Press release June 12, 2003 - PlanMill Ltd, a subsidiary of TJ Group Plc, today announced the availability of a new version 7.1 of its Professional Services Automation software (PSA).

The browser-centric PlanMill PSA 7.1 offers improved functionality for client companies. It enables improved control over personnel, projects and business processes and thus increases productivity and profitability.

PlanMill PSA 7.1 especially emphasizes increased reporting functionality, a more streamlined user experience, and open operating environment, which translates to enhanced browser support in Linux environment and enabled SSL encryption.

- We have listened to our customers, and paid even more attention in the new version to increased efficiency and cost control demands of business-critical, real-time project operations. PlanMill PSA 7.1 will improve organizations' ability to control planning, implementation and analysis of their projects in a networked operating environment, says Thomas Hood, CEO of PlanMill Ltd.

All functions of the role-based PlanMill PSA 7.1 can be accessed via a browser, and it is even more graphic than its predecessors. Improvements speed up the system access, decrease the need for training and cut down human errors.

– The streamlined, integrated operating environment of PlanMill PSA 7.1 will significantly improve the workflow of several business processes. SSL support makes PlanMill PSA 7.1 also suitable for open networks, and it can be also used with the Mozilla browser on Linux and Windows workstations, says Christer Nordlund, Director of Product Development at PlanMill Ltd.

The PlanMill PSA 7.1 system was developed especially for internal and external service organizations and IT units.

For additional information, please contact:

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

PlanMill briefly
PlanMill Ltd is a leading provider of user-friendly PSA (Professional Services Automation) solutions. Web-based 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 solutions have been deployed to more than 60 leading service companies and IT and R&D divisions of companies in more than 10 countries.  The customers of PlanMill Ltd include Digita, Frantschach Consulting, Iocore, Nordea, Raiffeisen Informatik Zentrum, Sofia Digital and TJ Group. The offices of PlanMill Ltd are located in Helsinki, Finland and St.Gallen, Switzerland. The company has established an authorized dealer network to Austria, Switzerland, and Germany. PlanMill is a subsidiary of TJ Group Plc, which is listed in the Helsinki Exchanges. Additional information: www.planmill.com 

This is a translation of the original Finnish release. In case the translation differs in meaning from the Finnish version, the Finnish version takes precedence.

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