A3 Modeling Supports Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance in Global 5000

A3 Solutions' Unique Application Automates Spreadsheet Processes Over the Web Improves Executive Visibility into Financial Data, Adds Controls, Reduces Risk

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — March 30, 2004 — A3 Solutions, Inc., the leader in Excel-based analytics for the enterprise announced today that A3 Modeling is used by key customers in major industries including airlines, automotive, telecommunications, and retail, to improve corporate compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act through the automation and management of spreadsheet budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and analysis processes over the Web.

In light of the intensified pressures that CFOs and CEOs now face, A3 Solutions provides companies with a Web-deployed solution that includes an Excel user interface for managing and reporting financial processes. A3 Modeling unifies planning, budgeting, actuals, compliance and reporting, performance metrics, and forecasting into an integrated, accurate financial picture. By integrating previously disparate processes, A3 Modeling facilitates alignment and transparency of financial information, enabling corporate executives to tell the "story behind the numbers" with speed, accuracy and the confidence of one financial "version of the truth."

"Standalone spreadsheets are notoriously inefficient and error prone, and can make financial reporting unreliable," said A3 Solutions President and Chief Executive Officer, Robert Lautt. "Since A3 Modeling inserts into any existing spreadsheet budgeting, forecasting or reporting process and automates it over the Web, provides a centralized data repository, and provides workflow controls, it solves Finance's problems around spreadsheet accuracy, versioning and data integrity. CFOs and CEOs find A3 Modeling not only improves spreadsheets user productivity and cuts costs, but also provides them with confidence in their corporate reporting accountability and accuracy."

To find out more, read the white paper or call 415-356-2300.

About A3 Solutions

A3 Solutions is an innovator in the Corporate Performance Management market (CPM, BPM, EPM). Leveraging its advanced analytic application technology, A3 Solutions competes successfully with market leaders by delivering more powerful budgeting, forecasting, management reporting and executive dashboard solutions that deploy more quickly and at lower total cost. Come to our website (www.a3solutions.com) and see how American Airlines, Avon, Cox Communications, Johnson & Johnson, McDonald's, Safeway, Toyota, Williams Sonoma, and Verizon use software from A3 to reduce the time and labor associated with spreadsheets, increase confidence in reporting and analysis, enjoy more timely and detailed visibility into operational performance, and make decisions more quickly and confidently. A3 Solutions' partners include leading enterprise technology providers such as Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT, News), IBM (NYSE: IBM, News), and Hyperion Solutions (Nasdaq: HYSL, News). A3 Solutions is headquartered in San Francisco, California. To learn more about the company or its flagship product, A3 Modeling, visit www.a3solutions.com, send an email to sales@a3solutions.com, or call (800) 666-CUBE (2823) or 415-356-2300.