Intergraph Introduces Next Generation of SmartPlant® Enterprise

SmartPlant Enterprise 2007 Delivers End-to-End Plant Lifecycle Management

HUNTSVILLE, Ala., January 29, 2007 -- Intergraph Corporation today announced the release of SmartPlant® Enterprise 2007. With this release, SmartPlant Enterprise offers an even more powerful suite of best-in-class solutions with which the world’s leading owner/operators and engineering, procurement and construction organizations are managing the plant lifecycle. SmartPlant Enterprise delivers reduced cost of ownership, drives competitiveness, mitigates risk of project overruns and plant downtime, facilitates global project work sharing, and improves Return on Capital Employed.

SmartPlant Enterprise 2007 features enhanced capabilities for both integrated enterprise usage, as well as individual disciplines, while allowing modular implementation. New to this release:

Enhanced information mapping and schema editing tools to improve integration implementation and administration for enterprise use;
SmartPlant Basic Integrator, which provides a simplified, lower-cost offering for customers requiring only basic integration, without workflow and advanced collaboration functionality;
Completed proof of concept of SmartPlant Enterprise solution for owner/operators, featuring an SAP Netweaver integration to enable broader use of engineering information in operations and maintenance functions, with enhanced integration for Digital Control Systems and Asset Performance Management/Reliability Systems, which will be released in the coming months;
Enhanced modeling capabilities in SmartPlant 3D for power, pharmaceutical, and offshore industries;
The ability to read AVEVA PDMS models in SmartPlant Review and SmartPlant Foundation allows organizations to standardize their viewing and information management solution;
Increased productivity in SmartPlant Enterprise Engineering and Schematics tools through streamlined copy plant and system editing functions, and the automatic generation of deliverables;
The rebrand of MARIAN to SmartPlant Materials, powered by MARIAN® which offers improved integration with SmartPlant 3D and SmartPlant Foundation, to deliver streamlined materials management; and
The rebrand and bundle of MARIAN MLCL and MARIAN Integrator into SmartPlant Reference Data to provide clients with a centralized capability to manage catalogues and specifications for multiple design and materials management systems.

“SmartPlant Enterprise empowers our customers with versatile delivery of engineering services and data throughout the lifecycle, maximizing their return on investment in their assets Intergraph is offering even broader automation and integration across SmartPlant Enterprise in 2007. We have committed to continuing this innovation via a large and sustained investment in research and development,” stated Patrick Holcomb, executive vice president of Intergraph Process, Power & Marine. “Deployed for individual disciplines or as an integrated enterprise solution, SmartPlant Enterprise allows world leading organizations to successfully unleash untapped value.”

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About Intergraph

Intergraph Corporation is the leading global provider of spatial information management (SIM) software. Security organizations, businesses and governments in more than 60 countries rely on the company’s spatial technology and services to make better and faster operational decisions. Intergraph’s customers organize vast amounts of complex data into understandable visual representations, creating intelligent maps, managing assets, building and operating better plants and ships and protecting critical infrastructure and millions of people around the world. For more information, visit www.intergraph.com.

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Contact

Sara Upchurch
Manager, Corporate Communications
+1.404.751.2553
Sara.Upchurch@Intergraph.com

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