Advanced Utility Systems Corporation and Tectura Corporation sign partnership agreement

Toronto, Canada and Burlington, Canada, August 4, 2005

Advanced Utility Systems Corporation, a leading provider of customer information and billing software for the utility industry and Tectura Corporation, the world’s leading Microsoft Business Solutions (MBS) partner and number one provider of Microsoft-based ERP, CRM and technology solutions have recently signed a partnership agreement. Under the terms of the agreement Advanced and Tectura will leverage their North American presence and utility industry experience to offer a complete enterprise solution for the utility market.

Advanced provides customer information and billing solutions exclusively to the utility industry, including municipalities, cooperatives and investor-owned utilities. Founded by three partners, Advanced quickly emerged as an innovative software provider that today has a client roster of more than 65 utilities. Since its 1997 start-up, Advanced has rapidly become a key player in the diverse CIS market across North America and the Caribbean.

Tectura provides Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software, consulting, and Information Technology services to more than 4,000 clients in 63 countries worldwide. Customers benefit from Tectura’s vast experience and the solid commitment of more than 1,300 dedicated employees, in over 19 countries.

In partnership, Advanced and Tectura will offer the utility market a complete business management solution from back office through billing, across all MBS platforms including Great Plains, Navision and Axapta. Jointly Advanced and Tectura will develop a robust interface between CIS Infinity and Tectura’s line of products.

Dave Savel, North American Sales Lead at Tectura comments "We are looking forward to working with Advanced as their technological vision meshes extremely well with our suite of products. In particular, I refer to the latest developments from Microsoft Business Solutions and the Axapta ERP solution."

"Our partnership with Tectura will allow us to extend the functionality of our existing Great Plains interface,” commented Philip Playfair, Chief Marketing Officer of Advanced. “We are looking forward to offering our existing and prospective clients seamless integration between CIS Infinity, and the job costing, works management and project accounting functionality available in the Tectura line of products."

Advanced and Tectura are currently providing services to Belize Electricity Limited and Shawano Municipal Utilities of Wisconsin.

More about Advanced: Advanced Utility Systems Corporation is a privately owned and operated software and services company in Toronto, Canada. The company has grown from its 1997 start-up to serve more than 60 North American and Caribbean water, electric, and natural gas utilities with its billing and customer information solution, CIS Infinity®.

For more information, contact:
Philip Playfair
Chief Marketing Officer
Advanced Utility Systems Corporation
(416) 496-0149 x229

Brian MacDonald
Account Executive
Tectura Canada
(800) 665-6787 Ext. 221

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