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CFO Strategies Selected to Join Microsoft Startup Accelerator Program
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Global Program Helps Accelerate the Success of Innovative Startups
Committed to Microsoft's Platform Technologies
SAN DIEGO--(Business Wire)--CFO Strategies, Inc. today announced that it has been selected to
join the Microsoft Startup Accelerator Program. Stewarded by the
Emerging Business Team (EBT) at Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT), the
program is designed to connect high-potential startups committed to
the Microsoft platform to an extensive support network that provides
access to Microsoft's people and programs, guidance on future
direction, and support to accelerate their success. CFO Strategies is
the innovator of SOX Compliance Manager(TM), a next-generation
business solution designed to simplify Sarbanes-Oxley compliance.
"We are honored to be selected into the Microsoft Startup
Accelerator Program," said Michael Fry, President of CFO Strategies.
"With the support of the Emerging Business Team, we look forward to
accelerating our efforts to deliver SOX Compliance Manager(TM) to the
wide range of companies looking to lower the cost and simplify the
complexity of Sarbanes-Oxley compliance."
Microsoft is committed to serving as a valuable technology and
business partner for emerging startups and their investors. Companies
are selected to join the program based on their innovation,
marketability, growth potential, funding, platform decision and
strategic importance to Microsoft. These companies receive customized
engagement plans designed to support their software development and
increase market visibility.
"Microsoft is pleased to be working with CFO Strategies to deliver
a comprehensive compliance solution to public companies," said Rodney
Bowen-Wright, Director of Business Development at Microsoft. "The
combination of SOX Compliance Manager and the platform capabilities of
the 2007 Microsoft Office system provides a well-rounded business tool
that will help our mutual customers satisfy their Sarbanes-Oxley
compliance requirements."
The Microsoft EBT evaluates hundreds of technology startups each
year to identify those with the strongest potential to succeed in the
market, shape the industry's future, and enhance the overall value of
Microsoft products and services for customers. The Microsoft Startup
Accelerator Program shines the spotlight on some of the most promising
startups and provides good examples of how startups can work
successfully with Microsoft.
About CFO Strategies, Inc.
CFO Strategies is the innovator of business solutions that
simplify governance, risk, and compliance management. The company's
ActivityPoint(TM) methodology utilizes a top-down, risk-based approach
to control environment assessment and encompasses current guidelines
for management from the Securities and Exchange Commission and Audit
Standard - 5 regulations from the Public Company Accounting Oversight
Board. The company's flagship product, SOX Compliance Manager(TM), is
a comprehensive solution utilizing the platform capabilities of
Microsoft's 2007 Office system and is designed to reduce the cost and
complexity of Sarbanes-Oxley compliance. SOX Compliance Manager is
available as both a software-as-a-service solution (SaaS) and as
software deployed on-premise. For more information, please visit
www.cfostrategiesinc.com.
(1) Product and service names mentioned herein are the trademarks
of their respective owners.
Blue Mine Group for CFO Strategies, Inc.
Irene Paigah, 858-792-2633, ext. 106
ipaigah@blueminegroup.com
Copyright Business Wire 2008
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