SYSPRO Finalist for 2 TechAmerica Awards

COSTA MESA, Calif. – April 29, 2009 -- SYSPRO, a leading, worldwide provider of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software, has today announced that the company is a finalist for two TechAmerica High-Tech Innovation Awards – “Outstanding Private Technology Company” and “Outstanding Private CEO in Technology.” This marks the second time in the month of April that SYSPRO’s industry leadership has been recognized by leading technology organizations. SYSPRO was also named a finalist for the “Software Company of the Year” award to be presented by the Technology Council of Southern California.

Now in its 16th year, the TechAmerica awards celebrate excellence and achievement in the region’s technology industry, honoring companies, individuals and products that drive innovation. This year’s winners will be announced at an awards banquet on May 14, 2009, at the Hilton Hotel in Costa Mesa, CA.

According to Joey Benadretti, president, SYSPRO USA, “Unlike many of our competitors that have gobbled up other companies, SYSPRO remains independent and focused. We believe that sustainability of our organization lies in its ability to morph into new and greater things – to understand the trends and move forward with those trends but never to lose site of our core business.”

Don Hicks, executive director, TechAmerica Orange County, noted: “We congratulate SYSPRO for being named a finalist for Outstanding Private Technology Company and Joey Benadretti for being named a finalist for Outstanding Private CEO in Technology.” Hicks noted, “Benadretti, president, SYSPRO USA, is being recognized for his remarkable work in strategizing the company’s direction, the result of which has been an operation that has consistently shown profits and has never had a single layoff.”

In addition to the awards, TechAmerica Orange County will recognize educators and students for their innovative use of science, math and technology in the classroom and the community in conjunction with Project Tomorrow, the nation’s leading education nonprofit group focused on preparing today’s students to be tomorrow’s innovators.

SYSPRO’s more thoughtful approach to adopting new technology, such as web services and SOA platforms, also reflects the desires of its buyers who are driven by business needs and not by the latest headlines. This exemplifies SYSPRO’s ongoing strategy of helping to simplify the success of its customers. SYSPRO calls its buyer landscape “PragmaVision,”™ consisting of pragmatic, visionary ERP executives that are driven by a desire for smart, but aggressive market growth.

About TechAmerica
TechAmerica is the leading voice for the U.S. technology industry, which is the driving force behind productivity growth and jobs creation in the United States and the foundation of the global innovation economy. Representing approximately 1,500 member companies of all sizes from the public and commercial sectors of the economy, it is the industry’s largest advocacy organization and is dedicated to helping members’ top and bottom lines. It is also the technology industry’s only grassroots-to-global advocacy network, with offices in state capitals around the United States, Washington, D.C., Europe (Brussels) and Asia (Beijing). TechAmerica was formed by the merger of the American Electronics Association (AeA), the Cyber Security Industry Alliance (CSIA), the Information Technology Association of America (ITAA) and the Government Electronics & Information Technology Association (GEIA). Learn more at www.techamerica.org.

About SYSPRO
Since its inception in 1978, SYSPRO has been delivering state-of-the-art business solutions to some of the world's leading companies. As a global leader in the production of world-class ERP software, the company now caters to the specialized needs of 14,000 licensed companies in more than 60 countries worldwide. SYSPRO is marketed globally through regional territory distribution centers and a global reseller network in the US, Canada, Africa, Asia Pacific, Australia and the UK.

SYSPRO is a fully integrated business software solution that provides complete control over the planning and management of all facets of business including accounting, manufacturing and distribution operations in a variety of industries.