LONDON, February 23, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Ventyx(R), the world's largest private software, data and advisory services provider to the energy and utility industry, today announced that Romanian nuclear operator CNE (http://www.cne.ro/) Cernavoda, in conjunction with its business partner SIVECO (http://www.siveco.ro/web/?page=11language=2) Romania, has successfully implemented the Ventyx Asset Suite(TM) (http://www.ventyx.com/asset-suite/overview.asp) enterprise asset management (EAM) software solution to manage maintenance and safety operations for its nuclear plants at Cernavoda, and has made a new four-year commitment to extend the deployment to the entire nuclear operation.

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CNE and SIVECO deployed Asset Suite across CNE's two currently operational plants, Units 1 and 2, supporting a total of 600 users. As part of the new agreement, CNE has committed to extend the solution to 1,000 users and deploy additional Asset Suite modules, including Engineering Change, Personnel Qualifications, Project Management and Total Exposure. CNE uses also the Ventyx Curator document management system in order to manage engineering design documents.

CNE chose Ventyx and its business partner SIVECO for this project because we wanted to work with a company that understands nuclear plant operations process and needs, and has successfully delivered solutions around the world, said Ionel Bucur, CNE Cernavoda Site Director. The success of this implementation shows that our choice of Ventyx was well-founded. CNE places high value on the quality and knowledge of the professional services teams from both Ventyx and SIVECO, as well as the strength of our partnership. Both will play a vital role as we work together to maintain and improve the safety and efficiency of the Cernavoda site.

By implementing Asset Suite, CNE has deployed the industry-leading EAM solution for nuclear power generation, energy delivery and other asset-intensive organizations. Hundreds of clients around the world use Ventyx asset and plant operations management software, including 95 percent of the top 50 Fortune 100 energy companies, nine of the top 10 European power generators and four of the top five European utilities.

Asset Suite will provide CNE's nuclear operators with deep asset management for their diverse equipment and infrastructure, allowing them to manage information such as equipment model, serial number, vendor, date purchased, spare parts, services performed, recalls and more for the entire site with a single system. In addition, Asset Suite delivers a personal user interface that includes role and rule-based content and workflow-based navigation and is configurable for the individual user. As a result, CNE can improve their asset performance, safety and financial results by reducing plant operational costs, improving workforce effectiveness, meeting regulatory and safety requirements and streamlining the supply chain, among other benefits.

We are delighted to be able to count CNE amongst our extensive nuclear customer base and to partner with leading IT partner SIVECO on such an important project, further demonstrating our commitment and leadership in the Central and Eastern European energy generation market, said Ventyx VP Richard Jones. The success at Cernavoda is truly the result of a team effort. Ventyx has had a full-time team of nuclear specialists from our Professional Services Organization onsite in Romania working closely with both the customer and partner implementation team from the onset. And, we are proud that CNE has chosen to continue our partnership and leverage our industry-leading work and asset management solution as they are going to operate also Units 3 and 4.

For further information on Ventyx asset management solutions for the nuclear power industry, click here (http://www.ventyx.com/solutions/nuclear-power.asp).

About SIVECO

During its 18-year existence, SIVECO Romania has become one of the most important providers and software integrators of EAS, eLearning, eHealth, eBusiness and eGovernment global solutions and turnkey projects from Romania. Moreover, the company has gained a solid reputation on international markets. Due to its geographical position and its multilingual facilities, SIVECO Romania can offer IT solutions for the European Union and American markets. SIVECO Romania is also specialized in developing major automation projects encompassing on-demand software solutions accessible via Internet and intranet, integration with other systems, geographical distribution of access locations and large numbers of users. The SIVECO Romania quality management system is ISO9001: 2008 certified by the French company AFAQ-AFNOR, one of the first five audit companies in the world. For more information, visit http://www.siveco.ro/web/ (http://www.siveco.ro/web/?page=11language=2 for English version).

About Ventyx

Ventyx is a leading business solutions provider, delivering asset management, mobile workforce management, energy portfolio management, and customer care solutions to more than 1,250 energy, utility and communications customers, as well as to asset-intensive customers in selected commercial markets. Ventyx delivers best-of-breed business solutions that maximize operational and financial performance, backed by the industry's deepest available industry-specific domain expertise. For more information, visit our Website at http://www.ventyx.com.

Ventyx is a registered trademark of Ventyx Inc. Other company and product names may be trademarks of the respective companies with which they are associated.

SOURCE: Ventyx

CONTACT: Sarah Anstee, Ventyx Corporate Communications, +44-1483-722777,sarah.anstee@ventyx.com