Sage Software Expands Customer Connection With New Peachtree Online Community

ATLANTA, GA--(Marketwire - May 29, 2008) - Sage Software announced today the availability of the new Peachtree Online Community, an additional resource for its small business customers to connect with each other for advice, best practices and peer support. The customer-based community will also feature Sage Software executives and Peachtree product teams participating in discussions and posting blog entries on topics such as small business market trends to help small firms better understand new technologies and best practices for developing successful companies.

"We have created an outlet for our small business customers to connect and interact with each other, and online peer support is a great way for expanding the network of resources available to our customers," said Connie Certusi, general manager, small business accounting solutions, Sage Software. "Our product and executive teams will also actively participate in the community, but our goal is for it to be available for our customers and for them to grow and develop the site based on their needs."

The Peachtree Online Community includes blogs on key subject matter for small businesses, product-related Q&A boards, and forums for better business management discussions. The new user community offers simple navigation with the ability for customers to grow and shape the content and contribute to the available resources. Peachtree product and executive teams will host occasional forum discussions and post blogs such as the recent entries on fraud prevention and understanding Web 2.0.

In addition to the new Peachtree Online Community, Sage Software announced a number of new resources for small businesses over the past several months including the new Freedom Support Extra Plan(1), which provides support to Peachtree customers who also use Microsoft® Excel®, and a new conversion tool to help small businesses move from QuickBooks® to Peachtree. The new conversion tool is the most comprehensive to date, enabling small businesses to bring their transaction history, lists and balances into Peachtree.

Sage Software also recently released the new Peachtree by Sage 2009 product line, which includes the standard product line, specific industry solutions for accountants, construction, manufacturing and distribution, and nonprofits, and the comprehensive Peachtree by Sage -- Quantum.

The new Peachtree Online community is available at http://community.peachtree.com

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) Sage Software will assist with the management of Peachtree data in Microsoft Excel 2000, 2002, 2003, and 2007. We reserve the right to limit calls to one hour or one incident.

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Contact Information: Contacts: Marchell Gillis 770-724-4256 marchell.gillis@sage.com Aimee Ertley 770-724-4556 aimee.ertley@sage.com