Project Management Professionals who attend have opportunity to earn 10.5 PDU credits

FOLSOM, Calif. (April 15, 2009) - Meridian Systems, the Plan-Build-Operate technology solutions leader for project-based organizations, announced today that its 2009 User Conference has been accepted as a Project Management Institute (PMI®) Registered Education Provider (R.E.P.) Program. Meridian was reviewed and approved as a provider of project management training by PMI in 2008.

As a PMI R.E.P., the 2009 Meridian User Conference offers attendees the opportunity to qualify for Professional Development Units (PDUs) for conference attendance. Each conference track session qualifies for 1.25 PDUs. Attendees who attend the entire conference will receive a total of 10.5 PDU credits. Meridian will issue a PDU certificate to qualifying project management professionals upon completion of the conference attendance.

For a complete list of track sessions, visit the Meridian Systems User Conference Web site at http://www.meridiansystems.com/newsevents/uc2009/tracks.asp.

Established in 1999 as a service to PMI members and stakeholders worldwide, the R.E.P. Program was initially envisioned as a means of identifying project management training available in the global marketplace. From less than fifty registered providers in its first year, the R.E.P. Program has grown to over 700 training providers in 56 countries, on six continents across the globe in 2006. For more information on the R.E.P. Program, please visit www.pmi.org.

For more information on the 2009 Meridian Systems User Conference, including a complete list of industry speakers, and to register for this year's conference, please visit: http://www.meridiansystems.com/newsevents/uc2009/index.asp.

About Meridian Systems
Meridian Systems, a Trimble Company (NASDAQ: TRMB), is the Plan-Build-Operate technology solutions leader for project-based organizations (PBO2). Building owners, construction and engineering firms, and public agencies use Meridian software to effectively manage capital building programs and facility assets. Meridian offers construction project management and infrastructure lifecycle management solutions that reduce project costs and schedules across the plan-build-operate project lifecycle. To learn more about how project-based organizations are benefitting from Meridian solutions, download a user study from FMI by visiting: www.meridiansystems.com.