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Solution 6 Group to Become First Global Reseller of Interface Software's InterAction® Relationship Intelligence Solution

New strategic alliance allows practice management software leader to offer client relationship management (CRM) software to CMS OPEN® clients

OAK BROOK (IL), 22 August, 2001: Interface Software, and Solution 6 Group today announced a strategic alliance naming Solution 6 Group the first global reseller partner of InterAction. Interface Software is the developer of InterAction, the market-leading CRM solution for professional services organizations. Under the terms of the partnership agreement, Solution 6 Group will now be able to resell InterAction to current and future CMS OPEN customers. CMS OPEN® is a Solution 6 Group scalable multi-tier time/billing and practice management system.

Through its Application Collaboration module, InterAction currently offers extensive integration with CMS OPEN. This alliance gives Solution 6 Group the opportunity to further tailor that integration by creating customized options for CMS OPEN customers as well as providing professional services around the InterAction offering.

Interface Software President and CEO, Nathan Fineberg, believes Solution 6 Group's market leadership and vision make it an ideal reseller partner. "Solution 6 Group develops the dominant practice management and time & billing systems in the professional services marketplace. With over 320 customers and 110,000 users, CMS OPEN has a proven track record worldwide."

Fineberg says this new alliance will benefit CMS OPEN customers. "By offering easy access to InterAction, Solution 6 Group will be the first practice management supplier to deliver a comprehensive client relationship management solution, allowing customers to harness financial data from CMS OPEN for business development and relationship management activities. Through this global reseller arrangement, the Solution 6 Group will now be able to help its customers extend the already vast benefits of CMS OPEN even further."

Cynthia Sessions, President and COO of the CMS OPEN product line, believes that this alliance will provide greater value to customers. "Our customers wish to broaden their ability to access and analyze CMS OPEN data to help increase profitability. They look to us for leadership in identifying leading solution providers with which to partner. After a thorough analysis of the marketplace, we concluded that Interface Software is the undisputed leader in the professional services CRM category. This relationship enables us to maintain our focus on developing the highest-quality time & billing and practice management software in the marketplace and, at the same time, help our customers garner additional competitive advantage from our system."

About Interface Software
Interface Software, Inc. is the industry leader in Relationship Intelligence solutions for the professional services industry. InterAction, the Relationship Intelligence solution for professional services, discovers, aggregates, manages and delivers to any platform, internal competitive intelligence about people, companies, relationships experience and expertise. A critical component to any firm's knowledge management strategy, InterAction empowers professionals to differentiate their services from the competition, source new revenue opportunities and enhance client service. For more information about InterAction, contact Interface Software, Inc. at 1420 Kensington Road, Suite 320, Oak Brook, IL 60523, Telephone: +1.630.572.1400, Website: www.interaction.com. In Europe and Australia, contact Dan Von Weihe, National Sales Manager, at 38 New Oxford Street, Suite 204 London, WC1A 1EP, United Kingdom, Telephone: +44.(0)78.7057.1234, Email: Dan.VonWeihe@lexisnexis.com.

About Solution 6 Group
The Solution 6 Group is a leading provider of information technology (IT) solutions for business, government and professional advisors. The Group delivers professional and business software, IT services and a range of e-business and knowledge management solutions. The Solution 6 Group provides end-to-end solutions for five key markets including accounting, legal, global practices, small, medium and larger business, and Government. Established in 1981 and listed on the Australian Stock Exchange in 1987,the Solution 6 Group is an Australian-owned company with a global presence. Headquartered in Sydney, Australia, the Group is one of the market leaders in global practice management solutions. The Solution 6 Group employs over 1600 IT professionals worldwide in 36 offices, across 13 countries. The Group maintains strategic partnerships with IBM, Lotus, Microsoft, Telstra and Vignette.

InterAction is a registered trademark of Interface Software, Inc. All other product names mentioned are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.