Sage North America Appoints Motasim Najeeb as CTO

Irvine , CA - Jan 06, 2009 - Sage North America announced today that Motasim Najeeb has been appointed Chief Technology Officer reporting to Sage North America CEO Sue Swenson. In this role Mr. Najeeb is responsible for providing technology leadership for Sage North America. He will work closely with business leaders and R&D teams across Sage North America and collaborate with technology leaders from Sage worldwide.

"Motasim brings an impressive track record of strong technical leadership that's focused on the needs of customers,' said Ms. Swenson. "As CTO he will play a critical role in leveraging our technology assets across North America so we deliver competitive and innovative products that enable our customers to better manage their business processes.'

Mr. Najeeb has more than 20 years of technology and management experience in the enterprise software industry. Most recently, he served as the CTO and EVP of Engineering and Operations at TradeBeam where he was responsible for product strategy, development, and IT operations. Prior to TradeBeam, he was the Group Vice President of Enterprise applications at Oracle with responsibility for all PeopleSoft ERP product lines. Mr. Najeeb was the General Manager of the Strategic Development Division at WebMD Corporation and the founding member of the team that grew WebMD from a start-up to a successful public company with revenue of more than $300 million. Earlier in his career, he held senior management positions at Silicon Graphics, Tandem and Intel Corporations.

"I am very excited to join Sage, a world class business management software company that delivers compelling applications for the SMB segment," said Najeeb. "Sage offers a rich portfolio of strong brand name products backed by talented teams with a relentless focus on delivering outstanding customer experience and satisfaction."

About Sage North America
Sage North America is part of The Sage Group plc, a leading global supplier of business management software and services. At Sage, we live and breathe business every day. We are passionate about helping our customers achieve their ambitions. Our range of business software and services is continually evolving as we innovate to answer our customers' needs. Our solutions support accounting, operations, customer relationship management, human resources, time tracking, merchant services and the specialized needs of the construction, distribution, healthcare, manufacturing, nonprofit and real estate industries. Sage North America employs approximately 4,800 people and supports 2.9 million small and medium-size business customers. The Sage Group plc, formed in 1981, was floated on the London Stock Exchange in 1989 and now employs more than 14,500 people and supports more than 5.8 million customers worldwide. For more information, please visit the web site at www.sagenorthamerica.com or call 866-308-2378.

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