Integrated Accounting Solutions

Integrated Accounting Solutions LLC and Paragon Enterprises Inc. merge...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Company Contact:

Michael Pruet

Paragon Integrated Business Systems, Inc.

2 Chase Corporate Drive Suite 15 Birmingham, AL 35244

mpruet@integratedaccounting.biz 205-314-3445 * 101

Birmingham, Alabama – October 1, 2011 - Integrated Accounting Solutions (IAS) and Paragon Enterprises (Paragon) today announced an agreement to merge the two companies, a move that will create a more effective and efficient business software solutions provider specializing in the Sage Software family of products.

The new company, Paragon Integrated Business Systems, Inc. will service all of its customers from its headquarters in Birmingham, AL and its offices in Huntsville, AL and Santa Rosa, FL. Michael Pruet, former President of IAS will serve as President. Fred Tricker from Paragon, will serve as Vice President.

“The merger will create substantial value for our clients and business partners,” said Pruet. “IAS and Paragon operate in an attractive region with a growing economy. They have great employees and a large and growing client base. We also have a strong record in terms of customer service. These strengths, will improve our ability to provide innovative services to more customers while returning substantial value to our stakeholders and improving our growth profile.”

”The new Paragon will fulfill all obligations, contracts and maintain all business relationships as we have in the past. But clients will benefit from the additional capabilities afforded by additional resources and skill sets. We are excited about the potential to create new and better mechanisms to support our valued clients,” added Tricker.

The new company will be more innovative, efficient, and customer-focused, providing benefits to customers by combining a strong sales engine and heightened attention to service with award-winning products. As a result, the combined company will be better able to respond to the demanding and varied needs of the small and mid-sized business software marketplace.

IAS and Paragon are both valued Sage Software Business Partners, and Sage looks at this merger as a move that will create a dynamic, vital partner organization with strong sales momentum and a proven customer focus.

Paragon Integrated Business Systems, Inc. will focus on the Sage Software family of products, including: Sage MAS 90 and 200 ERP, Sage Abra HRMS, Sage Pro ERP, Sage CRM, Sage TimeSheet and Sage FAS. Additionally, the company will continue to provide solutions from the following publishers and products: Intuit’s QuickBooks Enterprise, DataSelf’s DataSelf BI, AppEasy from Applianze, KnowledgeSync, and SAP Crystal Reports.