BALTIMORE – BE Conference 2008 – At this first BE Conference focused on BEst Practices for Sustaining Infrastructure and dedicated to specific solutions communities, Bentley Systems today released its May 2008 Annual Report. The report, which was distributed this morning to the conference’s record number of more than 2,000 attendees, reviews Bentley’s business priorities and highlights milestones for the past year, including:

2007 revenues reached $450 million, reflecting 16 percent growth over 2006,
Bentley colleagues around the world now exceed 2,800,
Bentley users work in 169 countries,
Almost 80 percent of the ENR Top 50 rely on ProjectWise collaboration services,
Bentley was named the world’s No. 2 provider of geospatial software solutions in a just-completed Daratech research study.
Says CEO Greg Bentley in the report, “Bentley’s May 2008 Annual Report demonstrates both continuity and change. As the world’s leading provider of comprehensive software solutions for the infrastructure lifecycle, Bentley realizes the vital role infrastructure must play in sustaining our society and our environment. The imperative for sustaining infrastructure – to empower the designing and building of infrastructure assets that perform better over a long and useful life – continues to be the central driving force behind Bentley’s strategies.”

He continues, “At the same time, we’ve undertaken to increase our external visibility, with a new logo, new corporate website, and new ‘professional networking’ site for our user communities.”

Bentley’s new logo and the new Bentley.com homepage clearly reflect the company’s commitment to sustaining infrastructure – “from buildings to bridges, transit to utilities, clean energy to clean water.” The website features a new design, a new organization around Bentley’s solutions, products, learning, and subscription services, and provides integration with BE Communities, the professional networking site that empowers infrastructure professionals to work smarter, together.

BE Communities is the most complete resource center for architects, engineers, constructors, and other infrastructure practitioners, managers, and executives. The new website, which is currently in final beta, brings together infrastructure professionals from around the globe to connect, communicate, and gain knowledge by interfacing with their peers in solutions communities. Among the BE Communities’ tools are forums, personal blogs, a wiki, and a resource gallery to share documents, photos, videos, and other files. In addition, there’s a resume center where graduates can post their qualifications and advance their careers.

To view a copy of Bentley’s May 2008 Annual Report online, visit www.bentley.com.

About BE Conference

BE Conference 2008 – BEst Practices for Sustaining Infrastructure is being held May 28-30 at the Baltimore Convention Center in Baltimore, Md. At this two-and-half-day event, decision makers and senior practitioners from infrastructure organizations around the globe, including owner-operators and AEC firms, will share innovative best practices using Bentley solutions. Conference sessions address the needs of executives, managers, architects, engineers, designers, builders, and other infrastructure professionals and include user-led content and programs dedicated to 13 “solutions communities.” The highly focused agenda of BE Conference 2008 enables attendees to explore innovative ways to increase productivity, improve project quality, and reduce the costs and risks associated with sustaining infrastructure.

For more information about BE Conference, visit www.bentley.com/BEconference.

About Bentley Systems, Incorporated

Bentley is the global leader dedicated to providing comprehensive software solutions for sustaining infrastructure. Architects, engineers, constructors, and owner-operators are indispensable in improving our world and our quality of life; the company’s mission is to improve the performance of their projects and of the assets they design, build, and operate. Bentley sustains the infrastructure professions by helping to leverage information technology, learning, best practices, and global collaboration – and by promoting careers devoted to this crucial work.

Founded in 1984, Bentley has more than 2,800 colleagues, offices in more than 50 countries, annual revenues surpassing $500 million, and since 1993, has invested more than $1 billion in research, development, and acquisitions. Nearly 90 percent of the Engineering News-Record Top Design Firms are Bentley subscribers, and a 2008 Daratech study ranked Bentley as the world’s #2 provider of geospatial software solutions.

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