Power and Water Corporation Taps IBM to Aid in Asset Management Program

SYDNEY, Nov, 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced a
$14.5 million agreement with Power and Water Corporation, the Northern
Territory's multi-utility provider, to help design and implement an asset
management system aimed at delivering electricity, water and sewerage services
to its customers more efficiently.

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Serving approximately 80,000 customers across more than 1.3 million kilometers
of the Northern Territory spanning vastly different environments comprised of
arid deserts to tropics, Power and Water will tap IBM's expertise and
technology for its Asset Management Capability (AMC) Project, a four-year
program to improve asset management practices across the corporation.

"We need an enterprise-wide system to streamline processes and report real
performance," said Sharon McAnelly, AMC Program Director, Power and Water
Corporation. "Better asset management systems capability means better
information on asset performance and condition. This will bring clarity to
investment decisions, maintenance planning and delivery, and ultimately better
customer services."

A key component in the delivery of the AMC Project lies in the implementation
of IBM Maximo® Spatial Asset Management, a geospatially enabled asset
management solution integrated with the latest Geographic Information System
(GIS) technology from IBM Business Partner ESRI.

IBM Maximo Spatial Asset Management is designed to enable users to visualize
all assets and work in a geospatial context to help optimize resources and
decisions. The solution enables users to capture, analyze, and display
assets, locations, and work orders. For example, asset managers will not only
know that an asset exists, but can also see information about its condition,
cost, maintenance history and exactly where it is on a map, in relationship to
other assets of various types.

Power and Water will also be using IBM Cognos® TM1 to consolidate and analyze
maintenance and capital works planning. This will help Power and Water to meet
the future needs of the growing Northern Territory population and meet the
goals of its recently increased capital maintenance plan allocated across
power generation, power networks, water, sewerage and business services.

"We are delighted to be helping Power and Water Corporation lay down the
groundwork for smarter energy and water management," said Steve Bond, General
Manager, Public Sector, IBM Australia and New Zealand. "Power and Water
Corporation joins the ranks of businesses and governments around the world
working with IBM on smart technology systems to help manage and optimize the
use of finite resources."

The contract was signed in September, 2009.

For more information about IBM Maximo Spatial Asset Management, please visit
http://www-01.ibm.com/software/tivoli/products/maximo-spatial-asset-mgmt/

For more information on Power and Water Corporation, please visit
http://www.powerwater.com.au

For more information about IBM Smarter Planet, please visit
http://www.ibm.com/ibm/ideasfromibm/us/smartplanet/index.shtml

Contacts

Gisele Boulay
IBM Media Relations
gboulay@au1.ibm.com
61- 401-713-940

Lorraine Hook
Media Manager
Power and Water
Lorraine.hook@powerwater.com.au
0401 117 599

SOURCE IBM

Gisele Boulay, IBM Media Relations, gboulay@au1.ibm.com, 61- 401-713-940; or
Lorraine Hook, Media Manager, Power and Water,
Lorraine.hook@powerwater.com.au, 0401 117 599