Sofia Digital deployed PlanMill's PSA solution to management of its service business and R&D department

Press Release May 29, 2002 - PlanMill Ltd, a leading provider of user friendly Professional Services Automation (PSA) solutions for growing professional services and IT organizations, today announced that Sofia Digital Ltd, one of the world's leading providers of DVB MHP software solutions, has deployed PlanMill’s PSA solution to its MHP experts, UI designers and iTV concept developers.

"We established a clear set of requirements based on our current business processes and how we thought our processes would change as a result of implementing a professional services automation solution," said Petri Martikainen, CEO of Sofia Digital. "Based on these requirements, we evaluated a number of offerings. PlanMill ranked highest in the in-depth analysis we conducted looking into ease-of use, product maturity, integrated features, and a cost-benefit analysis to compare the software's ability to meet our needs against their cost."

Sofia Digital use PlanMill for project management, staffing, time management, financial management, portfolio performance and resource utilization analysis, collaboration and knowledge management. The successful deployment completed in only a few weeks based on PlanMill’s proven and cost-effective Implementation Process model.

We are pleased that Sofia Digital recognized PlanMill’s solution as mission-critical to its services and R&D organization,” said Thomas Hood, CEO of PlanMill. “With embedded best practices for effective implementation, PlanMill ensures that our customers get up to speed quickly, and are able to rapidly realize benefits. We are excited to stay connected with Sofia Digital as it streamlines its value-creating business processes, becomes more efficient and continues to grow with our proven business application.

For further information, please contact:

CEO Thomas Hood, PlanMill Ltd
Tel. +358 40 558 5138 or e-mail thomas.hood@planmill.com
www.planmill.com

CEO Petri Martikainen, Sofia Digital Ltd
Tel. +358 10 850 5550 or e-mail petri.martikainen@sofiadigital.com

About PlanMill
PlanMill Ltd is a leading provider of user-friendly PSA (Professional Services Automation) and EPM (Enterprise Project Management) solutions. Solutions by PlanMill help project-oriented organizations to improve the control of personnel, projects and business processes, which in turn improves their productivity and profitability. PlanMill was the first PSA software in the world to receive the respected Microsoft Windows 2000 certification. PlanMill solutions have been deployed to more than 60 leading service companies and IT and R&D divisions of companies in more than 12 countries. The customers of PlanMill Ltd. include Digita, Nordea, Raiffeisen, Skandia, Sofia Digital, TJ Group, and Tecnomen. The offices of PlanMill Ltd are located in Helsinki, and the company has established an authorized dealer network to Austria, Switzerland, and Germany.

About Sofia Digital
Sofia Digital Ltd provides interactive TV solutions using the MHP, Multimedia Home Platform, across the world. The iTV solutions of Sofia Digital consist of tools for content providers, server applications for operators, MHP applications for receivers, and applications for return channel services. Sofia Digital has made the world's first MHP services in regular use. www.sofiadigital.com

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