CGA-Canada Partners With Sage Software for CGA Program of Professional Studies

Sage Software and theCertified General Accountants Association of Canada announced today a newstrategic partnership between the two organizations, with CGA-Canadaadopting Sage Accpac ERP (enterprise resource planning) as its officialaccounting system for students who are training to become Certified GeneralAccountants (CGAs).

Sage Software, via its Sage Accpac business unit (formerly ACCPACInternational, Inc.), and CGA-Canada first established a strategicpartnership for technology training for CGAs in 1985, and have workedtogether continuously since then to promote and deliver technologyplatforms. CGA students worldwide enrolled in the CGA Program ofProfessional Studies will have an opportunity to be trained on Sage AccpacERP software. In addition, Sage Software will provide CGAs and students theopportunity to purchase training on all Sage Accpac products at discountedprices through Sage Software's Accpac University(www.accpacuniversity.com).

"Sage Accpac has long been recognized as the leading ERP software vendor inCanada for small and mid-sized businesses," said John Yu, Vice President ofInformation Technology with CGA-Canada. "CGA-Canada wants to ensure thatits students learn accounting and business management principles onproducts that will best prepare them for their professional life. We'reconfident this new agreement accomplishes that goal."

Recently named a "Top 100 Product" for 2006 in the High-End & Mid-MarketAccounting category for the 10th straight year by the editors of AccountingToday magazine(http://www.webcpa.com/article.cfm?articleid=16589&pg=acctoday), SageAccpac ERP is an advanced, web-based accounting and business managementsolution that is the foundation for an integrated set of end-to-endbusiness management applications, including Sage Accpac CRM customerrelationship management, Sage Accpac Insight reporting, Sage Accpac ePOSpoint-of-sale, and human resources (HR) and warehouse managementapplications, among others.

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"Sage Software looks forward to this expansion of our relationship withCGA-Canada and its affiliate associations," said Ron Verni, Sage Softwarepresident and CEO. "Like CGA-Canada, Sage is committed to properlypreparing students by training them with our market leading products suchas Sage Accpac ERP, which they'll certainly encounter upon entering theworkforce."

Sage Accpac ERP can be run on both Linux and Microsoft Windows operatingsystems, including the ability to run Linux and Windows clients in parallelagainst the same database. Sage Accpac ERP also continues to provide smallenterprises with the freedom to choose from a variety of industry leadingdatabases, including IBM® DB2® (a 3-user DB2 license is included freeof charge with a license of Sage Accpac ERP), Pervasive.SQL®, Oracle®,and Microsoft SQL Server, in addition to deploying on either the Microsoft,Linux® or IBM OS400 operating systems. Sage Accpac ERP can be deployedeither on premises, or hosted online at www.accpaconline.com.

About CGA-Canada

CGA is the fastest-growing accounting designation in Canada, recognized forits commitment to integrity, ethics and the highest education requirements.As the country's accounting business leaders, CGAs provide strategiccounsel, financial leadership, and overall direction to all sectors of theCanadian economy.

The Association establishes standards, develops education programs,publishes professional materials, advocates on public policy issues, andrepresents CGAs nationally and internationally. The Certified GeneralAccountants Association of Canada represents 64,000 CGAs and students inCanada, Bermuda, the Caribbean, Hong Kong, and China.

About Sage Software

Sage Software offers leading business management software and services thatsupport the needs, challenges and dreams of more than 2.5 million small andmid-sized business customers in North America. Its parent company, The SageGroup plc (LSE: SGE.L), supports 4.7 million customers worldwide. For morethan 25 years, Sage Software has delivered easy-to-use, scalable andcustomizable software for accounting, customer relationship management,human resources, time tracking and the specialized needs of accountingpractices, and the construction, distribution, manufacturing, nonprofit andreal estate industries. For more information, please visit the Web site atwww.sagesoftware.com/moreinfo or call (866) 308-2378.

Note: Each of Sage Software and CGA-Canada has provided information that iscontained in this release. Sage Software is responsible only for theinformation in this release about Sage Software and its products andservices, and for the statements of its officers. CGA-Canada is responsibleonly for the information in this release about CGA-Canada and its productsand services, and for the statements of its officers.

© 2006 Sage Software. All rights reserved. The Sage Software logo and theSage Software product and service names mentioned herein are registeredtrademarks or trademarks of Sage Software or its affiliated entities. Allother brands are trademarks of their respective companies.

Media Contacts:Mark PriscaroDirector, Public RelationsSage Software(925) 931-7048mark.priscaro@sage.com

Taylore AshlieDirector, CommunicationsCGA-Canada(604) 605-5055tashlie@cga-canada.org

SOURCE:  Sage Software, Inc.

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