Peachtree by Sage 2010 Goes Beyond Accounting to Keep Small Businesses Ahead of the Curve

ATLANTA, GA--(Marketwire - May 19, 2009) - Sage North America announced today the availability of the Peachtree by Sage 2010 product line. Long a favorite of accountants and small businesses, Peachtree provides small firms with the accuracy, control, and results they require for successful business management, and with 2010 is introducing a range of new features and improvements that brings greater visibility, enhanced analytics, and increased productivity to small businesses.

Also available in the line are industry-focused products targeted for manufacturers, distributors, nonprofits, accountants, and construction businesses, as well as Peachtree by Sage - Quantum 2010. Peachtree Quantum is the most comprehensive application in the product line, offering all of the new features and enhancements in the core line along with exclusive new features around customization and workflow, as well as more user capacity.

"With each release, we focus on solving real issues small businesses face every day, but unlike other small business accounting packages in the market, we do far more than just crunch numbers for our customers," said Connie Certusi, general manager, small business accounting solutions, Sage North America. "2010 brings small businesses flexible tools and personalized features designed to improve internal communications and collaboration; provide better, faster customer service; and keep key information secure."

Highlights in Peachtree 2010 include:

Customer Management Center: Particularly in the current economy, customers are small businesses' most precious asset. The new Customer Management Center helps small businesses view customer details all in one place, with customizable dashboard views, enhanced lookups and easy export to Microsoft® Excel® or PDF to manage more effectively and provide excellent customer service.

Transaction History: Whether a customer needs to see the chain of events from a quote to a receipt or from a purchase order to a payment, all the information is easily made available to them in one click. Small businesses can then better serve their clients and vendors with easier access to the information they need to manage the relationship.

Business Analytics, powered by iLumen(1): Understanding a business's performance relative to peers -- where it stands and where opportunities exist -- is more critical than ever. In the 2010 line, Peachtree features Business Analytics, powered by iLumen, that enables small businesses to benchmark their own performance compared with others in their industry, and other small businesses overall. This capability is ideal for companies that lack the resources to do their own research.

"When we first opened, I managed our finances with a bunch of Excel sheets linked together, but that took forever and never gave me the visibility I needed into our business. With Peachtree, I can easily drill down to analyze our activity -- to see where we've been and where we're going. I'm especially excited about the new benchmarking capabilities, which add a whole new level of analysis for our company. To be able to have that capability, for a company of our size, just makes things so much easier."

Other new features include the ability to have multiple companies open at once(2), multiple contacts per company(3), automatic backup, improved employee management, password security, and inventory management.

Pricing and Availability

Peachtree Premium Accounting 2010, Peachtree Complete Accounting 2010, Peachtree Pro Accounting 2010 and Peachtree First Accounting 2010 are now available direct from Sage and will be available from most computer retailers and office supply stores in mid-June. The suggested retail price for Peachtree Premium Accounting 2010 is $499.99, Peachtree Complete Accounting 2010 is $299.99, Peachtree Pro Accounting 2010 is $199.99, and Peachtree First Accounting 2010 is $99.99. The Multi-User Value Pack (5 seat license) of Peachtree Complete Accounting retails for $699.99, while the Peachtree Premium Accounting 2010 Multi-User Value Pack (5 seat license) can be ordered direct from Sage for $1,199.99. High value competitive rebates are available from Sage for customers on other small business accounting packages. Call 800-228-0068 for more details.

About Sage North America

Sage North America is part of The Sage Group plc, a leading global supplier of business management software and services. At Sage, we live and breathe business every day. We are passionate about helping our customers achieve their ambitions. Our range of business software and services is continually evolving as we innovate to answer our customers' needs. Our solutions 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 North America employs approximately 4,100 people and supports 2.9 million small and medium-size business customers. The Sage Group plc, formed in 1981, was floated on the London Stock Exchange in 1989 and now employs more than 14,500 people and supports more than 5.8 million customers worldwide. For more information, please visit the web site at www.sagenorthamerica.com or call 866-308-2378.

(1) Internet access required. Service is embedded within Peachtree 2010, however is also available for Peachtree 2008 and 2009 products via a separate application download from www.peachtree.com.

(2) When opening more than one company performance is not impacted; however, you will experience reduced product functionality in those companies opened after the first one.

(3) There is a maximum of 20 ship to addresses and 1 billing address per customer. Only 2 contacts per customer can be synced with Outlook.

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Contact Information: Media Contacts: Aimee Ertley 770-724-4556 aimee.ertley@sage.com Emily Lotz 404-995-4526 emily.lotz@porternovelli.com