Speedware Continues to Broaden its Market Reach with Signing of New Contracts

MONTREAL, July 22 /PRNewswire/ - Speedware Ltd., a subsidiary of Activant
Solutions Inc. and a leading provider of IT modernization solutions and
productivity tools, today announced the signing of two new contracts, one to
provide audit services for two IT modernization projects and the other for
application support services. These contracts represent new IT services for
Speedware, as the company continues to broaden its market reach.
Legacy modernization is increasing in importance as more companies realize
that it is both costly and risky to continue doing business using older
computing environments. Modernization can extend the life of older systems by
maintaining current functionality and protecting the investment in current
business applications while moving to modern technologies that are more open
and powerful. However, the complexity of modernization projects can lead to
project delays, cost increases and project failure. Speedware's modernization
project audit services are designed to provide an objective, third-party
evaluation of a project's health and recommendations for improvements across a
variety of key areas, all focused on producing a successful project result.
Speedware's recently-signed contracts will provide two modernization audits
for a large government organization that is currently engaged in extensive
modernization projects.
Speedware's second contract is for the provision of application support
services to an Illinois-based electronics firm. For a variety of reasons, more
and more organizations are choosing to outsource their application support.
Outsourced application support is a solution for companies that are having
difficulty finding trained resources or want to deploy their existing
resources on internal projects that are strategic to the growth or enhancement
of their business.
"We are a one-stop IT source for our customers," said Andy Kulakowski, General
Manager of Speedware. "We supply comprehensive modernization solutions to our
customers, and often hear about their related IT needs, such as application
support. Many customers also call on us when they have undertaken a
modernization project themselves and need help with certain challenges. It is
a natural extension of our solution portfolio to offer application support and
modernization project audits."

About Speedware

Speedware Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Activant Solutions Inc., is a
leading provider of enterprise software solutions. The company provides a
complete suite of legacy modernization, migration and application portfolio
management solutions, business intelligence tools and application development
solutions. Speedware has been dedicated to helping companies modernize their
business applications for over 30 years. With a distribution network spanning
35 countries, Speedware offers market leaders end-to-end solutions that allow
them to react quickly to the needs of a changing business. For more
information, visit Speedware at www.speedware.com.

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Dani Knezevic, Speedware Ltd., (514) 747-7007, ext. 8404,
dani.knezevic@speedware.com