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PROS Receives Positive Rating in Leading Analyst Firm Report on Price Optimization and Management
PROS 14th Annual Summit Features Report Co-Author on “Pricing For Success”

Houston, Texas – April 2, 2008 — PROS, a world leader in pricing and revenue optimization science and software, today announced it has received a “Positive” rating in Gartner’s “MarketScope for Pricing Optimization and Management, 2008” research report. 

“PROS has the largest and most diverse global customer base with complex B2B and B2C pricing problems,” explains Jeff Robinson, PROS Senior Vice President, Pricing Solutions.  “We believe Gartner’s “Positive” rating reinforces PROS’ 20 year history of demonstrated leadership in pricing software products, advanced pricing science, real-time pricing technology and deep industry expertise.”

Michael Dunne, co-author of the Gartner MarketScope report, is a featured speaker at the upcoming 14th Annual PROS Pricing Excellence Summit.  This one of a kind pricing optimization conference takes place April 20-23, 2008 at the Hilton Americas in Houston, Texas.  With over 80 targeted sessions during the comprehensive three day agenda, this conference will be the year’s largest, most respected and most diverse opportunity to learn about current topics in price optimization. 

Gartner’s MarketScope indicates “the potential for this market is significant, because defining and defending optimal prices is a fundamental imperative for enterprises responsible for producing returns for stakeholders.”  Attending the PROS 14th Annual Summit gives executives with pricing responsibility a head start on the Roadmap to Pricing Excellence.

For the most updated agenda information including session descriptions and speaker biographies please visit the PROS website.  Online registration and a downloadable summit brochure are available now at www.prospricing.com.  Special pricing and company packages are available for groups of 3, 5, 10 and larger groups. All attendees have the option to participate in PROS sanctioned professional certification programs before and after the main conference schedule.  Featured event sponsors include Accenture, Microsoft, Oracle, eClerx, Infare Solutions, QL2, and SITA. 

About PROS
PROS Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: PRO) is a leading provider of pricing and revenue optimization software products, specializing in price analytics, price execution and price optimization. By using our software products, our customers gain insight into their pricing strategies, identify detrimental pricing practices, optimize their pricing decision-making and improve their business processes and financial performance. PROS' software products incorporate advanced pricing science, which includes operations research, forecasting and statistics. PROS’ high performance software architecture supports real-time high volume transaction processing and allows PROS to handle the processing and database requirements of the most sophisticated and largest customers, including customers with hundreds of simultaneous users and sub-second electronic transactions. PROS provides professional services to configure our software products to meet the specific pricing needs of each customer. PROS has implemented over 200 solutions across a range of industries in more than 40 countries. Founded in 1985, PROS is headquartered in Houston, Texas. Today, PROS has over 300 employees, more than 100 with advanced degrees and 20 with Ph.D.s.

Forward-looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements, including statements about the functionality of the PROS products and their ability to manage and forecast across an enterprise. The forward-looking statement contained in this press release are based upon PROS historical performance and its current plans, estimates and expectations and are not a representation that such plans, estimates or expectations will be achieved. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described herein include PROS ability to develop new products and product enhancements with the required functionality desired and PROS ability to implement and support successfully its products to the expectations of its customers.  Additional information relating to the uncertainty affecting the PROS business are contained in PROS filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These forward-looking statements represent PROS expectations as of the date of this press release. Subsequent events may cause these expectations to change, and PROS disclaims any obligations to update or alter these forward-looking statements in the future, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

MarketScope Disclaimer
The MarketScope is copyrighted March 20, 2008 by Gartner, Inc. and is reused with permission. The MarketScope is an evaluation of a marketplace at and for a specific time period. It depicts Gartner's analysis of how certain vendors measure against criteria for that marketplace, as defined by Gartner. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in the MarketScope, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with the highest rating. Gartner disclaims all warranties, express or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

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