Sage Partner Advantage Awards Honor Partners for Top Performance and Excellence

IRVINE, CA--(Marketwire - Jul 21, 2011) - Sage North America announced the recipients of its 2010 Sage Partner Advantage Awards, recognizing partners who have achieved the highest Net Promoter Scores, embodied the Sage spirit, and exceeded expectations in volunteer service to the community. As well, Sage is pleased to present its Sage Eagle Award to a partner who has most consistently delivered extraordinary customer experiences.

"We are fortunate and proud to work with organizations who exemplify these great qualities. These business partners have consistently gone above and beyond to achieve excellence within the channel and their community throughout the year," said Tom Miller, VP of Channel Management for Sage. "Congratulations to all our Partner Advantage Award recipients!"

The prestigious Sage Eagle Award recognizes the partner who delivers the highest level of extraordinary customer experience as measured by top renewal rates and Net Promoter Scores achieved in the Customer Loyalty Program. Sage congratulates Professional Software, Inc. for earning the 2010 Sage Eagle award.

The Sage Customer Excellence Award is given to partners who participated in the Customer Loyalty Program and achieved the highest Net Promoter Scores. The honorees are: Postlethwaite & Netterville, Gold Coast Advisors, Inc., Pabian Partners, Inc., and Power of 3 Consulting, Inc.

The Sage Community Service Award acknowledges partners who have excelled in corporate social responsibility by serving their community through volunteerism and charity work. Sage applauds Bredet Services Inc. and Infinity Info Systems as honorees. The other finalists were Blytheco, LLC, DSD Business Systems, and JCC Consulting Group.

The Sage Spirit Award recognizes partners that embody Sage's guiding principles of agility, innovation, simplicity, trust, and integrity. Sage commends HBM Integrated Technology, Inc., Azamba Consulting Group, and Sales Automation Services, Inc. as recipients of the Sage Spirit Award. Other finalists were Hagel and Company and Plus Computer Solutions.

Sage Partner Advantage Awards honorees were announced for the first time at the Sage Summit 2011 Conference on July 11, 2011 at the Gaylord National Hotel and Convention Center in Washington D.C.

About Sage North America

Sage North America is part of The Sage Group plc, a leading global supplier of business management software and related products and services, principally for small to medium-sized businesses. Sage North America employs 3,900 people and supports more than 3 million small and midsized business customers. Formed in 1981, Sage was floated on the London Stock Exchange in 1989. Sage has more than 6 million customers and 13,600 employees worldwide. We operate in over 24 countries covering the UK, Europe, North America, South Africa, Australia, India and China. For more information, please visit the company's website at www.sagenorthamerica.com. Follow Sage North America on Facebook, http://www.facebook.com/SageNorthAmerica, and Twitter, http://twitter.com/#!/sagenamerica.

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