Canada's Focus Corporation Chooses BST Global to Partner for Business Performance Management; Web- and Portal-Based System to Assist One of Alberta's Fastest Growing Organizations to Better Manage Internal Operations, Projects, Communication.

TAMPA, Fla. -- Focus Corporation of Canada recently chose BST Global as its partner for business performance management solutions. Focus Corporation, based in Edmonton, Alberta, is a 1,000-member multi-disciplinary consulting firm noted as one of Alberta's fastest growing companies. The company joins other notable Canadian engineering firms such as Golder Associates, Conestoga-Rovers & Associates and Matrix Solutions in becoming BST Global Clients.

BST Global serves project driven organizations needing to integrate project management, client relationship management, billing, accounting and employee time and expense tracking as well as gain valuable enterprise insight through analysis capabilities. The company's flagship product is BST Enterprise, a portal-based solution that delivers relevant, real-time, focused information. BST Enterprise includes enterprise resource planning, client relationship management, enterprise project management, and business intelligence. Leveraging the industry's only 100% Microsoft .NET solution, BST Enterprise is robust and scalable for larger organizations -- end results for users include top line growth, improved cash flow and increased profitability.

"BST Global's technology platform provides the tools we need to run our business," said Joe Concini, chief financial officer at Focus Corporation. "As we are in a growth mode, it was important to find a solution that would support and provide flexibility for that growth, and BST Global was a great fit or us in that regard."

"Growing organizations such as Focus Corporation contend with the need to manage project, operational and business communication needs more quickly and efficiently than ever before," said Neil Holmes, global director of sales, BST Global. "To stay competitive in the market, it is essential for engineering firms to implement systems that have fine-tuned the art of integrating a wealth of information in the most effective way possible -- and making that information easy to understand and access. We look forward to working with Focus Corporation to bring that special kind of business benefit."

About Focus Corporation

Recognized as one of Alberta's fastest growing companies in 2006 in Alberta Venture magazine, Focus Corporation is a multi-disciplinary consulting firm providing a range of engineering, geomatics, planning and project management services to clients involved in oil and gas, oil sands, infrastructure, land development and environmental projects. Clients rely on Focus to deliver world-class technical solutions that optimize their investments, improve their competitive position and increase their long-term success. Focus employs over 1,000 staff in offices throughout Western Canada.

About BST Global

BST Global is the leading global provider of business performance management solutions for project driven professional services organizations. Solution capabilities span business intelligence, client relationship management, enterprise project management and enterprise resource planning. The privately held BST group of companies and alliance partners is a global organization with a presence in America, Europe, Australia and Africa. Today, over 80,000 end users and more than 100 of the top 500 ranked Engineering News Record (ENR) Design firms worldwide rely on BST Global's innovative solutions to manage projects, resources, finances and client relationships across six continents and 37 countries.

Founded in 1971, BST Global is headquartered in Tampa, FL. Additional information can be obtained by contacting BST Global at 1-813-886-3300 (international) or 1-800-726-3300 or via the web at http://www.bstglobal.com.

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