successfully competing on the global stage involves ensuring that their operations are tightly aligned with strategic objectives, they are looking to Pilot's solutions to help them become more effective."
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PILOT SOFTWARE NEWS RELEASE- 13 October 2005
Pilot Software named to the 2004 DM Review 100

Pilot® Software Inc., a provider of operational performance management solutions, today announced it has been named to the DM Review 100 list. This prestigious reader's choice award recognises top companies in nine product categories including performance management.

"The companies named to the DM Review 100 list have a proven track record of success in their respective markets," said Brian Cronin, DM Review publisher. "We are proud to name Pilot Software among the elite few leading the way in innovative performance management solutions."
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PRODUCT RELEASE- 30 August 2004
Pilot Software announces PilotWeb 2004 Summer, first packaged web channel performance management solution to bridge the gap between strategy and execution

Pilot® Software today announced the immediate availability of PilotWeb™ 2004 Summer, the first packaged, yet customisable, Web channel performance management solution that rapidly aligns online execution with strategy.
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PRODUCT RELEASE - 10 May 2004
Pilot Software Announces PilotWorks 2004 Spring for sales, service and marketing

Pilot® Software today announced the immediate availability of PilotWorks™ 2004 Spring, an integrated, yet modular, operational alignment framework that includes interactive strategy plan, initiative management, scorecard & dashboard, report & ad hoc, and modeling & integration components.
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PILOT SOFTWARE NEWS RELEASE - 15 April 2004
Pilot Software announces new educational services, including Pilot Boot Camp

Pilot Software today announced its new educational services, including Pilot Boot Camp. Held in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Pilot Boot Camp is a three-week course designed to provide partners and customers with in-depth technical training on Pilot's solutions.
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ISSEL NEWS RELEASE - 10 February 2004
Pilot Software introduces web channel performance management

New solution manages and motivates web channel initiatives to pre-defined objectives. Pilot® Software today announced UK availability of the first performance management solution for web-based marketing channels. Pilot HitList 5.6 is available immediately from UK Pilot HitList distributor ISSEL.
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ISSEL NEWS RELEASE - 10 February 2004
New tool speeds ABCE ELECTRONIC audits

A new software tool, ISSEL’s ABCE Companion, is being launched today to help companies ease the process of providing website traffic data to ABC ELECTRONIC for certification. The product is available immediately from UK web performance management specialist ISSEL.
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ISSEL NEWS RELEASE - 21 January 2004
The power of proof

Internet Solutions company, syzygy (www.syzygy.net) has this quarter launched a specialist Insight division, offering strategic customer and web analysis, customer planning and research. The team has introduced Pilot HitList web performance software to capture and analyse data on how sites are used as a foundation for delivering customer insight.
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PILOT SOFTWARE NEWS RELEASE - 13 January 2004
BioTech company, Proligo, uses Pilot Software to increase business visibility and support its performance management initiative.

Proligo, a subsidiary of multibillion dollar Degussa, has successfully deployed the first phase of "Project Visibility" — a critical piece of its performance management initiative. Using Pilot's customized performance management solution, Proligo was able to integrate disparate data sources, standardise corporate metrics, and develop executive sales and financial applications aimed at providing users across the company with a unified view of corporate information via interactive analysis and reporting.
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