The Answer Company to Offer Sage ERP X3: Sage Reseller Extends Product Offering to Upper Mid-Market Companies

Pittsburgh, PA – February 23, 2009 – Sage North America announced today that it has reached an agreement with The Answer Company, a Sage business partner based in Burnaby, British Columbia, to sell and distribute the Sage ERP X3 enterprise software suite.

Founded in 1994, The Answer Company serves Western Canada with offices in Vancouver and Calgary. The practice is focused on installing and supporting state-of-the-art, robust, scalable and adaptable Sage financial software solutions across British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan. The Answer Company has earned a reputation for its blend of technical expertise, professionalism and business know-how and for delivering solid, useable Sage financial software solutions that create real and lasting business value for its clients.

The Sage ERP X3 solution addresses the needs of mid-to-large enterprise customers. Scaling up to more than 1,000 concurrent users, and with multinational capabilities, Sage ERP X3 is aimed at meeting the most elaborate business processes of manufacturers and distributors in a global market. In essence, Sage ERP X3 goes beyond the capabilities of both Sage MAS 500 and Sage Accpac and gives growing Sage BMD customers a continued migration path under the Sage brand.

A fully integrated ERP suite, Sage ERP X3 is functionally robust across manufacturing, distribution, warehouse management, customer relationship management and finance. The system supports the unique formula management, quality and regulatory requirements of process manufacturers and a variety of discrete and mixed-mode manufacturing environments as well as wholesale distributors. The first web-native ERP solution engineered for mid-sized companies, Sage ERP X3’s SOA architecture and design offer tremendous savings and benefits, including reducing IT infrastructure costs and expanding business opportunities.

“Sage ERP X3 fills a gap between lower end solutions with limited functionality and higher end solutions that are overly complex to implement and support,” said Shawn Ostheimer, The Answer Company President. “Companies in the upper mid-market will find a unique offering that combines rich functionality with ease of use.”

According to Sage ERP X3 Director of Sales Steve Vukmaravich, “The Answer Company has a proven, successful track record with Sage. They share our understanding of what it takes to effectively serve mid-sized customers, and have built a successful business model that helps customers achieve their objectives by leveraging the skills and expertise of a results-oriented services provider.”