Centage Corporation Announces LinkMaestro for Best Software’s MAS 90 and MAS 200

HOUSTON, TX, April 28, 2004 - Centage Corporation, a leading provider of integrated budgeting, forecasting and financial reporting solutions for mid-market organizations, today announced the release of a data integration tool for Best Software’s MAS 90/MAS 200 accounting and business management software packages. Centage’s LinkMaestro™ provides fast and easy transfer of critical financial information from these accounting packages into its Budget Maestro® budgeting and forecasting product. This automatic exchange of financial information streamlines data analysis, improves accuracy by eliminating manual data transfer, and speeds the monthly close process.

Centage Corporation, a software integration partner of Best Software, developed LinkMaestro for MAS 90/200 to automate routine processes including the transfer of the general ledger accounts and trial balances from MAS 90/MAS 200 into Budget Maestro. Business can use Centage’s Budget Maestro to import and export data from a variety of financial applications, accounting packages and customized spreadsheets, allowing them to integrate planning, budgeting, forecasting, reporting and analysis processes into a single solution that helps managers make more informed decisions. The product supports the full business management cycle of budget development, comparing actual results to plan, re-forecasting, contingency and what-if scenario planning, and financial and management report generation.

"Providing tools that make it easier for the finance team to produce relevant and reliable reports in a timely fashion so that management can react to the information faster is the value-add our solutions provide," said President and CEO Kamran Sassoon.

To learn more about LinkMaestro for Best Software’s MAS 90/200 visit the Centage Corporation Web site at www.centage.com. To purchase a copy, call the company at 800.366.5111.

About Centage Corporation

Centage Corporation provides sophisticated yet easy-to use Business Performance Management (BPM) solutions that enable organizations of all sizes to improve their budgeting, budget forecasting and reporting capabilities. Since 1995, thousands of licenses of the company’s premier financial solution, Budget Maestro®, have been sold worldwide, enabling managers at all levels to dramatically simplify their budgeting process and improve the accuracy and efficiency of their overall business planning process. Budget Maestro by Centage delivers superior ROI through a combination of best price, easiest implementation and use, and a fiscally sound methodology that enables confident decision-making. Centage Corporation is headquartered in Houston, TX. For more information visit www.centage.com

About Best Software

Best Software offers leading business management products and services that give nearly 1.8 million small and mid-sized customers in North America the insight for success throughout the life of their business. Its parent company, The Sage Group plc (London: SGE.L), supports over 3.6 million customers worldwide and has revenue of approximately $899.7 million. For more than 25 years, Best Software has delivered easy-to-use, scalable and customizable applications through its portfolio of leading brands, including Abra, ACCPAC, ACT!, CPASoftware, FAS, MAS 90, MIP, Peachtree, Timberline and SalesLogix, among many others. For more information, please visit the Web site at www.bestsoftware.com/moreinfo or call (866) 308-BEST