PDS Signs Three New Contracts

PDS, an award-winning developer of web-based human resource and payroll systems, today announced that it has signed agreements with three new customers implementing Vista, its HR, payroll and benefits solution.
FCStone Group, Inc. of West Des Moines, Iowa, a recognized innovator in commodity risk intelligence, Sifton Properties Limited, London Ontario's premier builder of fine homes and supplier of rental accommodations, and Tendercare, Michigan's #1 provider of diversified long-term care services, join PDS' extensive list of Vista Human Resource Management System (HRMS) clients.
"Service bureaus were not providing the functionality that ourgrowing company needed, so we began investigating in-house solutions," said Kathy Holmes, HR manager of FCStone, LLC.
"We looked at the top HR and payroll solutions and PDS was the best fit for our requirements.

Our IT department liked the Vista platform and the functionality of the system.
We look forward to going live in the second quarter of this year and using the system to its full potential.""We've grown from 300 employees to 1,000 in just three years," said Susan Brady, manager, Human Resources at Sifton Properties.
"Much of our growth stems from our expansion into the seniors' living market, which has more complex payroll requirements.
We wanted to move from our current in house payroll solution to an in-house option that would allow us to manage our HR information as well.
PDS' has a strong customer service department.

To go to such a sophisticated system, we wanted to make sure we will have the support both during the implementation and well into the future.""We have about 4,200 employees and were experiencing significant issues with our existing payroll software and its lack of reporting capabilities," explained Anne Vekaryasz, Corporate Payroll supervisor at Tendercare.
"With PDS' Vista solution, our processes will be much more automated, we will be able to produce in-depth reports and it will benefit more people within the organization than just the payroll department."About PDSCelebrating 31 years in the software industry in 2005, PDS is aprovider of a web-based, feature-rich, completely integrated human resource, benefits administration and payroll software application that enables organizations to focus on more strategic issues and less on administrative HR and payroll activities.
PDS offers a full range of professional services to a wide variety of industries in the U.S. and in Canada.
Founded in 1974, PDS is a privately-held company headquartered in Blue Bell, Pa.

For more information on PDS visit www.pdssoftware.com.PDS and the PDS logo are registered trademarks and Vista is a trademark of Personnel Data Systems Inc.
All other trademarks or registered trademarks are properties of their respective owners. This press release was distributed through eMediawire by Human Resources Marketer (HR Marketer: www.HRmarketer.com) on behalf of the company listed above..


PrioSoft Announces Interface Between its Priority One Plus ? Contractor?s Office and Xactimate Estimator from Xactware

As the software of choice in the insurance repair, remodeling and renovation industry, Xactimate has been used for years by contractors doing both insurance repair and remodeling work. Now, remodeling contractors have a customized version of this popular estimation program built just for them. Xactimate for Remodelers is a computerized estimation program built specifically for today's professional remodelers. PrioSoft's package, Priority One Plus, includes an estimating module that takes the individual items in the takeoff and creates Requests for Proposal, Purchase Orders, Labor Tickets, Change Orders, Service Requests, Quotations, Invoices and Draws.
Items on this list are also available to easily place on the Job Schedule.

This gives all the small to medium sized contractors the a growth path for an estimating system while still getting the complete Business, Contact Management and Project Management with Work Order processing, Job Budgets, Accounting, Job Costing...

PrioSoft Announces Interface Between its Priority One Plus ? Contractor?s Office and Xactimate Estimator from Xactware
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Hagel & Company Awarded President's Circle Designation by Sage Software for Second Consecutive Year

Tacoma, WA (ContentDesk) November 16, 2005 -- Hagel & Company, a Sage Software business partner selling Sage Abra HRMS and Sage FAS, has been named by Sage to its Presidents Circle for 2005, the second consecutive year it has received the honor. "Presidents Circle status doesnt come easy, and were happy to bestow this prestigious recognition to partners like Hagel & Company, who have been top performers during the past fiscal year," said Taylor Macdonald, Sage Software executive vice president, channel and sales operations, mid-market division. "The hard work Hagel & Company put in has paid off in their tremendous sales achievements, and we look forward to continuing our mutual success throughout the new fiscal year."Frank Hagel, President of Hagel & Company, said, "We are very proud to have achieved this distinction for the second year. We attribute our growing success to our internal team and its quest for excellence, as well as to our clients and our strategic partners and their...

Hagel & Company Awarded President's Circle Designation by Sage Software for Second Consecutive Year
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QuickBooks Users Save Time on Payroll Accounting

Madison (ContentDesk) November 2, 2005 -- The Payroll Company today announced its General Ledger Export for customers who use QuickBooks, one of the most popular business accounting packages on the market. This simple-to-use system allows customers to access their payroll data online, and then export that data to their QuickBooks software. ???Before General Ledger Export, many companies that wanted to manage their employee costs in QuickBooks had to enter the data manually, even after already entering much of the same data into their payroll system. With this product, companies no longer have to worry about re-keying data and then often searching for the resulting data-entry errors.???Were excited about this new time-saving option for our customers, said Eric Schroeder, President of The Payroll Company. It makes use of the data already in the payroll system, so users dont have to re-key the data, ever.

We expect it will save our customers about an hour each pay period, and...

QuickBooks Users Save Time on Payroll Accounting
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QuickBooks Users Save Time on Payroll Accounting

Madison (ContentDesk) November 2, 2005 -- The Payroll Company today announced its General Ledger Export for customers who use QuickBooks, one of the most popular business accounting packages on the market. This simple-to-use system allows customers to access their payroll data online, and then export that data to their QuickBooks software. ???Before General Ledger Export, many companies that wanted to manage their employee costs in QuickBooks had to enter the data manually, even after already entering much of the same data into their payroll system. With this product, companies no longer have to worry about re-keying data and then often searching for the resulting data-entry errors.???Were excited about this new time-saving option for our customers, said Eric Schroeder, President of The Payroll Company. It makes use of the data already in the payroll system, so users dont have to re-key the data, ever.

We expect it will save our customers about an hour each pay period, and...

QuickBooks Users Save Time on Payroll Accounting
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TALX Launches New Learning Solutions Aimed At Reducing Unemployment Costs For Employers

TALX Corporation (Nasdaq:TALX), a leading provider of human resource and payroll related services, today announced the launch of new electronic-based learning solutions that deliver training to front line management as part of TALX UC eXpress unemployment cost management services.These new learning solutions provide employers with on-demand, training capabilities for their first-level management. Designed to help employers further reduce their unemployment costs, these solutions include the convenience of desktop learning with the ability to track progress and effectiveness of the training. These comprehensive and systematic learning solutions enhance the skills needed at critical places within an organization to improve efficiencies and increase margins."Controlling unemployment costs is everyone's job," says Ed Chaffin, president of TALX UC eXpress. "Whether you're a manager working at the headquarters location or a front line supervisor, it is critical to understand the unemployment...

TALX Launches New Learning Solutions Aimed At Reducing Unemployment Costs For Employers
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Oakland Athletics Lost $23 Million At End of 2004 Season

Sports Business Simulations creates online simulations of sports organizations for use in the high school and college classroom.
"SBS," as its called, currently has two simulations: The Oakland Baseball Simworld and the XFL Simworld.
The Oakland Baseball Simworld is a system-dynamics based simulation constructed using Forio Business Simulations "FML" programing language.
It was developed for the college classroom, and to mimic the fiscal behavior of the Oakland Athletics and allows one to test different business strategies over a 15-year period.
To assure a realistic simulation, the Oakland Baseball Simworld is updated every year to match observed fiscal changes in the real Oakland Athletics.

This year, calibrating the sim revealed a $23 million loss."We believe that estimate is correct plus or minus $5 million," said SBS CEO Zenophon Abraham.
"We've been very accurate in the past, and the Oakland Sim is rapidly becoming the standard...

Oakland Athletics Lost $23 Million At End of 2004 Season
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