CFO Strategies' SOX Compliance Manager™ is Recognized as a Microsoft Office Business Application for Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance

Business Wire, Oct 10, 2007

SAN DIEGO -- CFO Strategies, Inc. today announced a strategic relationship with Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) to introduce an Office Business Application (OBA), SOX Compliance Manager[TM] to the enterprise application community. SOX Compliance Manager is an innovative Software-Plus-Services solution developed by CFO Strategies to reduce the cost and complexity of Sarbanes-Oxley compliance.

"We are excited to have SOX Compliance Manager as an integral part of our OBA family," said John Graham, Senior Product Manager, Office Business Applications, Microsoft Corporation. "By using the 2007 Microsoft Office System, SOX Compliance Manager delivers a collaborative, integrated business solution to help companies satisfy their Sarbanes-Oxley compliance requirements."

SOX Compliance Manager incorporates CFO Strategies' field-tested ActivityPoint[TM] methodology to accelerate Sarbanes-Oxley implementation and automate the compliance management process. Utilizing key platform capabilities in the 2007 Microsoft Office system, the solution is user-friendly, scalable, and easily-deployed. SOX Compliance Manager is available as both a service delivered over the Internet and as software deployed on-premise.

"We are honored to be recognized as a Microsoft OBA Solution Partner," said Jerry Hutter, Chief Executive Officer of CFO Strategies. "We share a common vision of delivering next-generation business solutions that help businesses rise to the next level. With SOX Compliance Manager, public companies of all sizes now have access to a comprehensive solution that leverages the power of their existing Microsoft infrastructure and helps management take back control of Sarbanes-Oxley compliance."

About CFO Strategies, Inc.

CFO Strategies is an innovator of solutions that simplify Sarbanes-Oxley compliance. The company's methodology utilizes a top-down, risk-based approach to control environment assessment and encompasses current guidelines for management from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Audit Standard - 5 regulations from the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB). CFO Strategies' ActivityPoint[TM] methodology encompasses the tenets of best-practice control frameworks from the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations (COSO) and the IT Governance Institute (ITGI). The company's flagship product, SOX Compliance Manager[TM], is a comprehensive solution designed to reduce the cost and complexity of Sarbanes-Oxley compliance. SOX Compliance Manager is available as both a software-as-a-service solution (SaaS) and as software deployed on-premise. For more information, please visit www.cfostrategiesinc.com.