Sage Software Announces Sage Summit Conference Sponsors

Industry Leaders to Support Sage Summit; Latest Speaker Preview Available via Podcast at www.sagesummit.com


IRVINE, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- October 19, 2006 -- Sage Software today announced the sponsors for Sage Summit, the company's annual customer conference, scheduled to take place November 5-8, 2006 in Nashville. This 3-day event offers opportunities for small and midsized business users of Sage Software products and services to network, gain insight to better utilize their software and learn about industry and business trends affecting their organizations.

Premier sponsors for the event include:

--  CCH, a Wolters Kluwer business (Gold Sponsor) - a leading provider of
    automated sales tax solutions. CertiTAX, an ASP sales tax calculation
    system, easily integrates with Sage MAS ERP and Sage Accpac ERP to process
    sales tax transactions. The complete CCH solution will then prepare all
    appropriate sales tax forms using ZIPsales Returns.
--  IndustriOS Software Inc. (Silver Sponsor) - For over 10 years
    IndustriOS Software, Inc. has provided solutions to discrete manufacturers
    and distributors using Sage PFW ERP. This functionality is now available to
    companies using Sage Accpac ERP, providing a simple and seamless
    integration of operations to financials.
--  Timberline Users Group (Silver Sponsor) - Timberline Users Group is
    the independent learning and support organization for companies using Sage
    Timberline Office software. TUG is an organization of users committed to
    continued education and communication. TUG offers free online training,
    user-to-user help, custom report designs, and formulas.
    
Additional event sponsors include Bronze sponsors - Business Objects, Citrix Online, and RedTail Solutions, Inc.

Sage Summit will open with a keynote from Debbi Fields, former Chairman of Mrs. Fields Cookies. Additional speakers include Rieva Lesonsky, editorial director of Entrepreneur; Darrell Zahorsky from About.com; Gladys Edmunds, small business columnist with USAToday; Ginger Conlon from 1 to 1 Magazine; Bob Scott from Accounting Technology magazine; Arleen Thomas from the AICPA; and Gary Rubin from the Society for Human Resource Management.

A preview of the expert knowledge that speakers will be sharing with Sage Summit attendees is available by podcast at the Sage Summit web site, www.sagesummit.com.

Sage Summit is designed to help Sage Software clients discover new ways in which their software can solve business challenges and bring more value to their organizations. It enables attendees to learn from each other, as well as communicate with product experts and share their crucial input and feedback. The conference provides a number of activities, such as an on-site Support Center, a trade show floor with software demonstrations, and hands-on labs, which allow the attendees to speak directly with product experts. Conference attendees can evaluate a wide range of Sage Software and third-party products, enabling them to explore the possibilities for building highly integrated end-to-end business management systems for their operations. A number of exclusive discounts will be available to attendees only.

For more information please visit as at http://www.sagesummit.com/

About Sage Software

Sage Software supports the needs, challenges, and dreams of more than 2.6 million small and midsized 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 international supplier of accounting and business management software solutions and related products and services for small to midsized businesses. Formed in 1981, Sage was floated on the London Stock Exchange in 1989 and the Group now has 5.0 million customers and employs over 10,500 people worldwide. For more information, please visit the Web site at www.sagesoftware.com/moreinfo or call (866) 308-2378.

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Contact Information: John Schoutsen Sage Software 905/629-7959 x301 john.schoutsen@sage.com Media Contact: Aimee Ertley 770-724-4556 aimee.ertley@sage.com