Tampa, FL – October 9, 2006 – Pilgrim Software, Inc., a world-leading provider of Enterprise Compliance and Quality Management (ECQM) software solutions, announced today that Kinetic Concepts, Inc. (KCI), a global medical device company, has purchased Pilgrim’s SmartSolve Synchronization Agent (SSA), and its Active Directory Utility (ADU) option, to allow for seamless data integration of existing business systems with Pilgrim’s SmartSolve® solution.

SSA is Pilgrim’s integration product for SmartSolve.  SSA allows for the electronic merging and management of key business and user information from multiple systems through one central system.  By automatically harmonizing data between the SmartSolve modules and customers’ existing business systems, human labor and error costs are greatly reduced, and data currency and consistency are ensured.

The SmartSolve ADU is a central authentication system that works with SSA to enable an organization to automatically populate and update its active directory, and synchronize it with the SmartSolve database.

Earlier this year, KCI purchased Pilgrim’s SmartSolve suite to automate their compliance and quality management solutions.  The first module scheduled for production go live is SmartCAPA, an out-of-the-box CAPA management system that will enable KCI to streamline their regulatory processes and enhance its CAPA and complaint handling.  Through increased efficiencies, KCI will accelerate reaction time to customer demands, increase customer satisfaction and help the company achieve its “Customer First” Initiative.  

 “By utilizing SSA and ADU in conjunction with the SmartCAPA implementation, KCI is looking at the big picture --not only ensuring its products are of the highest quality and fully compliant, but expediting the exchange of key business data in real time,” said Prashanth Rajendran, Pilgrim’s Chief Operating Officer.   “Adopting SSA and ADU is a key component to KCI’s overall implementation strategy.  The organization will have the right information at the right time.”

KCI will begin implementing Pilgrim’s SmartComplaints after SmartCAPA goes live this fall.

About KCI
Kinetic Concepts Inc., (NYSE: KCI) is a global medical device company that engages in the design, manufacture and marketing of therapeutic systems that either treat chronic wounds or prevent and treat the complications of immobility that can result from disease, trauma, surgery or obesity. The company serves approximately 2,300 hospitals in the United States through its network of 138 U.S. and 69 international service centers. It has direct operations in the United States, Canada, western Europe, Australia, Singapore, and South Africa; and conducts additional business through distributors in Latin America, the Middle East, eastern Europe, and Asia. KCI is headquartered in San Antonio, Texas. For more information, visit KCI’s Web site at www.kci1.com.

About Pilgrim Software, Inc.   
Pilgrim Software, Inc. is the leading provider of Enterprise Compliance and Quality Management solutions for global organizations. Pilgrim helps organizations manage industry and regulatory compliance, reduce manufacturing costs and improve customer satisfaction. For more information, visit Pilgrim Software’s Web site at www.pilgrimsoftware.com.