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 August
2003 |
DEVELOPER
PARTNER ACCPAC OF THE YEAR 2003
Groupe AGI
wins the very coveted prize " DEVELOPER PARTNER ACCPAC OF THE
YEAR 2003 ".
The annual ACCPAC
resellers' rendez-vous was held this year from August 17 to 23 for
the first time in the beautiful city of Quebec, after having been
held previously in Las Vegas in 2002 and Orlando in 2001.This year,
Groupe AGI (professionals@work) was awarded the ultimate prize, coveted by more
than 60 worldwide businesses represented at this event. This honor,
" Developer Partner of the year " aimed at rewarding the
developer of a system that integrated to the ACCPAC accounting software
and that illustrated itself among all the ACCPAC resellers during
the year.
There is no
doubt that the technological advancement, stability and user friendly
qualities of the professionals@work software are no stranger to its nomination.
In addition, the excellent support and high standard customer service
given to our clients and resellers (more than 50 resellers to this
date) by the AGI team are direct contributors to this nomination.
professionals@work is a product that is very much appreciated by the ACCPAC resellers
and their clients for its user friendly approach, its flexibility
and its transparent integration to the ACCPAC software. This event
has allowed us, through the praises of our partners, to confirm
their appreciation of the product. Let's not forget the excellent
promotional work and the confidence demonstrated by our resellers
who, throughout the years, have contributed in maintaining professionals@work
in front of the competition with the quality of its product and
the professionalism of the service offered.
Groupe AGI wishes
to congratulate all the resellers that have been honored during
the awards ceremony. In addition, Groupe AGI also wishes to thank
ACCPAC for the excellent organisation of the Partnership event,
which was attended by an outstanding number of resellers.
Guy Boisvert,
president of Groupe AGI addressed this honor during the gala : "
This award will motivate us to pursue our partnership with ACCPAC
while continuing to promote our professionals@work software. This event shows
very clearly our successful relationship with ACCPAC and its resellers
since 1999. We will, very soon, integrate professionals@work to ACCPAC CRM which,
we think, will be a very big success in the years to come. I was
impressed with the diversity and the quality of the different conferences
offered during the event and particularly with the enormous potential
of the ACCPAC CRM solution. I think professionals@work will greatly profit from
the flexibility of ACCPAC CRM".
About Groupe
AGI (professionals@work)
Groupe AGI is
an application provider that has gained a coveted niche in the time
and billing industry. Since its inception in 1996, the company has
grown rapidly. Today, with offices in Quebec and Montreal, professionals@work,
Groupe AGI's flagship product, is sold world-wide. professionals@work, the company's
time and billing solution is targeted to service oriented businesses.
For more information, please visit http://www.abaksoftware.com
About ACCPAC
ACCPAC International,
Inc., a subsidiary of Computer Associates International, Inc. [CA]
, provides small and mid-size businesses a broad range of end-to-end
business management applications designed to enhance customers'
competitive advantage. Product lines include ACCPAC Advantage Series(TM),
ACCPAC Pro Series(TM), ACCPAC HR Series(TM), ACCPAC Business Analysis
Suite(TM), ACCPAC eTransact(R), ACCPAC Exchange(TM), ACCPAC CRM(TM),
ACCPAC CRM SalesTeam(TM), ACCPAC Warehouse Management System(TM),
ACCPAC ePOS(TM), Simply Accounting(R), FAXserve(TM) and ACCPAC Messenger(TM).
Based in Pleasanton,
California, USA, with offices in Australia, Canada, India, Ireland,
the Middle East, the Netherlands, South Africa, Southeast Asia and
the United Kingdom, ACCPAC has more than 500,000 customers and more
than 6,500 channel partners in more than 130 countries worldwide.
For more information about ACCPAC and their products, call 1-800-945-8007
in North America, or visit ACCPAC at www.accpac.com and www.accpaconline.com
| March
2003 |
professionals@work,
CANADA'S PREMIER TIME AND BILLING PROGRAM, MAKES ITS U.S. DEBUT
March 14,
2003, Clearwater, FL---
Groupe AGI of Quebec, Canada, leaders of the time and billing software
market in Canada, is pleased to announce the opening of their U.S.
headquarters, based in Clearwater, Florida and the launch of the
professionals@work line of products in the U.S. marketplace. professionals@work, their flagship
product, promises to bring effortless time tracking, invoicing and
reporting capabilities as well as its acclaimed customer service,
to the U.S. market.
"It's incredible that professionals@work, initially developed for our company's
internal usage, has received so much attention and so many accolades,"
said Marie-Claude Perras, Marketing Communication Director. "professionals@work
is poised to be a major force in the United States, and we will
be expanding our Florida office to meet up with demand."
professionals@work, designed for companies of all sizes, is a time and billing
and project management system specifically designed to prevent underbilling
and lost time. Its management reporting capabilities allow detailed
analyses of productivity and workflow, for better control of clients,
sub-contractors, vendors and resources. With its Microsoft Outlook
look and feel, professionals@work is a workhorse for resource planning, budget
management, project management, time and expense management, report
generation, and work-in-progress analysis. Its already-powerful
reporting features are further enhanced with its ability to integrate
with Crystal Reports.
Accurate invoicing is a snap and the program helps prevent double-billing.
It also works seamlessly with popular business programs such as
QuickBooks, MS Project, AccPac, and others.
"One of the ways we will work to quickly increase the number
of installations in the U.S. will be through the launch of a reseller
program," said Paul Cibas, Head of U.S. Operations. "We
will be announcing our reseller program parameters in the near future."
professionals@work comes in two different editions to meet the needs of any
size business from solo to the largest corporation. professionals@work;fessional starts at $300 and professionals@work
Enterprise version begins at $540. professionals@work is available directly from
the company.
About Groupe AGI
Groupe AGI is an application provider that has gained a coveted
niche in the time and billing industry. Since its inception in 1996,
the company has grown to have offices in Quebec City, Montreal,
and Clearwater, Florida. professionals@work, its flagship product, is sold world-wide,
and has a large customer base in accounting, engineering, software
engineering, architecture, and research and business consultants.
Clients include Deloitte and Touche, Standard Life, and the Government
of Canada. For more information about Groupe AGI, please visit their
website at www.abaksoftware.com or call 1-866-637-5706.
| December
2002 |
professionals@work LAUNCHES A MASSIVE ATTACK ON QUICKBOOKS®
professionals@work, Groupe AGI's effortless time & billing
solution, has been specifically developed for QuickBooks® 2003
products
Clearwater,
FL, December
2002. Groupe A.G.I. today launched professionals@work;fessional
and professionals@work Enterprise specifically developed for the QuickBooks®
2002 and 2003 products including
QuickBooks Pro 2003 and QuickBooks Premier 2003. The flawless data
integration between the QuickBooks products and professionals@work will allow
the company to access a huge basin of small businesses and will
solidify the software's position as the Time & Billing market
leader.
"We are
extremely confident that the companies that opt for QuickBooks®
to manage their business finances will also turn to professionals@work to manage
time, expenses, projects and to invoice their customers. We feel
certain that professionals@work will cause quite a stir. Already, the phone is
ringing off the hook for advance copies, "said Guy Boisvert,
president and CEO of Groupe AGI Inc.
The need for
QuickBooks compatible software solutions is very strong. Case in
point, according to a Tower Group 2001 study, three million small
businesses use QuickBooks® for their day-to-day operations.
According to the QuickBooks® 2000 user study, 80% of small businesses
using QuickBooks® are actively seeking software solutions that
integrate with their software.
"Intuit
and Groupe A.G.I. both recognize that small business owners juggle
many daily tasks and that they are constantly looking for ways to
streamline their operations,"” said Esther Kruijver,
Director of the Intuit Development Network. "Enabling the data
exchange between professionals@work;, professionals@work Enterprise
and the QuickBooks® 2002 and 2003 products will help businesses
save time and manage their resources more efficiently, allowing
them to spend more time actually running their business."
Groupe
A.G.I. Inc
Groupe AGI Inc is an application provider that has cornered the
market in the time and billing industry. Since its inception in
1996, the company has grown by leaps and bounds and now has offices
in Quebec city, Montreal and Clearwater, Florida. professionals@work, the company’s
time and billing solution is sold all over the world. The software
is widely used and renowned in the services industries and has a
large customer base in accounting, engineering, software engineering,
architecture, law firms, geographical firms, research consultants
and business consultants. Clients include Deloitte & Touche,
Standard Life, Grant Thornton and the Government of Canada. For
more information about professionals@work Software and Groupe AGI Inc., please
visit http://www.abaksoftware.com
Intuit®
Inc., the Intuit Logo, Quicken, QuickBooks Pro, QuickBooks Premier,
Turbo Tax, ProSeries and Lacerte, among others, are registered trademarks
and/or registered service marks of Intuit Inc. in the United States
and Other Countries.
| December
2002 |
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UNDER-BILLING
COSTING THE BUSINESS SERVICES INDUSTRY 17 BILLION DOLLARS ANNUALLY
Groupe
AGI Inc launches professionals@work 6, for effortless and accurate Time and Billing
CLEARWATER,
FL;
Wednesday, May 29th 2002, Groupe AGI, enterprise efficiency optimization
experts, is launching professionals@work 6, an effortless time and billing software
that allows companies in the services industry to make every minute
count.
According to
an American Census bureau study, the business services industry
generates revenues of 825 billion dollars each year. Under-billing
has been shown to represent 2% annually in lost revenue for the
industry. In the United States alone, 17 billion dollars are lost
on a yearly basis.
According to
a client survey, professionals@work 6.0 completely annihilates under-billing,
provides for accurate invoicing, prevents double-entry errors and
ensures a better control of subcontractors, vendors and resources.
Management can also monitor productivity and workflow.
professionals@work 6.0 has
been completely redesigned with the MS Outlook look and feel. New
features include: multiple currency invoicing, fast time sheet entry,
enhanced performance and ease of use, manage contacts and client
requests. professionals@work seamlessly integrates with various accounting packages
and MS Project.
professionals@work surpasses
expectations in resource planning, project management, time and
expense management, report generation, budget management, control
and work in progress analysis and invoicing.
" professionals@work's
screens are nicely laid out and easy to use. The software provides
an excellent array of reports, invoices, and formatting options…
Added in the upcoming version are fully sortable tables, enabling
the user to run queries and sort data without having to run reports."
Ted Needleman, Accounting Today, May 2002
Since it became
available, professionals@work has attracted many new and important clients such
as Grant Thornton and Deloitte & Touche.
About Groupe
A.G.I. Inc.
Groupe AGI Inc is a management application provider that has cornered
the market in the time and billing industry. Since its inception
in 1996, the company has grown by leaps and bounds and now has offices
in Quebec city, Montreal, Mississauga and Tampa Bay. professionals@work, the company’s
time and billing solution is sold all over the world. The software
is widely used and renowned in the services industries and has a
large customer base in accounting, engineering, software engineering,
architecture, geographical surveying, research consulting and business
consulting. Clients include Deloitte & Touche, Grant Thornton
and Quebecor. For more information, please visit http://www.abaksoftware.com
| January
2001 |
GROUPE
AGI - ALREADY 5 YEARS OLD
BACKGROUND
In 1995, Guy
Boisvert was an information technology consultant, but then the
firm for which he worked was sold. Like most of his colleagues,
he found himself without a job but certainly not without resources,
as described in the French language magazine PME (April 2000 edition).
In the past,
he had worked on the design and marketing of an absentee management
software package, and in 1996 he decided to make use of his experience
to design a similar type of software to meet CSST standards. He
founded Groupe AGI (the French acronym of Administration, Gestion,
Informatique, or Administration, Management and Computing in English),
and set up shop in Québec City with his partner Patrick Brassard,
who had 14 years of experience in software consulting and design.
In 1997, a third shareholder, Richard Jobin, joined the firm. Mr.
Jobin was president and founder of Groupe AST, the largest occupational
health and safety agent in Québec.
Since it was
created, Groupe AGI's turnover has grown by more than 200%, and
the organization now has 20 employees. It has also expanded physically,
and has offices in downtown Montreal, with its two associate companies
Groupe AST and Solutions Optimisst, as well as in Ontario, in addition
to its original premises in Québec City's Technology Park.
MAIN HIGHLIGHTS
 2001
- professionals@work’s web-based module
3.0
- Version
5.0 of professionals@work
- Multi-Currency
2000
- Version
4.2;
- USA distributors;
- ACCPAC
Live;
- Highly
successful presentation at Partnership 2000 in Orlando;
- New Internet
site;
- Development
of professionals@work A/S;
- Partnership
with the Virtuo accounting software firm and integration of
other accounting software packages.
1999
- Development
of a professionals@work+ module for medium-sized and large firms;
- Development
of an Internet input module (HTML);
- Version
4.0 of professionals@work;
- Distributors
in Canada (ACCPAC, Fortune 1000, Avantage);
- Development
of a closer relationship with ACCPAC.
1998
- MS-Project
- Integration with professionals@work;
- Version
with the SQL Advantage database;
- Partnership
with Fortune 1000 and Avantage;
- Accounting
integration (Fortune 1000, Avantage and ACCPAC);
- Creation
of the OSHIMS Software company with FHS and IBR;
- Development
of the OSHIMS (SISST) software package for the nine other Canadian
provinces.
1997
- First version
of professionals@work on the market;
1996
- Development
of the SISST Occupational Health and Safety software package;
- Creation
of the Solution Optimisst company with two partners, Groupe
AST and IBR;
- Development
of the SIGI software package (integrated internal management
system) which went on to become professionals@work in 1997.
A
WORD FROM A PRESIDENT
A word from
the president The company has been in business for over five years
now and we are quie pleased with what we have accomplished in such
a short period of time. We are grateful for the confidence our customers
and partners have shown towards the company and the products and
services we provide. Their comments and feedbacks enabled us to
grow and improve our company, our products and our services.
Guy
Boisvert
President
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