Ninth Wave Secures New Business With Insurance Broker Kiln

Online, April 30, 2010 (Newswire.com) - Ninth Wave Secures Kiln Contract to Implement SmartCore System

Ninth Wave announces the implementation of its SmartCore system within Kiln to support the management of its portfolio of programmes and projects. SmartCore will provide consistent project management, reporting and governance processes for Kiln's project portfolio, which crosses all business units of the company. Ninth Wave is able to provide a complete end to end solution, from initial design through to live support.

"Kiln has well established project management processes and SmartCore provides the solution to enforce their use in a consistent, efficient and effective manner. It will help
support the evolving needs of the company, providing a flexible and scalable software solution that can be adapted to meet our onâ€going requirements." Paul Aitken, PMO, Kiln

"We recognise that every client is both unique and in a constant state of flux. SmartCore has been specifically designed to be able to meet the specific needs of large and complex organisations. It is exciting to be working with the Kiln programme management team to implement a leading edge solution for project governance and
project management." Jon Lewis, Director, Ninth Wave

About Kiln:
Kiln is an international insurance and reinsurance underwriting group with a portfolio of specialist risks. Since 1962, it has built its business on the strength of its underwriting and its
relationships. Kiln is part of the Tokio Marine Group. Its UK operating company, R J Kiln & Co Limited,currently manages five syndicates at Lloyd's and, in terms of capacity, is one of the largest agencies trading in the Lloyd's insurance market. In addition to the UK, Kiln has offices in Hong Kong, Singapore, South Africa, Belgium and Brazil. A recognised leader in each of the six main business areas in which it operates: reinsurance,
accident and health, aviation, marine, enterprise risk, and property and special lines, Kiln syndicates benefit from a security rating of 'A+' (Strong) assigned to Lloyd's by Standard and Poor's.

About Ninth Wave:
Ninth Wave is a UK-based software and consultancy company, established in 1995 and specialising in providing programme, project, resource and IT management products and services.
Ninth Wave's SmartCore solution is a proven web-based management support system. Our clients use SmartCore for a range of applications, including programme, portfolio, project, risk, resource, asset, fault, change and document management. SmartCore is entirely configurable via the web browser to meet a
wide range of organisational and individual management information needs. It provides a shared environment for thousands of users over the internet, integrates with a range of other applications, and offers powerful and flexible dashboards and reports. SmartCore provides a tried and tested solution that can rapidly be configured by business users, without programming, to meet current and future requirements, delivered and supported by a skilled and experienced Ninth Wave team. SmartCore may be installed in-house, or hosted from Ninth Wave's own secure servers. Ninth Wave's customers include many sector-leading organisations worldwide, including Avis, BBC Scotland, Chordiant Software, Centrica, Clifford Chance, E.On, KPMG, Lloyds Banking Group, PRS for
Music, the UK Rail Safety and Standards Board, Richmond Borough Council, Reality Telecom, the Transglobal Secure Collaboration Program and Wincor Nixdorf.