IRVINE, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 10/16/06 -- Sage Software announced today the 2006 Business Partner of the Year recipients and million dollar achievers for its channel partner community. Business Partner of the Year honors are given to top ranking business partners for each of Sage Software's mid-market product lines and solutions groups, including Accounting Solutions, Construction and Real Estate, Specialized Business Solutions, Non-Profit Solutions, and Sage CRM Solutions, and for the Small Business Division. Million dollar achievers are business partners who have exceeded one million dollars in business with Sage mid-market products.

Sage Software Business Partners of the Year for 2006:

--  Blytheco, Laguna Hills, CA, for mid-market Accounting Solutions;
--  Galaxy Technologies, Madison, WI, for Specialized Business Solutions;
--  Infinity Info Systems, New York, NY, for Sage CRM Solutions;
--  NFP Consultants, St. Louis, MO, for Non Profit Solutions;
--  Alliance Solutions Group, Tampa, FL, for Construction and Real Estate
    Solutions;
--  Compu Financial Systems, Coral Springs, FL, for the Small Business
    Division.
    

Top earning partners who surpassed the one million dollar mark for individual Sage Software mid-market product lines include Accordant Company LLC, Aktion Associates Inc., Alliance Solutions Group, Ascendix Technologies, Inc., Atlantic Software Alliance LLC, Automated Accounting Solutions, Axlin Data Systems Inc., Bangert Computer Systems, Blytheco, CIS Consulting Group, CA-Plus Inc., Clifton Gunderson Solutions LLC, CompuData Inc., Con-Tec, Cornerstone Solutions, CreativeWare/MIS Group, Delphia Consulting LLC, ERG/MIS Group, FCA Technologies, Galaxy Technologies Inc., Hightower Incorporated, Idysys, Infinity Info Systems, Information Technology Group, JMT Consulting Group Inc., Macdonald Consulting Group, MBSG, MicroAccounting Solutions, MIS Group, Net@Work Inc., NFP Consultants Inc., Practical Software Solutions, Prosoft Inc., SGS Technology Group, Skyline Business Systems, Socius, Southeast Computer Solutions, SWK Technologies Inc., Technology Advisors Inc., Techware LLC, Texas State/MIS Group, The Strategies Group, United Solutions.

The Business Partner of the Year for combined Sage Software business will be announced at the Sage Insights 2007 conference that will be held May 14-17, 2007 in Orlando, Florida.

About Sage Software

Sage Software supports the needs, challenges, and dreams of more than 2.6 million small and midsized 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 international supplier of accounting and business management software solutions and related products and services for small and midsized businesses. Formed in 1981, Sage was floated on the London Stock Exchange in 1989 and the Group now has 5.0 million customers and employs over 10,500 people worldwide. For more information, please visit the Web site at www.sagesoftware.com/moreinfo or call (866) 308-2378.

Contacts:

Stephen Moore
Sage Software
949/790-2040
stephen.moore@sage.com

John Schoutsen
Sage Software
905/629-7959 x301
john.schoutsen@sage.com