Telco Giant Selects A3 Modeling™ for Enterprise Performance Management

Already Deployed to Over 400 Users, the Global 100 Firm Cites Financial Modeling Flexibility and Low Total Cost of Ownership as Key Advantages

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — October 21, 2004 — A3 Solutions, Inc., a leader in spreadsheet-centric business performance management technology (read the white paper) announced today that one of the world's largest telecommunications companies purchased and quickly deployed A3 Modeling, the scalable Web application that automates spreadsheet budgeting, forecasting, reporting, dashboards, and analysis over the Web, to over 400 budgeting and forecasting users. Evaluated against expensive business performance management alternatives, the Telco giant chose A3 Modeling for its advanced financial modeling flexibility, speed and ease of deployment, and low total cost of ownership.

"A3 Modeling inserted easily into our existing processes and transformed our spreadsheet models into an integrated enterprise Web application," said one CFO at the company. "We chose A3 Modeling because it was more flexible, less expensive and quicker and easier to deploy."

Unlike any other enterprise performance management package or platform, A3 Modeling, which is powered by the A3 Solutions patent-pending Spreadsheet Automation Server™, achieves the integrity and scalability of an enterprise analytic application while retaining the flexibility, familiarity and ease-of-use of Microsoft Excel spreadsheets.

"Big wins like this one are proving that our innovative new Spreadsheet Automation Server can compete with and win against traditional performance management packages and platforms," said Robert Lautt, CEO of A3 Solutions. "By allowing customers to leverage their existing spreadsheet assets A3 Modeling achieves a superior result faster, and with less business interruption."

Call 800-666-2823 to learn more about A3 Modeling.

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.