Maintenance Services Made Simple

Marketing Contact:
Kelly Crothers
Marketing Director
kelly@maintenancenet.com
Telephone: 760.496.7575

Carlsbad, Calif. – April 18, 2006 – MaintenanceNet™, the leading provider of maintenance contract management solutions, announces the general availability of THINKstrategies' latest Strategic Thinking profile. The profile examines how MaintenanceNet's SaaS solutions help HW/SW vendors and their Channel Partners generate greater service contract 'attach-rates' and increase their service business profitability.

“Too many hardware and software vendors, resellers and distributors fail to sell initial maintenance contracts or neglect to renew these agreements because they lack the tools to manage this critical component of their business,” according to Jeff Kaplan, Managing Director of THINKstrategies, an independent strategic consulting firm. “MaintenanceNet’s web-based service contract management solutions help companies track their maintenance agreements to better serve their customers and fully leverage their service business.”

The profile follows MaintenanceNet’s recent partner announcement with Ingram Micro. On April 3, 2006, Ingram Micro Inc., the world’s largest technology distributor, unveiled a new Reseller Services Portal, powered by MaintenanceNet. The new online portal makes it easy for the resellers and original equipment manufacturers to work together to generate additional service revenue from product sales and technology refresh opportunities, and satisfy their mutual customers’ technical support needs. To download the THINKstrategies profile, visit at the MaintenanceNet resource center. About THINKstrategies, Inc.
THINKstrategies® is a strategic consulting services firm that helps enterprise IT decision-makers with their sourcing strategies, IT solutions providers with their marketing strategies, and venture capitalists with their investment strategies. For more information, please visit www.thinkstrategies.com, or contact Jeff Kaplan, Managing Director, at 781-431-2690 or jkaplan@thinkstrategies.com. About MaintenanceNet
MaintenanceNet™ provides web-based products, back-end data remediation services, and practical business solutions for Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) and their Channel Partners. MaintenanceNet products and services help leading Technology Vendors organize complex maintenance-specific information (maintenance coverages, licenses, and warranties) and use it to drive new business opportunities, increase customer satisfaction and lower the cost of sale. For more information, contact us at (866) 699-7212 or visit www.maintenancenet.com. MaintenanceNet is a ® registered trademark of MaintenanceNet Incorporated.