Certus Unveils the Certus Governance Suite -- the Most Comprehensive Enterprise Software Solution for Compliance.

PURCHASE, N.Y. -- New Suite Delivers an Integrated, Enterprise-Scale Approach to Sarbanes-Oxley that Helps Companies Move Beyond Compliance to Create Lasting Business Value

Certus Software, Inc. (formerly Nth Orbit), a proven leader of corporate compliance software for the enterprise, today introduced the Certus(TM) Governance Suite, which helps organizations ensure the transparency and accuracy of internal controls while building a consistent, sustainable compliance practice. A powerful and flexible enterprise software platform, the Certus Governance Suite not only addresses all aspects of Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance, it helps organizations leverage governance as a change agent for both immediate accountability as well as lasting business value.

The new Certus Governance Suite integrates all phases of compliance across a distributed enterprise. The suite now includes integrated product modules that address compliance with Sections 302 and 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, as well as an Audit module with new capabilities that simplifies the auditing process and associated costs. Powering these modules is the integrated, secure Certus Compliance Platform, which provides both common services as well as the system of record across all governance and compliance activities. Through this platform, Certus software ensures scalability and consistency to minimize deployment costs and to enable companies to build a sustainable compliance practice that's easy to maintain.

"Certus has demonstrated the ability to go beyond our immediate compliance requirements and support our longer-range business, financial and operational goals in an efficient and cost-effective manner," said Michael Durkin, executive vice president and chief financial officer, PepsiAmericas.

New Features in the Certus Governance Suite 2.0

With the Certus Governance Suite, organizations can design internal controls, evaluate operating effectiveness, monitor the progress of compliance projects and report on governance status and trends. As a result, Certus software provides management with greater visibility to control status and risks -- giving organizations a single source of truth.

New features and enhancements in the Certus Governance Suite 2.0 -- comprised of the Certus 302, Certus 404 and Certus Audit modules -- include:

--Evidence capture for audit walkthroughs: An entirely new capability in this version reduces audit costs by facilitating the audit walkthrough activity mandated by Sarbanes-Oxley. Publishing and archiving features facilitate walkthroughs and reduce the burden on auditors.

--Rapid importing of existing control information: Using the unique Excel import feature, users can now easily move existing control framework data from consulting firm templates and tools, or from other existing data sources, making the Certus Governance Suite the fastest SOX product to deploy.

--Configurable user surveying: Support for configurable user surveying adds versatility to the communication and certification process. As a result, accountability for compliance is shared across the organization, eliminating gaps that can come from disparate efforts.

--Versatile reporting: Significantly enhanced reporting capabilities ensure full and consistent visibility of any element and activity related to compliance. The product provides a combination of rich pre-built Crystal reports and dashboards with the ability to easily navigate from the reports into other parts of the product. Additional capabilities include the ad hoc creation and customization of reports with leading reporting tools via an open reporting data mart.

Certus software fully supports complex, dispersed business topographies including multi-national and multi-divisional organizations. The Certus Governance Suite can also be used to track compliance beyond Sarbanes-Oxley, with other regulatory efforts such as county-specific financial control regulations.

Best Practice Toolkits, Best-In Class Software

The Certus Governance Suite supports the major solution components required by compliance -- content management, process management, project management and communication management -- all built upon a platform that helps companies leverage their investment beyond SOX to support other governance initiatives. For Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, Certus software provides best practice toolkits including control frameworks such as COSO, COBIT and SOX templates from the "Big 4" accounting and auditing firms.

Built to support an ongoing compliance effort, the Certus Governance Suite minimizes the cost of ownership over time due to its ability to be configured quickly, adopted widely and maintained cost-effectively. Its rapid implementation, ease-of-use and ability to leverage existing processes enables organizations to deploy Certus software into multiple environments and realize immediate and lasting business value.

"At Certus we are focused on making our customers successful by enabling good governance and making sustainable compliance a reality," said Vani Kola, founder and CEO, Certus Software. "We not only guarantee that we will meet the most complex compliance requirements, we promise to maximize the shareholder value of our customers' organizations. We are committed to delivering best-in-class software and the continued product excellence that our customers have come to expect."

About Certus

Certus Software, Inc. (formerly Nth Orbit, Inc.), the proven leader of corporate compliance software for the enterprise, helps organizations build a consistent and sustainable compliance practice that extends beyond corporate governance requirements to generate lasting business value. Its powerful Certus software suite ensures the transparency and accuracy of internal controls, while leveraging Sarbanes-Oxley conformance as a change agent for immediate accountability and even greater business benefits in the future. Certus' growing list of successful customers includes Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company, PepsiCo, Polaroid, Suntron and XO Communications. To learn more about Certus, visit www.certus.com.

Certus sponsors "FrontLines: A SOX Leadership Forum" to advance governance practices by enabling discussions on current topics with practice and industry leaders. FrontLines is a resource available to customers, partners, the media and the industry-at-large. To learn more about the FrontLines SOX Leadership Forum visit http://www.certus.com/frontlines/.

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