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Ultramain Systems, Inc. (USI) is a software company based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The company was founded in 1980 and was known as Software Solutions Unlimited (SSU) until 2005.

USI designs, develops, and implements integrated logistics and maintenance management software, mostly for commercial airlines or transportation companies. Their main software offering is ULTRAMAIN, MRO software designed in 1985 for maintenance management. Other software includes XCM, which is work-tracking and problem-solving software, and XPONENT, which is an application development environment.

History
Ultramain Systems, Inc. was founded as Software Solutions Unlimited, Inc. by Mark McCausland and several other people in 1980. The original purpose of the company was to license, implement, develop, and support financial accounting software. The company was also involved in bespoke development related to this financial accounting software. Throughout the early '80s, SSU was engaged in developing and installing financial applications in fourth generation languages (4GL).

By 1984, SSU had committed itself to developing Ultramain Maintenance System, a modular software suite designed using 4GL technology specifically for fleet, facility, and aircraft installations. Ultramain's first module, maintenance, was installed by 1986, after which the inventory module was developed. SSU developers were tasked with paying special attention to inventory's integration with the maintenance module.

In 1990, after the inventory module was finished, the company set about developing a procurement module to integrate with the maintenance and inventory modules. At this point SSU decided to re-engineer the entire system in a different programming language. Progress software was chosen as the best option for the task at hand. In July of 1990, SSU started work on XPONENT, a proprietary development tool that has since been licensed as a product unto itself. By 1992 the new Ultramain maintenance Suite was completed.

In 1994, Ultramain completed the first customer client/server installation wherein the Ultramain applications could run under Windows on the client side.

In 1997, SSU released and continued to develop Ultramain Version Market Release 7.0 (known as Version 7), which was released entirely in late 1998.

In early 2000, the company began developing ULTRAMAIN v8, another Progress-based version of the maintenance software. The company also began to consider developing software for electronic flight bags.

Cathay Pacific was the first company to implement the new ULTRAMAIN v8 software on December 6, 2002, where the software was brought in to be Cathay's materials procurement system. The new ULTRAMAIN system replaced an existing maintenance and engineering supply system that had been developed in-house, and became the largest software system at Cathay Pacific after the reseverations system.

The most recent incarnation of the software, ULTRAMAIN v9, was developed beginning in 2004. SSU decided once again to migrate the software to a new platform, this time Java EE, specifically for its internet-based capabilities. As part of ULTRAMAIN v9, SSU decided to develop an electronic technical log that would replace paperless technical logs aboard aircraft. The software, originally called efbFlightLogs (later renamed efbTechLogs) was designed for use on Class 1, 2, or 3 EFBs, such as those produced by hardware provider navAero. efbFlightLogs was originally designed for implementation at World Airways, and was unveiled at the Farnborough International Air Show on July 17, 2006.

In Q1 of 2005, SSU officially changed its name to Ultramain Systems, Inc.

On February 13, 2008, Ultramain Systems's efbTechLogs software was used to make the first ever electronic tech log air-to-ground data transmissions from EFBs aboard a KLM Boeing 777-300ER.

In 2009, the company earned ISO-9001:2008 certification.

Products
USI develops products for several aspects of maintenance and logistics management, as well as software for use onboard airplanes via electronic flight bags (EFBs).

The main product Ultramain Systems produces is ULTRAMAIN v9, integrated logistics and maintenance management software. The software system is comprised of several different products that can be used within various departments of a maintenance organization or business.

As of Q3 2010, available products in the ULTRAMAIN v9 Maintenance and Engineering suite include:
 * Maintenance Planning
 * Maintenance Scheduling
 * Capital Projects
 * Budgeting
 * AHRM (Aircraft Health and Reliability Management)
 * Workshop Maintenance
 * Base Maintenance
 * Labor Management
 * Capacity Modeling

As of Q3 2010, available products in the ULTRAMAIN v9 Onboard Systems suite include:
 * efbTechLogs
 * efbGroundSystem
 * eCabin
 * eReporting