FLORENCE, SC, May 22, 2006— ACS Technologies® (http://www.acstechnologies.com) continues to keep ahead of the ever advancing technology curve by developing cutting-edge solutions to complement and enhance its best-selling church management software line. Through innovative products such as Access ACS™, Extend Platform™, ACS for the Web™, HeadMaster Online™, LiveStor™ and more, ACS Technologies provides Web products to more than 1,500 of its 22,000 church, school and denominational office clients—signaling them as the clear leader in the church management software market.

With so many church leaders watching the latest trends in technology in order to uncover new ways to reach more people in their communities and around the world, Web-based software solutions have become the hottest selling products among churches nationwide. With many new companies and products that have little or no track record in the industry, it’s easy to see why ACS Technologies is trusted by more churches. The company has stood the test of time for over 28 years by providing superior client support, excellent training and ongoing advances in technological research and development.

Because meeting clients’ needs is at the forefront of ACS Technologies’ priorities, the company is dedicated to delivering new products and technologies that truly help their clients. In fact, ACS Technologies was one of the first in its market to deliver Web-based church management software products with the launch of ACS for the Web in 2001. This software was initially built using traditional Active Server Pages and Microsoft SQL Server.  The application was quickly transitioned to ASP.Net upon its release in 2002.

“As we see technologies rapidly evolve in the software world, we work hard to develop the best blend of those technologies to meet our clients where they are,” comments Hal Campbell, president and CEO of ACS Technologies. “Our products and services provide the comprehensive options our clients need to help them do their jobs better.”

Sam Gallucci, key member of the technology task force for Cavalry Community Church and industry pioneer in the CRM field as a former PeopleSoft executive notes, “The choice for Calvary Community Church became clear: ACS Technologies not only met our needs but understood the direction we are heading. We were impressed with a company whose main interest was in being the vision for technology within our church.” Cavalry Community Church is a 4,000+ member church in Westlake Village, California.

ACS Technologies offers a wide selection of Web-based products and components within its robust software line including:

Access ACS™ (http://www.accessacs.com)
ACS Technologies provides browser-based interaction with ACS software through Access ACS, which equips churches with innovative ways to perform outreach, increase stewardship and manage small groups via any Internet connection anywhere. Now, churches can help lay leaders become more effective in their ministries by giving them online management tools; With Access ACS, tasks that would normally be performed in the church offices by church staff can now be done by the leaders and volunteers working at home, in their offices or on the road.

Extend Platform™ (http://www.extendplatform.com)
Extend Platform is a comprehensive Web site creation and content management system specifically developed for faith-based and nonprofit organizations that enables anyone—from the non-technical to the highly-technical person—to build and maintain a professional looking Web site or a community of affiliated sites quickly and affordably. The Extend Platform provides innovative tools that put the power of Web site creation and content management within reach of every organization.

ACS for the Web™ (http://www.acstechnologies.com/products/acs_for_web)
ACS for the Web currently gives church staff a way to enter and store membership information, including contributions, online. Using secure servers, plus robust internal security access verification, the Web version of ACS equips users of all types to access authorized data from anywhere, at anytime.

LiveStor™ (http://www.livestor.com)
ACS LiveStor is a remote backup program designed to protect your most valuable data files by automatically copying them via the Internet and storing them on remote servers. Users can set up scheduled back ups so that church information is always protected. With LiveStor, you can have peace of mind knowing all your data files are backed up safely and securely.

HeadMaster Online™ (http://www.headmasteronline.com)
A component to HeadMaster Software™ for educational organizations, HeadMaster Online enables staff, faculty, and parents to go online to view their children's assignments, grades and progress. Teachers have the freedom to access information at their leisure from the comfort of their own home. HeadMaster Online keeps everyone current and provides instant feedback for the viewer. This in turn helps facilitate prompt communication to the people who need it.

ACS DataShare/PDS DioShare™ (http://www.parishdata.com/dioshare)
PDS DioShare facilitates the flow of valuable information between a diocese and its parishes. It gathers available parishioner information and then consolidates it in one place where it can be reviewed, compared and exported. With DioShare, users will always have up-to-date mailing information for the Bishop's Appeal, diocesan newspapers, letters, and various other mailings.

PDS DioView™ (http://www.parishdata.com/dioview)
For Catholic dioceses, PDS DioView is a diocesan-wide financial viewer tool that brings chart of account information from all your churches and institutions into one place where it can be reviewed and analyzed. Users can run reports for a given parish/institution, a selected group, or the entire diocese. This financial information can be consolidated or kept separate. Data can be published as frequently as needed.

ACS Group Reach
Extend Group Reach™ is a unique Web-based service that is helping ministries everywhere bring style and sophistication to their e-mail campaigns and communications. With custom-designed templates, real-time response tracking and features designed to help grow the church’s audience the right way, Group Reach will change the way your organization interacts with its visitors and members.

Hosted ACS
The new ACS Hosted Solution allows your ACS data to travel with you. By allowing Professional Services to host your ACS software with their superior server capabilities, you will be able to easily access and work in ACS via the Internet, just as you would on your desktop at the church.

For more information on all ACS Technologies products and services, visit www.acstechnologies.com or call 1-800-736-7425 today!

About ACS Technologies Group, Inc.
ACS Technologies (www.acstechnologies.com) is the leading provider of information management solutions for churches, schools and other faith-based organizations and has made its most notable contribution to the church management software industry with its powerful desktop application, ACS™. By meeting client needs with a variety of desktop and Web-based software solutions, customer support and professional services, ACS Technologies offers the broadest range of products and services to the largest client base in the industry—over 22,000 different organizations rely on ACS Technologies for their daily operations. The company has developed a robust product line that offers total integrated solutions for clients, providing tools to manage finances, membership, school data, church growth, Web sites, Catholic organizations through the PDS™ product line and more. ACS Technologies’ mission is simple, our solutions are focused - we empower our clients with specially designed software solutions to meet their everyday needs. Founded in 1978, ACS Technologies is a privately held company headquartered in Florence, South Carolina with over 300 employees and sales and training offices throughout the U.S.