PHASE 2 International Opens Pacific Northwest Office to Serve Growing Demand for...

PHASE 2 International Opens Pacific Northwest Office to Serve Growing Demand for SaaS

SaaS Continues to Gain Popularity Across and Beyond Target Markets
of Architecture, Manufacturing & Hospitality
HONOLULU, Hawaii--(Business Wire)--
PHASE 2 International (www.phase2int.com) announced today that it
is continuing its efforts to grow the business and expand its presence
with the opening of a new Seattle-area Pacific Northwest office. The
company's success, as evidenced by its recent e-Biz "Software of the
Year" award and exceptional revenue and profit growth in the first
half of 2008 comes from the outstanding success of its software as a
service (SaaS) deployments in major vertical markets that include
Architecture, Construction, Manufacturing and Hospitality. The second
U.S. mainland office to be established this summer, the new PHASE 2
office in Spokane, Washington, joins the company's Chicago, Illinois,
office, which is led by Regional Sales Manager Donald Stroud.

PHASE 2's newest sales base in the Pacific Northwest opened its
doors on August 4th, led by Business Manager Brion Potter. Potter
joined PHASE 2 this summer, bringing nearly three decades of
experience in technology sales and customer service to PHASE 2 and its
customers--both current and future. "Brion's breadth of experience is
a huge asset to PHASE 2," said Kevin Doherty, PHASE 2's CEO. "As an
entrepreneur, he has been in the very same position as many of our
customers and target customers; and as an experienced IT expert and
VAR, he has the specific expertise to help clients find the products
that will fit their needs."

Potter was president of Imperial Data Supply, a computer hardware
and software sales and service company, from 1977 through 1997, during
which time he grew the company to an $8 million multi-location
business, before selling it to publicly-traded MCSi in 1997. He
subsequently managed and grew the Northwest branch of its successor
company, Cleveland-based MCPC. "Companies--no matter what the
size--need good tools to run properly. Software as a service is a
great option for SMB companies that need professional solutions, and
for larger companies that want to reduce the overhead of owning,
hosting and managing the software," said Potter. "I'm excited to have
a part in bringing PHASE 2's SaaS to companies in the Pacific
Northwest and our Partner network."

"The practical nature of software as a service makes it a great
way for companies to have the best available software tools to work
with, without overwhelming their businesses with high up-front costs
or infrastructure changes," added Doherty. "We see a great deal of
potential in the Pacific Northwest, and we're thrilled to be able to
open that office under Brion's leadership; his expertise and
experience ensure a quality presence there for PHASE 2."

"I've been a fan and a user," said Potter, "so now being a part of
PHASE 2 is great. The consumer base and our SharePartner reseller
program offer access to great untapped potential here, and I look
forward to helping PHASE 2--and its client companies--grow."

PHASE 2's SaaS application solutions include its ShareCAD Pro(R),
a powerful centralized platform based on Microsoft SharePoint for
contractors, architects and manufacturers; and a host of other
applications that it provides to customers on a central server-based
"pay as you go" basis. Offering use of Microsoft's SharePoint,
Exchange, Project Server, CRM, Office Communicator and Team Foundation
Server, as well as PHASE 2's own ShareMeeting and award-winning
ShareCAD Pro, the low total cost of ownership incorporated in PHASE
2's SaaS (software as a service) model allows customers to benefit
from a broader range of products than they could otherwise consider.

PHASE 2's SharePartner program lets resellers provide the
company's "pay as you go" application access to customers for whom
outright purchase and in-house hosting may not otherwise be
economically feasible or practical. Resellers that participate in
SharePartner benefit from co-marketing, training and support for the
generous suite of affordable solutions they can offer to their clients
through PHASE 2.

About PHASE 2 International

PHASE 2 International delivers affordable and scalable access to
high-end business software applications via a Software as a
Service--SaaS--model. Ideal for businesses of all sizes, and
especially practical for small-to-medium-sized businesses, the hosted
applications available through PHASE 2 currently include Microsoft
SharePoint, Exchange, Project Server, CRM and Office Communicator
along with PHASE 2's ShareMeeting and award-winning ShareCAD Pro. All
of PHASE 2's business applications are delivered across the web to
enable on-demand access to corporate information whenever and wherever
in the world the user happens to be. PHASE 2's SaaS solutions provide
cutting edge security, scalability for future requirements, automatic
data back-up and a reliable, state-of-the-art infrastructure that
removes the burden and risks of hosting solutions internally.

PHASE 2, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, is headquartered in
Honolulu, Hawaii, and operates a secure, state-of-the-art data center.
For more information contact sales@PHASE2int.com, call 1-800-254-9715
or go to www.phase2int.com.

NetPR
Kimberly Maxwell, 850-267-2231
kimberly@netpr.net
or
PHASE 2 International
Adam Smith, 808-550-2739 ext 216
smitha@phase2int.com

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