Sierra Energy Group ("SEG"), the research and analysis division of Energy Central, has released the first of three phases of project intelligence to clients that are subscribers to the Enterprise Solutions and T & D Automation Market Intelligence Services. SEG analysts completed detailed interviews with managers at approximately 200 utilities in each segment in this first phase, identifying over $240 million in planned project activity at over 150 utilities. Market segments covered include CIS, GIS, OMS, EAM, WMS, Mobile, AMI/AMR, and professional services in the Enterprise Solutions market segment and EMS/DMS/SCADA, Distribution Automation, Substation Automation, RTU Add-ons, Protective Relays, Communications, and professional services in the T & D Automation market segment.

Plexus Research, Inc., an R. W. Beck company, was selected by the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) and its research arm, the Cooperative Research Network (CRN), to help distribution cooperatives transform an ever-increasing amount of data from integrated software applications into refined and actionable information to improve operations and customer service.

Chordiant Software, Inc. (Nasdaq: CHRD), the leading provider of Customer Experience (Cx™) software and services, today announced that Technology Marketing Corporation Customer Interaction Solutions magazine has named both Chordiant Cx Visual Business Director (CxVBD) and Chordiant Collections Manager 2.0 as 2008 Product of the Year Award winners.