eALITY Makes It Easy for Intuit's QuickBooks and Great Plains Users to Tap Into Web-based, Automated Business Application Services

Business Wire, Jan 18, 2000

Business Editors/High-tech Writers

FOSTER CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 18, 2000

New eALITY eXPress(TM) Editions Offer Small Businesses an

Integrated Solution - Enabling Expense Report, Purchase Order, Time Sheet and other Business Data to Flow into Leading Accounting Packages

eALITY, Inc., a leading pure Application Service Provider (ASP) delivering web-based, outsourced business application services for small- to mid-sized companies, today announced that it has integrated eALITY eXPress(TM) with Intuit's QuickBooks(TM) and Great Plains(TM) Dynamics(TM) and eEnterprise,(TM) leading accounting packages for small to mid-sized businesses catering to an estimated 3 million companies.

The QuickBooks Edition and Great Plains Edition, available now, combine the expense report, purchase order, timesheet and vacation request forms, using eALITY's routing and approval engine, into one simple-to-use package that incorporates a gateway service to easily integrate these web-based forms into a customer's QuickBooks accounting or Great Plains business management system. eALITY's additional 40 application services, designed to automate a wide variety of other business processes, can be added easily to either of these base packages.

"We used to have to re-key information from our consultants' time sheets and expense reports manually into QuickBooks," said Dianne Conry, controller of Murdock and Associates, a financial services consulting firm serving Silicon Valley technology businesses. "Using eALITY eXPress, there is no need for double data entry and we've dramatically improved our ability to reconcile timesheets and expense reports with our QuickBooks ledger in real-time and with less effort."

How It Works

eALITY eXPress users simply access their business forms via the Internet with a standard web browser. When a form is submitted, eALITY eXPress manages the routing and approval process, using the Internet as the company's network. Once officially approved and completed, the accounting or finance manager can quickly and easily export the data from the web-form to the QuickBooks or Great Plains back-end accounting system with the touch of a single button.

"Small, fast-growing businesses must find ways to build more capable and less costly business processes. By integrating four of our core application services with these two market-leading accounting systems, we've created an easy-to-access employee desktop that delivers real value for this market," said Brian Gentile, vice president of marketing and business development at eALITY. "With either of these eALITY eXPress editions, even small companies can leverage sophisticated functionality that has otherwise been reserved for large Fortune 500-type businesses."

eALITY is the first company to offer cost-effective, business application services specifically developed to manage the day-to-day business processes of small- and mid-sized companies. Further, the service has been designed and priced so these businesses can quickly and cost-effectively implement best-of-breed processes without requiring additional IT resources. By integrating its pure ASP service with popular accounting packages, eALITY gives customers an easier way to manage core business processes while providing them with both greater financial control and predictive analysis capabilities.

Pricing and Availability: eALITY eXPress for QuickBooks Edition

Pricing for the eALITY eXPress QuickBooks Bundle starts at $150 per month for 10 employees and is available immediately.

Pricing and Availability: eALITY eXPress for Great Plains Edition

Pricing for the eALITY eXPress Great Plains Bundle starts at $675 per month for 50 employees and is available immediately.

About eALITY, Inc.

Headquartered in Foster City, eALITY, Inc. is a privately held provider of web-based, outsourced business application services for small-to mid-sized businesses with between 20 and 500 employees. eALITY's pure ASP services enable emerging-growth businesses to reliably and securely outsource critical day-to-day business processes such as expense reporting, time tracking, sales forecasting, purchase orders and more than 40 other functions. As a result, organizations can build a cost-effective infrastructure and improve productivity with no additional demand placed on IT resources. Current customers include Williams-Sonoma (NYSE: WSM), E-Loan (NASDAQ: EELN), BabyCenter.com, PlanetRX (NASDAQ: PLRX), Chordiant Software, Juniper Networks (NASDAQ: JNPR) and Persistence Software (NASDAQ: PRSW). For more information, visit www.eality.com