Balancing the Books

Centage Corp.'s data integration tool provides data link to business performance management solution for Best Software

Centage Corp.'s data integration tool provides data link to business performance management solution for Best Software

Houston, TX — April 29, 2004 — Centage Corp., a provider of integrated budgeting, forecasting and financial reporting solutions for mid-market organizations, announced the release of a data integration tool called LinkMaestro for Best Software's MAS 90/MAS 200 accounting and business management software packages.

LinkMaestro was created for MAS 90/200 to automate routine processes, including the transfer of the general ledger accounts and trial balances from MAS 90/MAS 200 into Budget Maestro, according to Centage.

The company said business can use Budget Maestro to import and export data from a variety of financial applications, accounting packages and customized spreadsheets, in order to integrate planning, budgeting, forecasting, reporting and analysis processes into a single solution that helps managers make more informed decisions. The product supports the business management cycle of budget development, comparing actual results to plan, re-forecasting, contingency and what-if scenario planning, and financial and management report generation.

"Providing tools that make it easier for the finance team to produce relevant and reliable reports in a timely fashion so that management can react to the information faster is the value-add our solutions provide," said Centage Corp. President and CEO Kamran Sassoon.

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