ATLANTA, Georgia — May 19, 2003 — OfficeStandard today announced that Susan Looby has joined their Atlanta headquarters as Vice President of Sales. “Susan will focus on increasing our offerings for back office accounting solutions and end-to-end solutions. Her alliances with local CPA firms and other strategic companies, along with her 19 years working with clients in all industries and all facets of their business, will enhance our ability to provide solid solutions for our clients” said Peter Bronsted, OfficeStandard’s President.

Susan’s past experience as CEO for System Solutions Group, a premier Microsoft Business Solutions partner, will enable OfficeStandard to continue to grow and meet its strategic goals. In addition, Susan holds a BA degree in Business Administration from the University of Maine, is an active member of the Georgia Society of CPA’s and is a Certified Account Executive for Microsoft Business Solutions.

About OfficeStandard
OfficeStandard is a premier provider of business applications from Microsoft Business Solutions. OfficeStandard shares Microsoft's vision of a connected workplace: connecting employees to information, connecting the business to its customers and connecting the systems that make the business run – regardless of platform or programming language. That’s the .NET vision. The hallmarks of the OfficeStandard solutions are fixed price, rapid installation, and guaranteed, so that clients can budget with confidence, promise their team a timely implementation, and OfficeStandard will stand behind the solution with a money-back guarantee.

About Microsoft Business Solutions
Microsoft Business Solutions, which includes the businesses of Great Plains, Microsoft bCentral™ and Navision a/s, offers a wide range of business applications designed to help small and midmarket businesses become more connected with customers, employees, partners and suppliers. Microsoft Business Solutions’ applications automate end-to-end business processes across financials, distribution, project accounting, electronic commerce, human resources and payroll, manufacturing, supply chain management, business intelligence, sales and marketing management, and customer service and support. More information about Microsoft Business Solutions can be found at http://www.microsoft.com/businesssolutions/.

About Microsoft
Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq “MSFT”) is the worldwide leader in software, services and Internet technologies for personal and business computing. The company offers a wide range of products and services designed to empower people through great software—any time, any place and on any device.

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