Simply Partnership 2008 Expected to Bring Record Attendance to Vancouver

VANCOUVER, BC--(Marketwire - August 20, 2008) - Sage Software announced today Simply Partnership 2008, to be held October 16-18, 2008 in Vancouver, B.C. The conference brings together hundreds of accountants and bookkeeping professionals from across Canada for three days of dynamic learning sessions on the number one small business accounting software, Simply Accounting by Sage, and valuable business networking opportunities. This year the event extends beyond product sessions to offer a number of new business training classes to help partners improve their own operations, and better assist their clients. Sage Software is also extending a special invitation that includes membership and conference attendance discounts to any accounting and bookkeeping professionals interested in becoming a Simply Accounting partner.

"It's a new Simply Partnership conference this year and we are kicking it off right here in our home city of Vancouver, where we celebrated the grand opening of our new offices earlier this year," said Jennifer Warawa, director, Sage Software Accountants Network and Educational Programs for Canada. "Our conference attendance has grown by more than 40% this year according to early registration statistics, and we are hoping to grow attendance even more with a special discounted membership and conference attendance package for any accounting and bookkeeping professionals who want to become a Simply Accounting partner. No other software vendor in Canada is more committed to their partners than Sage Software."

Keynote speakers for the conference this year include Peter Mansbridge, Chief Correspondent, CBC Television News, and Brian Scudamore, founder and CEO of 1-800-GOT-JUNK?. Comedian and star of CBC television's hit comedy "Corner Gas," Brent Butt, is the featured entertainment.

The Simply Accounting partner program is one of the best in Canada with over 10,000 accounting professional recommenders, two times more than the closest competitor. Simply Accounting is the #1 recommended small business accounting software in Canada.(1) IDC named Sage Software the leading vendor in the Canadian small and medium-sized customer (SMB) segment.(2)

Simply Partnership offers comprehensive training and certification on Simply Accounting, and new for partners this year is an array of strategic business management sessions designed to assist accounting and bookkeeping professionals with taking their businesses to the next level of success across all areas. The business courses include time management, marketing and employee retention to name a few.

Also new to Simply Partnership this year for an additional fee is a one day pre-conference, October 15, which includes the courses Introduction to Simply Accounting Consulting, and Business Strategy: Planning for a Great Year!

Simply Partnership is an annual event hosted in a different Canadian city each year. The conference offers attendees an opportunity to share best practices with colleagues, gain insight to better utilize and support small business owners with Simply Accounting, and learn about trends affecting small businesses.

Bronze sponsor for the conference this year is the Institute of Professional Bookkeepers of Canada. Simply Partnership also features an exhibitor area, where attendees can investigate additional solutions and tools to help their own businesses and their clients'. Exhibitors include AccuPOS, Beanstream Internet Commerce, Canadian Bookkeepers Association, CCH Canadian Limited, Client Track, Davis + Henderson, Institute of Professional Bookkeepers of Canada, The Knowledge Bureau, Logicim, Inc, MISys Inc, TelPay Incorporated, and UniResMan - Smart Hotel Software.

To register for Simply Partnership 2008, please visit http://www.simplypartnership.com. For accounting and bookkeeping professionals interested in the special discounts to become a Sage Software partner and attend Simply Partnership please call 866-665-2559 and choose option 1 then option 5.

About Sage Software

Sage Software supports the needs, challenges and dreams of nearly 2.9 million small and medium-sized business customers in North America through easy-to-use, scalable and customizable software and services. Our products 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 Software is a subsidiary of The Sage Group plc, a leading global supplier of business management software and services to small and medium-sized businesses. Formed in 1981, Sage was floated on the London Stock Exchange in 1989. Sage Group now has 5.7 million customers and employs over 14,800 people worldwide. For more information, please visit the web site at www.sagesoftware.com or call (866) 308-2378.

(1) Information based on an online survey of 574 accountants who work with small business clients, conducted in Canada in August 2007.

(2) Source IDC Canada 2008 Report - Canadian Enterprise Applications 2006 Vendor Shares, (IDC Doc #CA9EA7)

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