Peachtree by Sage 2010 Goes Beyond Accounting to Keep Small Businesses Ahead of the Curve

ATLANTA, GA, May 19 (MARKET WIRE) --
Sage North America announced today the availability of the Peachtree by
Sage 2010 product line. Long a favorite of accountants and small
businesses, Peachtree provides small firms with the accuracy, control,
and results they require for successful business management, and with
2010 is introducing a range of new features and improvements that brings
greater visibility, enhanced analytics, and increased productivity to
small businesses.

Also available in the line are industry-focused products targeted for
manufacturers, distributors, nonprofits, accountants, and construction
businesses, as well as Peachtree by Sage - Quantum 2010. Peachtree Quantum
is the most comprehensive application in the product line, offering all of
the new features and enhancements in the core line along with exclusive
new features around customization and workflow, as well as more user
capacity.

"With each release, we focus on solving real issues small businesses face
every day, but unlike other small business accounting packages in the
market, we do far more than just crunch numbers for our customers," said
Connie Certusi, general manager, small business accounting solutions, Sage
North America. "2010 brings small businesses flexible tools and
personalized features designed to improve internal communications and
collaboration; provide better, faster customer service; and keep key
information secure."

Highlights in Peachtree 2010 include:

Customer Management Center: Particularly in the current economy, customers
are small businesses' most precious asset. The new Customer Management
Center helps small businesses view customer details all in one place, with
customizable dashboard views, enhanced lookups and easy export to
Microsoft(R) Excel(R) or PDF to manage more effectively and provide
excellent customer service.

Transaction History: Whether a customer needs to see the chain of events
from a quote to a receipt or from a purchase order to a payment, all the
information is easily made available to them in one click. Small
businesses can then better serve their clients and vendors with easier
access to the information they need to manage the relationship.

Business Analytics, powered by iLumen(1): Understanding a business's
performance relative to peers -- where it stands and where opportunities
exist -- is more critical than ever. In the 2010 line, Peachtree features
Business Analytics, powered by iLumen, that enables small businesses to
benchmark their own performance compared with others in their industry,
and other small businesses overall. This capability is ideal for companies
that lack the resources to do their own research.

"When we first opened, I managed our finances with a bunch of Excel sheets
linked together, but that took forever and never gave me the visibility I
needed into our business. With Peachtree, I can easily drill down to
analyze our activity -- to see where we've been and where we're going. I'm
especially excited about the new benchmarking capabilities, which add a
whole new level of analysis for our company. To be able to have that
capability, for a company of our size, just makes things so much easier."

Other new features include the ability to have multiple companies open at
once(2), multiple contacts per company(3), automatic backup, improved
employee management, password security, and inventory management.

Pricing and Availability

Peachtree Premium Accounting 2010, Peachtree Complete Accounting 2010,
Peachtree Pro Accounting 2010 and Peachtree First Accounting 2010 are now
available direct from Sage and will be available from most computer
retailers and office supply stores in mid-June. The suggested retail price
for Peachtree Premium Accounting 2010 is $499.99, Peachtree Complete
Accounting 2010 is $299.99, Peachtree Pro Accounting 2010 is $199.99, and
Peachtree First Accounting 2010 is $99.99. The Multi-User Value Pack (5
seat license) of Peachtree Complete Accounting retails for $699.99, while
the Peachtree Premium Accounting 2010 Multi-User Value Pack (5 seat
license) can be ordered direct from Sage for $1,199.99. High value
competitive rebates are available from Sage for customers on other small
business accounting packages. Call 800-228-0068 for more details.

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 4,100 people and supports 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
more than 14,500 people and supports more than 5.8 million customers
worldwide. For more information, please visit the web site at
www.sagenorthamerica.com or call 866-308-2378.

(1) Internet access required. Service is embedded within Peachtree 2010,
however is also available for Peachtree 2008 and 2009 products via a
separate application download from www.peachtree.com.

(2) When opening more than one company performance is not impacted;
however, you will experience reduced product functionality in those
companies opened after the first one.

(3) There is a maximum of 20 ship to addresses and 1 billing address per
customer. Only 2 contacts per customer can be synced with Outlook.

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logos, Peachtree, and the Sage product and service names mentioned herein
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affiliated entities. All other trademarks are the property of their
respective owners.

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Media Contacts:

Aimee Ertley
770-724-4556
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Emily Lotz
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