Houston, Texas – April 28, 2008 — PROS,
a world leader in pricing and revenue optimization science
and software, today announced another year of record participation
at the 14th Annual
PROS Summit.
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Bert Winemiller,
CEO & Chairman of the Board,
welcomes a record number of delegates
from around the world to the 14th
Annual PROS Pricing & Revenue
Optimization Summit - 2008. (Photo:
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“As the thought leader in
real-time integrated pricing science, and a leading provider
of pricing software products serving the most industries, PROS
offers best practices to pricing practitioners,” said
Jeff Robinson, Senior Vice President Pricing Solutions. “The
extraordinary demand for trusted and high-quality information
on price and revenue optimization shows growing executive interest
in improving pricing while reinforcing PROS’ commitment
to long-term partnerships in achieving pricing excellence.”
Discrete manufacturers, process manufacturers, distributors,
services firms, and other industry leaders improve their profitability
by choosing PROS as their partner. By attending the 14th Annual
PROS Summit, executives with pricing responsibility gain access
to this unique community of pricing practitioners with real-world
experience in implementing real-time
integrated science and pricing best practices through highly
scalable and high-performance pricing optimization software.
Executives from a variety of backgrounds and industries from
around the world offered the following feedback based on their
experiences at the 14th Annual PROS Summit – 2008:
“Because
the PROS people really are committed to help you with profitability
it is not just pretty words!”
- S. America-Based Global Services & Distribution Executive
“I am an
IT professional, new to pricing, and today has been a great
opportunity / experience for me to learn about the pricing
industry and how PROS is addressing and enhancing the role
of pricing.”
- US-Based Global Heavy Equipment Manufacturing Executive
“Many golden
take-aways!”
- Asia-Based Global Manufacturing Conglomerate Executive
“The conference
further reinforces the value of a science-based approach
to our pricing and revenue management activities.”
- Middle East-Based Global Travel & Transportation Executive
About the 14th Annual PROS Summit
- 2008
The 14th Annual PROS Summit is the year’s
largest, most respected, and most comprehensive event of the
year dedicated to Pricing Excellence and Pricing Science. Held
on April 20-23, 2008 at the Hilton Americas in Houston, Texas,
this annual conference is the only open pricing optimization
forum to address all of the critical topics in B2B and B2C
pricing for the most diverse audience of industry executives.
The 2008 Summit offers over 90 sessions in three days with
topics targeted to industry-specific pricing problems. All
attendees also 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, QL2, Infare Solutions, 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.
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