Sage North America to Sponsor, Exhibit and Speak at Annual ASBDC Conference

SCOTTSDALE, AZ--(Marketwire - Sep 7, 2011) - Sage North America today announced it is a Silver sponsor for the Association of Small Business Development Centers' (ASBDC) annual conference this week in San Diego, CA. Sage representatives for the Sage ACT! contact and customer management system, Sage Employer Solutions, Sage Peachtree Accounting and Sage Payment Solutions will demonstrate business management systems for small businesses in booth 302/304 and deliver business process best practice sessions open to all attendees.

"Small businesses generate influential reach and bottom-line impact," said Jim Mullery, vice president, Sage North America. "Twenty-seven million small businesses account for 99% of all U.S. businesses and contribute more than half of the nation's private gross domestic product. The people operating these businesses are the backbone of our economy and we are excited to come together with them, and the ASBDC personnel who support them, to share knowledge and develop ideas that will sustain and grow this essential ecosystem."

Sage ASBDC Conference Sessions

• "The Value of Accepting Credit Card Payments In a Small Business Environment," Jackie Ostler, Wednesday, September 7^th 8:30am-10:15am Pacific
  
  
• "Sage Peachtree Accounting," Jen O'Brien, Thursday, September 8th 8:30am-11:45am
  
  
• "Using Sage ACT! Contact Management Software to Grow Your Business," Jim Mullery, Friday, September 9^th 8:30am-10:00am

About Sage North America
Sage North America is part of The Sage Group plc, a leading global supplier of business management software and services. Sage North America employs 3,900 people and supports more than 3 million small and midsized business customers. The Sage Group plc, formed in 1981, was floated on the London Stock Exchange in 1989 and now employs 13,600 people and supports more than 6 million customers worldwide. For more information, please visit the Web site at www.sagenorthamerica.com. Follow Sage North America on Facebook, www.facebook.com/SageNorthAmerica, and Twitter, http://twitter.com/sagenamerica.

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