Abel Solutions Announces Its Membership in the Microsoft Gold Certified Partner Program.

Business Editors

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 3, 2002

Abel Solutions, Inc., a high tech consulting firm that helps corporate and government organizations leverage the Internet to achieve marketing, communication, and process efficiency goals, today announced it is a new member in the Microsoft Gold Certified Partner Program. Abel Solutions has been named as a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner for E-Commerce Solutions due to its competence in the latest Microsoft e-commerce technologies and its proven track record of customer satisfaction.

Membership in the Microsoft Gold Certified Partner Program will provide Abel Solutions with resources to help it develop and deploy robust Microsoft e-commerce solutions that will help speed customers' time to market and reduce costs.

"Abel Solutions is extremely pleased with our new status as a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner for E-Commerce Solutions," said Kevin Abel, President of Abel Solutions. "Being a Gold member of the program allows us to clearly promote ourselves to customers as having proven expertise in providing high-quality e-commerce solutions. The incremental benefits provided through our Gold membership will allow us to continue to enhance the offerings that we provide for customers."

The Microsoft Gold Certified Partner Program provides a way for customers to identify companies that have proven their commitment and expertise in one or more specialized areas when delivering Microsoft technologies. Microsoft Certified Partners need to meet a higher set of criteria for each category, including enhanced certification and a portfolio of real-world customer references, and are thus identified as the most skilled partners in specific solution areas.

"Today's pressures to build the best E-Commerce solutions can be critical to business success information. These solutions need to be reliable yet deployed very quickly," said Rosa Garcia, general manager of the Partner Programs Group at Microsoft Corp. "Microsoft recognizes that companies don't want to choose a technology partner that needs to learn on the job -- they need a partner with proven experience. Today, Microsoft recognizes Abel Solutions for documenting customer satisfaction with multiple e-commerce deployments. This distinction brings value to the Microsoft Gold Certified Partner Program and makes it clear that Abel Solutions has the skills and experience to provide high-quality e-commerce solutions on Microsoft technology."

Abel Solutions combines outstanding technical expertise and a proven development methodology to help corporate and government organizations leverage the Internet to achieve marketing, communication, and process efficiency goals.

Abel Solutions has created valuable and measurable solutions for many clients including E*Trade, Pfizer, Siemens, BellSouth, MCI, Nextel, Goldleaf Technologies, Oglethorpe Power, The State of Georgia and Equifax. Additional information regarding Abel Solutions may be obtained at www.abelsolutions.com or by contacting Kevin Abel or J.C. Layton at 678.393.1704.