Sage North America Announces MIS Group as Its Overall Business Partner of the Year for 2008

IRVINE, CA, Feb 02 (MARKET WIRE) --
Sage North America announced today that MIS Group, based in Dallas, TX,
has been named its Overall Business Partner of the Year for 2008. The
Sage Business Partner of the Year overall award is presented annually to
the company's business partner who achieves the highest total sales
revenue in products and services across Sage in North America during the
previous fiscal year. Sage North America's 2008 fiscal year ran from
October 1, 2007 to September 30, 2008.

This is the second year in a row that MIS Group has earned Sage North
America's top designation for its channel.

With main offices in Dallas, MIS Group also has offices in Denver, Houston
and Phoenix. They resell several Sage products, including: Sage MAS 90
ERP, Sage MAS 200 ERP (including the Sage MAS Extended Enterprise Suite),
Sage MAS 500 ERP, Sage Timberline Office, Sage Master Builder, Sage
SalesLogix, SageCRM, Sage Abra HRMS, Sage FAS Fixed Assets, and Sage
TimeSheet.

"MIS Group is strongly committed to building and maintaining sustainable
relationships with our mutual clients, and their 'focus on the customer'
is exemplary," said Doug Meyer, Sage North America president, Industry &
Specialized Solutions Division. "We again congratulate CEO Robert Muir,
President Greg Boyd, and the entire staff of MIS Group for their repeat
performance."

MIS Group was formally honored on January 31st at the Grand Hyatt Kauai
Resort and Spa in Kauai, HI as part of Sage North America's President's
Circle and Chairman's Club awards ceremony for 2008, an annual program
honoring the company's top-producing business partners.

MIS Group will also be honored as the Overall Business Partner of the Year
for combined Sage North America business at the Sage Insights 2009
conference, which will be held May 11-14, 2009 at the Gaylord Opryland
Resort and Convention Center in Nashville, TN.

About Sage North America

Sage North America is part of The Sage Group plc, a leading global
supplier of business management software and services. At Sage, we live
and breathe business every day. We are passionate about helping our
customers achieve their ambitions. Our range of business software and
services is continually evolving as we innovate to answer our customers'
needs. Our solutions support accounting, operations, customer
relationship management, human resources, time tracking, merchant
services and the specialized needs of the construction, distribution,
healthcare, manufacturing, nonprofit and real estate industries. Sage
North America employs approximately 4,800 people and supports nearly 2.9
million small and medium-size business customers. The Sage Group plc,
formed in 1981, was floated on the London Stock Exchange in 1989 and now
employs 14,500 people and supports 5.8 million customers worldwide. For
more information, please visit the web site at www.sagenorthamerica.com
or call 866-308-2378.

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Media Contact:

Mark Priscaro
Sage
Director, Public Relations
(925) 931-0980
mark.priscaro@sage.com

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