Sage North America Announces Customer Awards Program Winners

ATLANTA, GA, Nov 09 (MARKET WIRE) --
Sage North America, whose business management software and services are
used by more than 2.9 million small and midsize businesses in the United
States and Canada, announced today the winners of its second annual
Customer Awards Program. Six companies were recognized at the Sage Summit
conference in Atlanta, GA. The Sage Customer Awards Program recognizes
the outstanding business achievements of customers using Sage products
and services.

Best Use of Customization

The Best Use of Customization award recognizes a Sage customer who has
customized their Sage solution to solve a specific business objective and
achieve a sustained competitive advantage. The 2009 winner is Metropolitan
Regional Information Systems (MRIS), Rockville, MD. In 2006, MRIS upgraded
its legacy accounting systems to Sage MAS 500 ERP and worked with Blytheco
LLC to develop and implement automated processes that simplified the
entire customer invoicing and payment cycle. In 2009, MRIS launched an
online payment service for its customers that integrated with Sage MAS
500 ERP. Since then, over 32,000 customers have used the system to pay
their MRIS bills. As MRIS continues to automate its processes, they
expect Sage will continue to provide the stability and scalability to
make this possible.

Community Stewardship

The Community Stewardship Award recognizes a Sage customer for their
outstanding commitment to better the lives of the people and the
communities they serve. The 2009 winner is Teach For America, New York,
NY. Prior to their Sage SalesLogix implementation, the organization did
not have a centralized system to track prospective candidates in the
field. They have now standardized their recruitment processes resulting
in a stronger applicant pool through and more targeted and effective
recruiting. Teach for America worked with Infinity Info Systems on their
implementation.

Best End-to-End Deployment

The Best End-to-End Deployment Award recognizes a Sage customer who has
achieved outstanding business results through the implementation of two or
more Sage applications. The 2009 winner is Power Curbers, Inc., Salisbury,
NC. Prior to their Sage implementation of MAS 500 ERP, Sage FAS Fixed
Assets and Sage SalesLogix, the company was using a difficult ERP system
and was spending more time managing the system than using the information.
As a result of this end-to-end implementation, the company has
transitioned to a pull inventory system using just-in-time manufacturing
processes and doubled their inventory turns in just 12 months. Power
Curbers, Inc. worked with Practical Software Solutions on their
implementation.

Best Innovation Award

The Best Innovation Award recognizes a Sage customer who has developed a
unique solution to a challenge within their industry and demonstrated
significant business benefits as a result. The 2009 winner is
Entertainment Lighting Services, Inc., Sun Valley, CA. Prior to their
implementation of Sage MAS 500 ERP, the company was searching for a
completely integrated system that could handle their unique industry
requirements in accounting for rental and sales inventories as well as
labor scheduling. They now have a comprehensive system that helped reduce
their inventory shrinkage by 50% while the month-end close process was
reduced from 4 weeks to 5 days. Entertainment Lighting Services, Inc.
worked with Information Integration Group, Inc. on their implementation.

Rookie of the Year

The Rookie of the Year Award recognizes a new Sage customer who has
demonstrated immediate business results and positive impact from their
Sage implementation. The 2009 winner is Coilhose Pneumatics, East
Brunswick, NJ. Prior to Sage, they were looking for a new ERP system that
could unify their two separate companies and they found it with Sage MAS
500 ERP. Product costing is now automated and booking inter-company
transactions is a snap. Coilhose Pneumatics worked with Net@Work on their
implementation.

Lifetime Achievement Award

The Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes an exceptional customer who has
used a Sage solution for over 10 years, and who has survived difficult
economic environments, shifting technology trends and demonstrated
continuous business improvements and results over this time period. The
2009 winner is Amix Salvage & Sales Ltd., Surrey, BC. The company has been
using Sage solutions for over 17 years. Since their initial DOS
implementation, they have now grown to use Sage Accpac ERP, which has
helped automate or eliminate many of their old manual processes such as
the manual time entry for payroll, which saved 15 hours each week. In
addition, real time perpetual inventory has saved 10 hours per month by
eliminating the need for retail store workers to research inventory
levels. Amix Salvage & Sales Ltd. worked with Plus Computer Solutions on
their implementation.

Sage congratulates all 6 winners of its Customer Awards Program, and
wishes each of them continued success in the years to come.

For more information on the Sage Customer Awards Program please visit:
http://www.sagenorthamerica.com/customer_resources/customer_awards_program.
To learn more about Sage Summit please visit: http://www.sagesummit.com/

About Sage North America

Sage North America is part of The Sage Group plc, a leading global
supplier of business management software and services. Sage North America
employs more than 4,100 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.

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Contact:
Alex Kouznetsova
(905) 814-0503 ext 55834
alex.kouznetsova@sage.com

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