Whatcom County, Washington Selects XML-based Hansen 8 Solution To Manage Enterprise Municipal Assets

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Contact
Juli Rose
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E: juli.rose@hansen.com

RANCHO CORDOVA, California - June 24, 2005 – Hansen Information Technologies (Hansen®) today announced it was selected to provide a comprehensive enterprise asset management solution for Whatcom County, Washington. Working in association with a Hansen Gold Level business partner, Eskel-Porter, Hansen will provide its suite of XML-based Hansen 8 asset management solutions, including Hansen's Citizen Relationship Management (CRM), Roadway, Facilities, Parks, and Fleet modules, including its GeoAdministor tool to synchronize its Geographic Information System (GIS) to Hansen's real time work management database.

Whatcom County, Washington

Population
Area in Square Miles
Number of Parks
Number of Facilities

177,000
2,126
52
38

County Roads (miles)

Oiled
Asphalt
Gravel
Concrete
Unimproved
Graded & Drained
Total County Roads

666.72
205.57
56.35
18.40
1.63
0.96
949.63

Financials Highlights (Millions)

Total Revenues
Capital Assets,
net of depreciation

$91.7
$136.2

Source: 2003 Comprehensive Annual
Financial Report

"Whatcom County selected Hansen 8 based on the need for an enterprise application to provide a common software product that would serve several major county departments," said Dewey G. Desler, Deputy Administrator, Director of Administrative Services.

"We are very pleased to be selected to provide a complete enterprise asset management solution for Whatcom County," said Chuck Hansen, Chairman and CEO. "The scope of our efforts will leverage years of expertise in developing and implementing government software solutions like Hansen 8 to enable county's like Whatcom to enhance operations."

"This is a great example of Hansen working hand-in-hand with its partners to provide customers with the industry's best solution and professional services," added Matt Kolbert, Strategic Alliance Manager. "Eskel Porter is one of the most well respected state and local government consulting firms on the West Coast, and we are thrilled to have them as part of our team in Whatcom County."

The project includes Hansen's groundbreaking new software release, Hansen 8, the industry's only XML-based web solution for municipal asset management. Based on Microsoft's .NET architecture, Hansen 8 represents a 100% Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) solution; a key standard providing for HTTP/XML based remote procedure calls for XML Web Services.

"Instead of using XML as a bolt-on to Java or J2EE applications, we have adopted a 100% XML solution," commented John Buffington, Hansen's Chief Technology Officer. "While traditional Java-based applications often use message brokers and adapters to communicate, our adoption of Universal Description Discovery and Integration (UDDI) provides a searchable registry of XML and Web Services to seamlessly integrate with other URLs and Web Services Description Language (WSDL) pages."

As part of Hansen and Eskel-Porter's scope of work, Whatcom County will be receiving training on Hansen 8's application, personalization tools, and open API.

About Whatcom County, Washington
Whatcom County is one of 39 counties in the State of Washington and is home to fourteen cities, including its County seat, Bellingham -- another Hansen customer. Located 90 miles north of Seattle, on the border of British Columbia, Canada, Whatcom County is home to the Mt. Baker National Forest and Mt. Baker, with a peak elevation of 10,775 feet. For more information, visit www.co.whatcom.wa.us/.

About Hansen Information Technologies
Hansen is the world's leading provider of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) applications that help manage the operations of government. Hansen's integrated suite of performance management solutions include Enterprise Asset Management (EAM), Building Permit, Business Licensing, Business Intelligence, Citizen Relationship Management (CRM), Code Enforcement, Financials, GIS, HR & Payroll, Property Tax, Timesheet Reporting, Transportation, Utility Billing, and Web Portal applications. Major customers include 15 of the 25 largest city and county governments in the United States. Headquartered in Rancho Cordova, California, the company employs over 250 people with offices in Auckland, London, Melbourne, Mississauga, Perth, and Sydney. For more information, please visit Hansen's Web site at www.hansen.com.