Access Enterprise Solutions (AES) and Technology Evaluation Centers (TEC) announce the launch of a new alliance that will provide customer-centric, locally focused, value-added business solutions for those seeking IT and ERP functional and technical expertise, supported by impartial analyst-vetted software selection assessments.

Access Enterprise Solutions, LLC (AES) (www.aesit.com) and Technology Evaluation Centers Inc. (TEC) (www.technologyevaluation.com) announced, today, an alliance designed to provide superior software selection services to customers considering IT and enterprise resource planning (ERP) investments, planned implementations, or upgrades of existing technology.

Access Enterprise Solutions (AES) (www.aesit.com) is one of the founding members of TEC's new Certified Professional Services Provider program. The purpose of the program is to allow TEC to team up with proven, experienced, and objective professional services providers to deliver superior software package selections and strategic IT assessments far more efficiently and effectively than by traditional means.

Richard Dean, vice president, strategic initiatives at TEC (www.technologyevaluation.com) states, “we’re very pleased to add to our network of Certified Professional Services Providers a partner the caliber of AES. Their affiliation with a first rate technology services enterprise like Access Data Corp., highly qualified consultants, and commitment to helping their clients execute the best possible software selections make AES an ideal provider of TEC-supported professional services.”

AES (www.aesit.com) will apply TEC's knowledge base of detailed current data about hundreds of software products and vendors, and its "break-away" eBestMatch decision support tools to analyze vendor and product data. This will allow AES to enable decision makers to select software products that best fit their business and systems requirements, and deliver maximum business value.

AES is a subsidiary of Access Data Corp (www.accessdc.com), a leading financial services operations and technology company with a successful track record dating to 1997. AES is a boutique consultancy offering a unique combination of ERP professional services in Oracle, PeopleSoft, and SAP applications along with the infrastructure and capabilities of Access Data. With its complementary offerings in business process improvement, IT services, and technology assessment and selection, AES provides value-added business solutions to maximize the return on client IT and ERP investments. AES serves clients across a number of industries including package delivery; aircraft engine manufacturing; steel and metals production; K-12 education; the public sector; and publishing.

Jason Seibert, managing director and COO for AES (www.aesit.com) indicates “the consultancy-based model for software and technology assessments allows for practical and pragmatic software evaluations and recommendations to our clients. We are excited to apply our extensive ERP experience using the eBestMatch decision support tools for our customers to select the correct applications the first time, in an expedited and objective manner.”

About Technology Evaluation Centers Inc. (TEC)
Established in 1993, Technology Evaluation Centers Inc. or TEC (www.technologyevaluation.com) is the first web-native technology research enterprise. TEC provides decision support solutions that enable stakeholders to objectively identify the software products that best fit their companies’ unique business and systems requirements, and contribute most effectively to superior business performance.

From ERP (http://erp.technologyevaluation.com), SCM, CRM, business intelligence, and outsourcing, to financial, health services, RFID, and open source, TEC’s network of knowledge bases, with data vetted by its analysts, continues to expand in keeping with the growing needs of the enterprise IT professional.

Over 400,000 global subscribers turn to TEC for research and analysis via its daily newsletter, and refer to its extensive archive of articles and white papers.

About Access Enterprise Solutions (AES)
Access Enterprise Solutions, LLC (www.aesit.com) is a boutique consultancy offering ERP services across the US. Formed to respond to the need for additional ERP functionality and release upgrades created by the economic downturn of recent years, AES uses the managed services capability of its parent company, Access Data Corp (www.accessdc.com) to provide a “single-stop” approach for ERP and IT professional services.

About Access Data Corp (www.accessdc.com)
Access Data Corp (ADC) enables financial services companies to clarify business needs, improve operations, improve customer relationships, increase revenue, launch new technologies, and reduce operating costs. ADC has been recognized on multiple occasions as one of the fifty fastest growing firms in Western Pennsylvania (US). ADC operates out of Pittsburgh, Boston, New York, Chicago, and San Francisco (US).

To learn more about Technology Evaluation Centers, visit www.technologyevaluation.com. To find out more about Access Enterprise Solutions, please go to www.aesit.com.

Contact information:
Kevin Pochapin
Access Enterprise Solutions, LLC
www.aesit.com
Tel: (412) 201-6173

Lynne Brash
Coordinator, Media Relations
Technology Evaluation Centers Inc. (TEC)
www.technologyevaluation.com
Tel: (514) 954-3665 ext. 254
Fax: (514) 954-9739