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Concerto Software Selected by One of Scotland's Fastest Growing Colleges; Reid Kerr College Implements ContactPro to Provide Leading-Edge Training Facilities.


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SLOUGH Slough (slou), city (1991 pop. 106,341) and borough, central England. After World War I, the residential city and its outlying area underwent rapid industrial development, owing in part to its proximity to London. , England--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 5, 2002

Concerto Software, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ
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U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on
: CRTO CRTO Centro Ricerche Terapie Olistiche (Italian) ), a proven provider of customer interaction management (CIM (1) (Computer-Integrated Manufacturing) Integrating office/accounting functions with automated factory systems. Point of sale, billing, machine tool scheduling and supply ordering are part of CIM. ) solutions, today announced that Reid Kerr College Reid Kerr College is located in Paisley, Scotland. According to its website, it is one of the fastest growing further education colleges in Scotland with over 20,000 students, 650 staff and 300 courses[1].  has selected Concerto's unified CIM technology, ContactPro(TM), to strengthen its call centre training facilities.

Reid Kerr is one of Scotland's fastest growing colleges of further education. It currently operates a call centre that offers training for students wishing to work in the call centre sector. The centre also conducts market research on behalf of the college and its various partners and customers.

ContactPro, Concerto's unified CIM solution, manages customer interactions across all communication channels including voice, fax, email and the Web. Reid Kerr selected ContactPro for the host of contact centre functionality it offers including universal queuing, inbound in·bound 1  
adj.
Bound inward; incoming: inbound commuter traffic.

Adj. 1. inbound
 automatic call distribution, outbound predictive dialling and multimedia routing, monitoring, recording and reporting. Built on an open architecture, ContactPro easily integrates with Reid Kerr's existing technology and variety of databases, as well as offers the ability to set up home-working facilities for out-of-hours contact.

"Working in partnership with the call centre industry, we're continually looking for Looking for

In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with.
 ways to develop our training facilities using the very latest technology," said Morag Shields, call centre manager, Reid Kerr College. "Concerto's unified CIM solution, ContactPro, was the most natural choice. It is seamlessly integrated with our current system and ensures all communication - both internal and external - is of the highest quality."

ContactPro is currently being used in one Reid Kerr call centre and has the versatility and flexibility to be deployed quickly in multiple locations through software-based upgrades without the need for additional hardware investment.

"Concerto provides us with a highly competitive technology advantage," said Shields. "We can now offer prospective call centre agents an added-value learning experience through our training, which will assist them in finding sustained employment in the industry."

"We are pleased to be working with Reid Kerr on enhancing their education and training programs through implementing leading-edge contact centre technology," said Stephen Richardson-Frankton, managing director of Concerto UK. "Our successful relationship with Reid Kerr demonstrates Concerto's ongoing commitment to expanding our European presence through continued customer satisfaction."

About Reid Kerr College

Reid Kerr College is one of the fastest growing further education colleges in Scotland List of further and higher education colleges in Scotland is a list of further education and higher education colleges in Scotland. Most colleges provide both levels of qualification.  with over 16,000 students, 650 staff and 300 courses. The College serves the lifelong learning Lifelong learning is the concept that "It's never too soon or too late for learning", a philosophy that has taken root in a whole host of different organisations. Lifelong learning is attitudinal; that one can and should be open to new ideas, decisions, skills or behaviors. , education and training needs within its communities and seeks to provide open access to all while delivering a service of the highest quality to its users. The College also provides training and staff development customised to meet business and commercial needs. Working in partnership with organisations, locally, nationally and internationally, Reid Kerr assists companies in the development and growth of their business.

About Concerto Software(TM)

Concerto Software provides contact centre solutions that help companies more effectively manage customer interactions via voice, fax, email and the Web. More than 1,100 companies worldwide - including banks, service bureaus, telecommunications firms, utilities and retailers - use Concerto solutions to deliver superior customer service, and to successfully acquire, retain and grow valuable customer relationships. Concerto Software is headquartered in Westford, Massachusetts Westford is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 20,754 at the 2000 census. History
Westford was first settled in 1635. Originally a part of neighboring Chelmsford, West Chelmsford soon grew large enough to sustain its own
, with operations across North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , Europe and Asia. For more information, visit www.concerto.com.

Note: Concerto Software is a trademark of Concerto Software, Inc., formerly known as Davox Corporation. ContactPro is a trademark of CELLIT, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

In addition to historical information contained herein, this press release contains forward-looking statements forward-looking statement

A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections.
 concerning future expected financial, operating results, and product and marketing strategies. Forward-looking statements in this release include, but are not limited to, estimates of future business prospects or financial results and statements containing the words "believe", "estimate", "project", "expect" or similar expressions. Concerto Software's future actual results could differ materially from the forward-looking statements discussed or implied herein because of risks or uncertainties including, but not limited to, the difficulty of integrating two complex businesses and their products, failure to achieve the beneficial synergies expected from the transaction, the potential for loss of key employees during the integration process, the difficulty in the development, marketing or selling of the company's solutions, risks associated with competition and competitive pricing pressures, technological change, new product introduction and market acceptance, stock price volatility, the ability of Concerto Software to attract and retain key personnel, weakness in IT spending, weakness in the contact center market, general economic conditions in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area.  and worldwide markets served by Concerto Software, terrorist activity, war or general instability in the Asia Pacific Region and those other factors discussed from time to time in Concerto Software's public reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, such as those discussed under "Certain Factors That May Affect Future Results" in Concerto Software's quarterly reports on Form 10-Q Form 10-Q

See 10-Q.
 and annual report on Form 10-K Form 10-K

A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information.


Form 10-K

See 10-K.
. All forward-looking statements and reasons why results might differ included in this release are made as of the date hereof, and Concerto Software assumes no obligation to update any such forward-looking statements or reasons why results might differ.
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