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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Peace
Software and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Team to Bring Energy e-Commerce
Solutions to Deregulated Market
NEW YORK, N.Y., November 8, 2000 - Peace Software, a global
provider of leading e-business solutions for energy retail companies,
and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, the world's largest professional
services organization, today announced an alliance to help deregulating
energy companies successfully leverage the Internet economy.
Under the terms of the alliance, PricewaterhouseCoopers and Peace
will seek opportunities to Market PricewaterhouseCoopers customer
relationship management strategy, process and technology services,
and Peace's Energy suite, an advanced web-based solution developed
specifically for the complexities of the deregulating energy industry.
Peace's comprehensive Energy suite provides integrated e-Commerce,
customer care and self-service, billing and commodity management
to enable energy retailers to be more competitive while providing
excellent customer service.
"Our alliance with Peace Software represents a powerful combination
of customer relationship management strategy, process and technology
expertise with first-class product innovation," stated Bob
Vallee, customer relationship management partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers.
"Today's energy companies need assistance in developing sound
customer strategies and implementing the right technology. It is
important that they transform their businesses to successfully leverage
the Internet-based competitive marketplace - and the combined PricewaterhouseCoopers/Peace
team is an excellent way for them to do just that."
"PricewaterhouseCooper's management consulting services and
its leadership position in the global energy market make this an
ideal relationship to help us service customers and deploy Energy
in markets around the world," said Brian Peace, CEO and founder,
Peace Software.
"Our comprehensive Energy suite is an end-to-end solution
for customer and commodity management based on advanced, web-based
technology for rapid deployment of energy retailing systems,"
continued Peace. "PricewaterhouseCoopers compliments our strengths
with their proven project management skills and business transformation
expertise. As a team, we enable the integration of the Energy system
into client organizations as seamless as the Energy functionality
itself."
PricewaterhouseCoopers currently is assisting Peace Software in
deploying Peace's web-enabled customer management solution at Dominion
Retail, a subsidiary of Dominion Resources Inc., in Pittsburgh,
PA. This joint implementation demonstrates PricewaterhouseCooper's
and Peace's combined strengths of product innovation and industry
expertise to rapidly deploy e-business solutions in transitioning
energy markets.
About PricewaterhouseCoopers
PricewaterhouseCoopers' Customer Relationship Management (CRM) practice
provides multichannel, web-enabled CRM solutions that transform
how companies market, sell and serve their customers. With more
than 2,400 experienced CRM practitioners worldwide, PricewaterhouseCoopers
delivers its Market-Intelligent EnterpriseSM (MIE) vision: aligning
the e-enabled front office with back office strategies and activities
to proactively manage customer information and relationships, develop
and integrate multiple sales and service channels and manage product
and service innovation and time-to-market for sustainable and profitable
growth. PricewaterhouseCoopers (www.pwcglobal.com)
is the world's largest professional services organization. Drawing
on the knowledge and skills of more than 150,000 people in 150 countries,
we help our clients solve complex business problems and measurably
enhance their ability to build value, manage risk and improve performance
in an Internet-enabled world.
PricewaterhouseCoopers refers to the member firms of the worldwide
PricewaterhouseCoopers organization.
About Peace Software
Peace Software International delivers the broadest and most comprehensive
e-business solutions to the global retail energy market. The industry-leading
Energy suite is being rapidly deployed in twenty deregulating markets,
spanning North America and Australia. Based on industry standards,
the proven Energy suite integrates e-Commerce, customer care and
self-service, billing and commodity management. Headquartered in
Atlanta and founded in 1984, Peace is a global company with offices
in the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Visit us
at www.peace.com.
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