News | April 5, 2005

Ascentis' HROffice Chosen As HR Component To Execupay's New Mid-Market Payroll Solution

Bellevue, WA - Ascentis' HROffice has been named as Execupay's high-end human resources "companion" to its new mid-market payroll solution, PlatinumPay.net. The single source platform provides companies with a 100% web-accessible and SQL-based payroll, HR and benefits management solution.

Execupay's president, Gerald Stowers says, "We chose HROffice as our HR companion for PlatinumPay.net because of its synergized technologies, ease-of-use, and comprehensive functionality. Now, Execupay payroll service bureaus are positioned to gain the competitive edge and effectively compete with the big players in today's payroll marketplace."

Mike Hayes, vice president of sales and marketing at Ascentis continues, "As Execupay's preferred HR and benefits management partner, this is a unique channel distribution opportunity for us and one that secures our mid-market vision to offer a single source solution of HR, benefits and payroll through our channel partners."

Lorri Cochrane, president of Certified Payroll and an Execupay licensee on Long Island explains, "I recently sold the combined PlatinumPay.net and HROffice platform to a 750 employee organization and competed against both independent and major payroll players. I won because I was the only service bureau in my region who could offer a complete payroll and HR solution that was 100% SQL."

About Execupay
In 1974 Execupay, Inc. was born from the idea that small and medium sized businesses needed a payroll service they could rely on, trust, and afford just as much as any large business. Founded and headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, Execupay has grown into one of the largest and most recognized payroll services in the country.

As a premiere service company, they provide payroll and human resource services to thousands of clients nationwide. Execupay offers a full array of services from basic payroll needs to a full service package including online payroll, time and attendance, direct deposit, tax filing, and benefits administration just to name a few.

Excellent customer services is one of the two main ingredients that make a superior payroll service, the other being technology. Execupay has always designed and developed in-house state-of-the-art payroll systems, and in 1987 began licensing that technology to other payroll services across the country through franchises and software licensing. Today, they are one of the top payroll service bureau software providers in the country.

Prior to 1998, Execupay operated under the name of Dial-A-Check Payroll Service, Inc. Today, many of Execupay franchise offices still operate under the Dial-A-Check name.

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 company's 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 Fast 50 Program for the second year in a row – named one of the fastest growing technology companies in Washington State. Additionally, Washington CEO Magazine included Ascentis in its "Hightech 100" list, Workforce Management Magazine named HROffice to its 2005 hot list of the "Top 15 HRMS Systems" for the second year in a row, Software Magazine included Ascentis in its "2004 Software 500 list," and Forbes.com named Ascentis to its "Best of the Web Pick" in the human resources category.

For more information on Ascentis Corporation and the HROffice product line, visit www.ascentis.com or call 800.229.2713.

Source: Ascentis Corporation