Best Software Offers Carpe Diem on BlackBerry(R); Legal Professionals Can Track and Record Their Time From Anywhere

BOCA RATON, Fla., Aug. 19, 2003 -- Best Software and InfoClarus today announced the availability of Carpe Diem for BlackBerry, enabling mid- sized to large businesses to increase efficiencies in managing remote time tracking. Announced during the LawNet 2003 Conference taking place in Boca Raton, the partnership further expands upon the capabilities of the BlackBerry to help busy legal professionals manage time tracking when they are away from their offices.

The legal industry has experienced significant adoption of mobile technology, with 85 percent of AmLaw 100 and 70 percent of AmLaw 200 legal firms using the BlackBerry for email access, according to research provided by RIM, makers of the BlackBerry. Law firms are now looking to expand the use of mobile technology to include capabilities such as tracking and recording billable hours.

"Best Software continues its efforts to provide services and solutions to help our customers make the best decisions for efficiently managing their businesses," said Krista Endsley, GM, Time Tracking and Analytics Businesses. "Partnering with InfoClarus gives us a great opportunity to give legal professionals more control to track and record their time in a way that works with their busy lifestyles, which in turns affects their bottom line."

Carpe Diem is the leading time tracking and management solution for medium to large legal firms, garnering nearly 33 percent of the market. Popular with many large professional services firms that bill for their time or services, Carpe Diem has been a favored solution for the legal industry for 10 years.

"Carpe Diem and BlackBerry are both trusted resources for legal professionals," said Christopher Gallager, managing director, Legal Sales, InfoClarus. "Integrating the two solutions will increase productivity for legal professionals in a secure environment as well as increase the bottom line in terms of billing."

"Blackberry access to Carpe Diem is an extremely useful enhancement to this industry leading time tracking system," said Tom Bradbury, CEO of Premier Technology Solutions, Inc., and a Preferred Partner of Best Software. "Our clients are law firms with attorneys that rely on their Blackberrys to stay connected when they are out of the office. The new, direct conduit from the Blackberry to Carpe Diem eliminates the tedious step of maintaining a paper trail and will increase productivity and improve the accuracy of the time tracking process."

Carpe Diem is available through the InfoClarus' Legal Mobility Server. The Legal Mobility Server integrates with the BlackBerry platform to provide all the power and functionality an attorney needs to access back office applications such as document management systems, financial systems and time reporting applications. It can also summarize, print and fax information retrieved.

Pricing and Availability

Carpe Diem for BlackBerry is available direct from Best Software or through Best Software Business Partners. For more information on this service or volume buying, contact 800-477-6763.

About InfoClarus

Headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts, InfoClarus is a mobile solutions company that enables enterprises to use wireless and multi-media technologies to significantly enhance business performance. InfoClarus leverages standards-based technology, applications and industry-leading expertise to help enterprise professionals make business decisions quickly and effectively. For more information please call InfoClarus at 781.622.5050 and visit http://www.infoclarus.com.

About Best Software

Best Software offers leading business management products and services that give more than 1.7 million small and mid-sized customers in North America the insight for success throughout the life of their business. Its parent company, The Sage Group plc (London: SGE.L), supports 3.1 million customers worldwide and has revenue of approximately $890 million. For more than 25 years, Best Software has delivered easy-to-use, scalable and customizable applications through its portfolio of leading brands, including Abra, ACT!, CPASoftware, FAS, MAS 90, MIP, Peachtree and SalesLogix, among many others. For more information, please visit the Web site at http://www.bestsoftware.com or call (866) 308-BEST.

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SOURCE Best Software; InfoClarus
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