ENGLEWOOD, CO – Dimension Technology Solutions, Inc., the premier applications interface provider for enterprise asset management intensive organizations, announced it has successfully completed its annual Statement of Auditing Standard No. 70 (SAS 70) Type II certification.

The certification signals that DTS has lived up to the rigorous requirements of the SAS 70 certification that it first received three years ago, said David Brown, the company's executive vice-president.

"This certification is a much more rigorous audit of the SAS 70 processes that we put in place back in 2006," Brown said. "DTS customers can feel confident that with the completion of this more rigorous SAS 70 Type II audit, our applications, the systems that they run on, the infrastructure that feeds them and the customer data that we work with are accurate, stable and secure."

Issued under guidance established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the SAS 70 report provides assurances regarding specific control and security objectives that Dimension Technology Solutions, Inc. has designed. A third-party review of DTS’s security and operational controls, especially when financial and personal data is involved, is becoming increasingly necessary in today's marketplace. Obtaining and maintaining the SAS 70 certification for the past four years demonstrates compliance with the high standards of due care for security and risk controls and serves to increase trust among DTS, its customers, partners, and their auditors.

About SAS 70 Type II Audit

A Type II audit reviews controls that the firm undergoing the audit has had in place for a defined time period, typically six months or longer. The audit addresses with the fairness of the presentation of the controls, the design of the controls with regard to their ability to meet defined control objectives, as well as the operational effectiveness of those controls over the defined period. Third parties are better able to rely on these reports because a verification is provided regarding these matters over substantial period of time.

“We are very proud of our own internal standards, and we take our annual audits very seriously,” said Dave Koelzer, DTS's President. “Our customers depend on us for the security and accuracy of their data, and we're committed to doing whatever it takes to keep that trust."

ENGLEWOOD, CO – Dimension Technology Solutions has a new President: Dave Koelzer, a mining and IT applications veteran with three decades of experience. David Brown has been named DTS’s Senior Vice President of Operations.

“I’m excited to have Dave leading the DTS team,” Curt Morgan, DTS’s chief executive officer, said. “His unique combination of hands-on experience in the field and as a manager of corporate IT gives him an in-depth understanding of our customers' needs and processes. His guidance ensures that DTS will remain a leader in providing innovative solutions to meet our customers' needs.”

Koelzer has served as Vice President for Process Improvement since joining DTS in 2007.

“My goal is to make sure that DTS never loses sight of what it does best: We provide our customers with the solutions they need to support their never-ending continuous improvement efforts,” Koelzer said.

Koelzer has designed, implemented, and managed a wide spectrum of IT applications, including eMESA , MIMS/Ellipse, Lawson, Cybershift, SAP, Coal and Mineral Production Systems. He’s also managed several IT initiatives for both surface and underground mining in the Financial, Sales-Transportation, Materials, Operations-Production, and Maintenance areas.

Koelzer started his career as a maintenance apprentice in the gold fields of Nevada, where he was promoted from Mechanic-Welder to Maintenance Supervisor, Maintenance Planner, Maintenance Manager and finally as IT Project Manager. He has held senior management and executive positions with several mining companies over the past three decades.

Check out Terry O'Hanlon's article entitled "Your Web, Your Way" in the April/May 2009 issue of Uptime Magazine. He offers some great advice about adopting Web 2.0 technologies into the Maintenance and Reliability field, and uses eMESA Live as a real world example. [Check out the issue. | View PDF of the article.

AngloGold Ashanti goes live with eMESA Live™ Enterprise Edition at its Mponeng Gold Plant in South Africa, the first step in what will be a global rollout of DTS' Best of Breed business process solution. For more information about how the all-new eMESA Live™ Enterprise Edition can help streamline your business process, click here, email info@dts-global.com, or ask your DTS Account Representative.

Be sure to navigate your web browsers to SAPCenter.com to view DTS' most recent webinar, entitled Using eMESA for Planning and Scheduling in SAP. Webinar viewers have found this installment especially helpful because it was recorded as an interactive back-and-forth conversation between DTS' VP of Process Improvement, Dave Koelzer, and Terry O'Hanlon, the Publisher of Reliabilityweb.com and Uptime Magazine. Also stay tuned for upcoming installments of Dave Koelzer's 12-part Work Execution Management Series on Reliabilityweb.com. These interactive iPresentation Tutorials have been a big hit among the maintenance community, and Dave is excited to get more of you on board for future installments! If you have any questions about DTS' various webinars and/or iPresentation Tutorials, feel free to send an email to Dave Koelzer at Dave.Koelzer@dts-global.com.

First installment: "What is your Maintenance Strategy?" by Dave Koelzer, VP of Process Improvement at DTS. Stay tuned on MaintenanceTalk.com for monthly updates to DTS' Work Execution Management™ Series. For more information about this iPresentation Tutorial and upcoming installments, email Dave.Koelzer@dts-global.com.

Patriot Coal goes live with eMESA Live™ Enterprise Edition, the all-new, Best of Breed business process solution offering from DTS. Users at Patriot Coal are now running eMESA Live at several of its surface and underground coal mining operations for facilitating its Work Execution Management™ functions (e.g. creating, modifying, and closing work orders, and creating materials requisitions). For more information about how the all-new eMESA Live™ Enterprise Edition can help streamline your business process, click here, email info@dts-global.com, or ask your DTS Account Representative.

DTS has completed submission and received sign off for all compliance-required Auditory evidence regarding the annual SAS 70 Type II Audit. DTS staff from all teams – development, technical, project management, senior staff, HR, AP, AR – all took part in the annual evidence gathering, delivery, and demonstration exercise. “I think this speaks volumes for our team–we lead by example, set industry standards, and consistently follow them to the letter. It's this level of technical integrity that promotes success for both DTS and our customers year after year.” ~ David B Brown, VP Technical Operations. Once again, a resounding success for the DTS Team!

DTS begins its 2008 SAS 70 Type II Audit – In 2008, DTS radically changed the way it delivers its flagship product, eMESA, and with that change comes some even higher audit standards. From ticket and issue resolution to uptime and SLA management, DTS has raised the bar in every regard for product delivery and customer satisfaction. DTS is expected to successfully complete the audit by Jan 30th, 2009 and will – as it has in the past – publish the results as soon as they become available.

DTS announces winners of its 2008 DTS Holiday Giveaway. With over 1,000 entries, the 2008 DTS Holiday Giveaway has been a smashing success! The 3 winners of iPod(R) Touch Devices were chosen on 12/29/08. From the entire DTS Team, Congratulations to:

• Rod Salomon of Alliance, NE
• Bo Copley of Delbarton, WV
• Charlotte Balez of Val Caron, ONT, Canada

Happy holidays to everyone! Stay tuned for more contests to come!

DTS attends International Maintenance Conference in Bonita Springs, FL. From December 8-11, 2008, the DTS Team was on hand at the 23rd Annual International Maintenance Conference in Bonita Springs, FL, deepening existing relationships and forging new relationships with the best and brightest of maintenance and reliability professionals. As conference organizers, the Reliabilityweb.com team proved to be gracious hosts--and even more, an organizations that truly has a solid read on the dynamic pulse of the industry. The DTS Team is already looking forward to next year's IMC Conference!

Englewood, Colorado – November 5, 2008 – Dimension Technology Solutions (DTS), a leading provider of EAM / CMMS integration solutions, has launched a new, Live version of it’s flagship product eMESA™. For DTS, the new eMESA Live™ Release 4.0 marks an important evolution in how it is able to deliver its Best of Breed software to customers.

ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO – October 30, 2008 – Dimension Technology Solutions, Inc. (DTS), a leading provider of EAM / CMMS integration solutions, has announced that it has formed an alliance with fellow industry leader Mincom to deliver cost-effective solutions designed to increase shop floor utilization and acceptance of customers’ existing ERP / EAM platforms.

October 21, 2008 - DTS announces general availability of eMESA™ Outlook Toolbar version 1.1. The eMESA™ toolbar brings an exciting new integration option to eMESA™ users, allowing them to use eMESA™ within Microsoft Outlook. With this new integrated solution, eMESA™ users stand to improve the efficiency of their business processes by being able to utilize eMESA™ functionality within a personal information manager like Outlook--that they use heavily in their day-to-day operations. For more information about the eMESA™ Outlook Toolbar Version 1.1, email info@dts-global.com or ask your DTS Account Representative.

Englewood, Colorado – October 17, 2008 – Dimension Technology Solutions (DTS), a leading provider of EAM / CMMS integration solutions, is featured in the October/November 2008 issue of Uptime Magazine, in an article entitled Keeping it Simple: The Implications and Importance of Easy Data Entry and Retrieval in EAM Systems, written by industry veteran Michael Israel.

Englewood, Colorado – October 16, 2008 – Dimension Technology Solutions (DTS), a leading provider of EAM / CMMS integration solutions, has introduced its eMESA Live™ Ideas Portal (http://ideas.emesalive.com), aimed at shaping future innovation of DTS’ eMESA Software through a collaborative, community-centric model.

Englewood, Colorado – October 15, 2008 – Dimension Technology Solutions (DTS), a leading provider of EAM / CMMS integration solutions, has launched EAMXML.org, a valuable new community focused on developing an open source EAMXML data exchange format to increase innovation throughout the Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) software industry.

August 10, 2008 -- Vale Inco deploys eMESA Blackout™ application for Mincom Ellipse instance cutover. Starting on August 5, 2008, the implementation process had Vale Inco spending five days detached from their Ellipse system. However, users didn't notice a difference in system functionality, as they continued to use eMESA™ on the front end. Five days later, Vale Inco enabled the new Ellipse instance on the back end, and all system transactions were successfully converted to the new instance. Vale Inco achieved seamless system cutover implementation with the help of eMESA Blackout™. For more information about eMESA Blackout™, please contact your DTS account representative.