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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

PROS Energy Profit Optimization Workshop 

October 30, 2001-Houston- PROS Revenue Management, the world's leader in pricing and revenue optimization science and software, and the pioneer and dominant provider of revenue management to the airline and energy industries, today announced that its Energy Profit Optimization Workshop, being held November 5 at PROS' offices in Houston, TX, will afford attendees the opportunity to learn revenue management best practices and implementation experiences from industry leaders.

PROS industry experts will offer interactive workshops on the robust solutions available to the energy industry in the realm of revenue management.  

* Storage Optimization System - offering a 7-28% revenue lift, provides pipelines and storage marketers and traders with the ability to work real time and optimally manage storage assets, analyze the value of storage, and then maximize revenue from the sale of storage services and contracts.

* PROS Pipeline Capacity and Pricing Optimization System - offering an 8-14% revenue left, allows natural gas pipelines to optimize the capacity allocation of incoming bids, taking into account the economic interaction between all transportation service opportunities across the entire pipeline network, and then maximize revenue from the sale of transportation capacity

* PROS Trading & Scheduling Optimization System - offering a 10-15% revenue lift, generates the optimal routing of supply to market given all pipeline contact constraints, gas purchase and sale obligations, and trading opportunities.  A process which typically takes hours is now optimized in seconds. 

"Until recently, the energy industry has not had the opportunity to enjoy the benefits of pricing optimization and revenue management.  We're about to change that for the energy leaders," says Matt Johnson, senior vice president of PROS' energy group.  "In our experience, giving hands-on demonstrations and workshops of our products shows our message of how our solutions can revolutionize your company by incrementally increasing your revenue and profits."  

This workshop is free of charge.  Join us to hear from your energy colleagues the amazing functionality and associated benefits available through these product applications.  Network with industry leaders at various levels of their organizations to understand best practices within your business arena. For more information, please check PROS' Web site at http://www.prosrm.com/energy/workshop.htm. 

PROS Revenue Management is the world's leader in pricing and revenue optimization solutions and the pioneer and dominant provider of revenue management to the airline and energy industry. PROS provides system solutions to the airline, energy, cargo, rail, healthcare, and broadcast industries, and has licensed over 235 systems to more than 95 clients in 39 countries. PROS' clients include 15 of the top 25 carriers in the airline industry.

The PROS mission is to maximize the revenue of each client using PROS' world-leading revenue management science, systems solutions, and best practices business consulting. PROS' clients report annual incremental revenue increases of 6-8% as a result of revenue management. PROS' solutions forecast demand, optimize inventory, and provide dynamic pricing to maximize revenue. 

Founded in 1985 in Houston, PROS Revenue Management has a six-year compounded revenue growth of 40%, in large part due to the intellectual capital of its staff. Nearly half of PROS' professional staff has advanced degrees and the staff speaks a cumulative total of 26 languages. The company is profitable with Year 2000 revenue of $29 million. For more information on PROS Revenue Management, please visit www.prosRM.com or call 713-335-5151. 

Please note that although the PROS 9th Annual Conference has been postponed, this has not affected the PROS Energy Profit Optimization Workshop which will occur as planned on Monday, November 5, 2001.  We look forward to your attendance.


Contact:
Candy Haase - VP Marketing 
713-335-5151 / 713-335-8144 - fax
3100 Main Street, Suite 900
Houston, TX 77002 USA
info@prosRM.com / www.prosRM.com