FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 2, 2005

California Payroll Announces Partnership with Ascentis Corporation

PARTNERSHIP OFFERS CLIENTS A DYNAMIC & ROBUST LEADING-EDGE, FULLY INTEGRATED HR AND PAYROLL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

Brentwood , CA – August 2, 2005 – California Payroll announced today it has partnered with Ascentis Corporation, a pioneer in state-of-the-art human resource management systems (HRMS).   Through this partnership, California Payroll now offers clients a fully integrated and centralized HR System that seamlessly connects and communicates with the company’s payroll application, enabling an easy flow of data between payroll and human resources.

“There is a great demand from our clients, and in the marketplace, for a dynamic HR system that completely connects payroll, HR and benefits. This enables HR and payroll data to harmoniously synchronize,” stated Henry Lonsdale, President, California Payroll .   “In partnering with Ascentis Corporation, we proactively help our clients’ HR save significant time by reducing data-entry errors and eliminating data redundancy and duplicate entries.”                     

The partnership with Ascentis Corporation reinforces California Payroll’s position as the best service provider for companies that value an unsurpassed and most excellent business services outsourcing experience.   “We look for partners that share our values and are pleased to have found Ascentis as our HRMS partner,” stated Lonsdale.  

Mike Hayes, Ascentis’ Vice President Sales and Marketing says, “Our new partnership with California Payroll is significant in our continued channel distribution expansion and we’re thrilled to have been chosen as their HR solution for their customers. We will rely on California Payroll as our local expert in educating mid-sized organizations on the cost savings available through automated HR.”

About California Payroll

California Payroll is the service provider that offers the best business services outsourcing experience in the industry through the company’s leading-edge Payroll , Human Resources, and Time and Attendance services, software, and solutions. Companies can rely on California Payroll to meet their business process and service needs without any hassles or inconveniences that divert their focus away from their responsibilities to their business.   By maintaining a 97% client satisfaction rating, one of the highest in the industry, the California Payroll team remains committed to delivering exceptional levels of customer service and reinforce this commitment with the company’s exclusive service guarantees.   Headquartered in California , California Payroll has offices in Brentwood and Campbell , California .   For more information on California Payroll , visit www.californiapayroll.com or call 1-800-713-7007.

About Ascentis

For over a decade, Ascentis’ HROffice product line has been automating HR and benefits processes for small and mid-sized organizations nationwide. Today HROffice reduces HR and benefits costs for over 1,200 companies (managing 216,000 employees) ranging from professional service and manufacturing firms to government and non-profit agencies. Connect, communicate, and control all aspects of HR with HROffice.

A Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, Ascentis was named by Workforce Management to its 2005 hot list of the "Top HRMS Providers" for the second year in a row. Additionally, Forbes.com included Ascentis in its “Best of the Web Pick."