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Ascentis Expands Payroll Service Bureau Partnership Channel Nationwide Bureaus offer one-stop shop for clients HR and Payroll Needs

Ascentis Corporation continues to form partnerships with payroll service providers nationwide, fulfilling the needs of small and mid-sized companies in search of a single source for comprehensive HR and payroll technology solutions.

Bellevue, Wash. -- September 29, 2004 -- Ascentis Corporation continues to form partnerships with payroll service providers nationwide, fulfilling the needs of small and mid-sized companies in search of a single source for comprehensive HR and payroll technology solutions. Ascentis newest payroll partners IDM Solutions, Payday Solutions, and Professional Payroll Solutions to utilize Ascentis flagship solution, HROffice, to meet client demand for automated HR.

Oakland-based IDM Solutions helps clients in the Northwestern US and Northern California locate high quality product solutions for payroll services, human resources management, and benefits administration services. IDM Solutions President, Matthew Miceli, says, Our clients are extremely busy and dont have time to shop around for software, instead, they come to us and trust our expertise. As an Ascentis partner, IDM Solutions now has the ability to offer a best-in-class HRMS to clients that allows for one-click payroll updates."

Working with organizations in the mid-Atlantic and Northeastern states, Professional Payroll Solutions is a full-service payroll, HR, and benefits outsourcing company. President Chris Cumo explains, Many of our service bureau clients see the value in automating HR processes and have begun requesting an HRMS. We chose Ascentis to supply the HR component of our service bureau solutions not only because of the limitless features and functionality of the software but also because it seamlessly integrates with our service bureau payroll system. Were in the business of providing solutions, not just products or services. HROffice seamlessly integrates with the solutions we already offer."

Similarly, Payday Solutions, headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky, is a premier supplier of payroll services and outsourcing, time and attendance, and human resources management systems for organizations in Kentucky and surrounding states. Payday Solutions offers state-of-the-art integrated applications. CEO of Payday Solutions, Adam Day, says, We offer customizable solutions for companies of all sizes and have been looking for an HR partner that does the same. Ascentis pricing and product features and functionalities are easily customizable for all organizations in the small to mid-sized market."

- About Ascentis Corporation -
Founded in 1994 and based in Bellevue, Wash., Ascentis Corporation is a pioneer in state-of-the-art human resources management systems (HRMS). The companys flagship product, HROffice, eliminates the paper process and builds on the latest technologies from Microsoft for easy integration with those tools HR departments use on a day-to-day basis. Connect, communicate, and control all aspects of HR with HROffice. HROffice provides comprehensive benefits management, online benefits enrollment, and seamless connectivity to payroll providers and insurance carriers for small to mid-sized organizations.

As a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, Ascentis Corporation was named to the Deloitte & Touche prestigious 2003 Technology Fast 500 list and is ranked one of the 500 fastest growing technology companies in North America. In 2004 - for the second year in a row - Ascentis was named by Deloitte & Touche as one of the 50 fastest growing companies in Washington State. Workforce Management Magazine named HROffice to its hot list of the Top 15 HRMS Systems" in its March 2004 issue. For more information on Ascentis Corporation and the HROffice product line, visit www.ascentis.com or call 800.229.2713.

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Media Contact: Courtney McKenzie ▪ 800.229.2713 x 182 ▪ courtney@ascentis.com

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