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"Our research indicates that roughly one-third of any IT project is spent researching and selecting technology," said Fornes. "However, many projects still fail. In this Webinar, we'll address this challenge by translating existing construction management skills -- like estimating and project management -- into a set of best practices for the construction software selection process."

The webinar is based on RiverGuide's recently published white paper, "The Best Practices Guide to Selecting Construction Software." The paper identified five primary reasons for IT failures: 1) limited budgeting and planning; 2) the wrong team for the job; 3) poor requirements planning; 4) lack of a rigorous selection process; and, 5) weak change management or training. To address these challenges, RiverGuide outlines a ten-step process for managing the construction software selection process. Webinar participants will receive a free copy of the white paper upon registration.

"As a market leader in construction management software, we have the most success with buyers that run a rigorous selection process," said Deb Carpenter-Beck, Director of Marketing at Sage Software, Inc. "RiverGuide is emerging as an important resource for companies that are serious about IT success, so we are excited to participate in this valuable Webinar."

The Webinar will be presented twice on November 14th, 2006 to meet schedules in all time zones. The first presentation will be at 11:00 AM EST/10:00 AM CST/9:00 AM MST/8:00 AM PST and the second will be at 2:00 PM EST/1:00 PM CST/12:00 PM MST/11:00 AM PST. Registration for the event is open immediately at http://www.sagewebcast.com where registrants can use the webcast form to search for "Live Webcasts" and "Sage Timberline Office."

About RiverGuide
RiverGuide, Inc. helps small- and medium-size businesses make the right technology decisions. Visitors to RiverGuide can read insightful articles, learn best practices, compare products and build a short list of software vendors to contact for further research. The company's online community brings industry experts and software vendors together to provide an unparalleled resource for software buyers. This powerful community-driven content model ensures a wide range of opinions and expertise, while enabling RiverGuide to remain a free resource. RiverGuide can be found on the Web at www.riverguideinc.com.

About Sage Software
Sage Software supports the needs, challenges and dreams of more than 2.6 million small and mid-sized business customers in North America through easy-to-use, scalable and customizable software and services. Our products support accounting, operations, customer relationship management, human resources, time tracking, merchant services and the specialized needs of accounting practices and the construction, distribution, manufacturing, nonprofit and real estate industries. Sage Software is a subsidiary of The Sage Group plc, a leading international supplier of accounting and business management software solutions and related products and services for small to mid-sized businesses. Formed in 1981, Sage was floated on the London Stock Exchange in 1989 and the Group now has 5.0 million customers and employs over 10,500 people worldwide. For more information, please visit the Web site at www.sagesoftware.com/moreinfo or call (866) 308-2378.