Reseller Agreement Brings Electronic Procurement Solutions to CSI Customers
Easley, SC and Horsham, PA, September 21, 2006
eSchoolMall™ and Mercury Commerce Solutions™, ESM Solutions’ companies providing online procurement solutions to K-12 schools and city and county governments, today announced that CSI Technology Outfitters has signed a reseller agreement for its electronic purchasing and sourcing solutions. Computer Software Innovations (CSI) is a full service company providing software and technology solutions to K12 and governmental organizations throughout the Southeast. CSI’s client base includes school districts, municipalities, county governments, and other non-profit organizations. Currently, more than 400 public sector organizations across the Southeast utilize CSI’s software systems and network integration services.
“We have been looking for proven electronic procurement solutions from an industry leading company,” said Nancy Hedrick, President and CEO of CSI. “We found this combination with ESM Solutions Corporation. We believe that these electronic purchasing and sourcing solutions will present a significant added value to our customers.”
About CSI
Computer Software Innovations, Inc. (OTCBB:CSWI), CSI Technology Outfitters™, is a full service company providing software and technology solutions primarily to public sector organizations. The software solutions include financial management, billing and revenue management, school activity accounting, lesson planning and automated workflow. The technology solutions include IP telephony, IP video surveillance, visual communications, interactive classrooms, network security and traffic monitoring, infrastructure design, wireless solutions, network management, engineering services and hardware solutions. CSI's client base includes school districts, higher education, municipalities, county governments, and other non-profit organizations. Currently, more than 400 public sector organizations utilize CSI's software systems and network integration services. Additional information on CSI can be obtained through its website at www.csioutfitters.com.
About eSchoolMall
eSchoolMall (www.eschoolmall.com), an ESM Solutions company, is the leading Internet-based procurement solution provider in the education market. The eSchoolMall solution set includes online procurement tools that connect schools with their preferred vendors. eSchoolMall has been recognized by EdNET as their 2005 Pioneer Award winner and twice by Philadelphia 100 as one of the 100 fastest growing, privately-held companies in the Greater Philadelphia region. eSchoolMall's core purpose is to apply technology, saving time and money that schools can reallocate to already under-funded student programs, to make it easier for schools to go about the business of education. eSchoolMall has over 3,000 educational entities in 25 states using its electronic procurement solutions.
About Mercury Commerce Solutions
Mercury Commerce Solutions (www.mercurycommerce.com), an ESM Solutions company, provides procurement automation solutions for the higher education and state and local government markets. Our suite of purchasing, sealed bidding and quoting solutions includes online tools that connect purchasing entities with their vendors, as well as aggregated vendor catalogs that enable a uniform buying experience for all purchasers within an organization. Mercury Commerce Solutions also facilitates easy integration with an organization's financial software system and enables flexible electronic communication with vendors' order entry systems. Delivered via the Internet as an Application Solution Provider (ASP), Mercury Commerce Solutions hosts a fully automated procurement engine, easyPurchase™, a quote management tool, easyQuote™, and a fully automated bidding engine, easyBid™. Mercury Commerce has been recognized by Supply& Demand Chain Executive as a Top 100 enabling organization for "innovative enterprise solutions". Mercury Commerce Solutions provides professional services, as well as data warehousing, auditing and reporting capabilities for its customers, who save time and money that can be re-allocated to education, stakeholder value and community programs.
For more information, contact:
CSI: David Dechant, 864-855-3900, ddechant@csioutfitters.com
eSchoolMall: Harry Goldberg, 215-444-9300 x177, hgoldberg@eschoolmall.com
© 2006 ESM Solutions Corporation
Included in the agreement is integration between ESM Solutions’ easyPurchase™ and CSI’s SmartFusion Financial Management Software. ESM Solutions CEO Andy Flanagan commented that “Integrated procurement solutions save customers time and money.” The smartAgent™ for SmartFusion ensures that purchasing information is visible within the SmartFusion system, without errors and delays caused by manual and redundant data entry.
The companies will jointly market ESM Solution’s Purchasing Solutions Suite and Sourcing Solutions Suite under the eSchoolMall brand to K-12 school districts and under the Mercury Commerce brand to municipalities, county governments and other non-profit organizations.
“We are very pleased to partner with CSI and to go to market with Nancy and her team. We think the resulting combination is a real winner for CSI customers,” said Flanagan. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.