MICROSOFT NAMES HMS SOFTWARE A "FIRST TO MARKET PARTNER"

Publisher of popular TimeControl timesheet named to prestigious list of Microsoft Office Project 2007 partners

Montreal September 1, 2006 HMS Software, a leading provider of project management and enterprise timesheet solutions, has been named by Microsoft as a "First to Market Partner" for its work integrating it's TimeControl timesheet system with Microsoft Office Project 2007.

"We're very excited about this announcement," said Chris Vandersluis, President of HMS Software. "This distinction is being accorded to only a handful of Independent Software Publishers and we are delighted to have been selected."

"Our development staff were among the first to receive access to the new version of Project Server," explains Stephen Eyton-Jones, HMS Software's Director of Technical Services. "We've already demonstrated the new Server-to-Server link between TimeControl and Project Server at the Microsoft Project Conference in Seattle in January 2006 and again in February at the Project Conference in Munich."

This new Server-to-Server link will be part of a wave of enhancements in TimeControl 5 due to be released in the same timeframe as Project 2007 at the beginning of the year.

TimeControl 5 enhancements will include:
A new Server-to-Server project management link for Microsoft Project Server 2007
Scheduleable project management links
Changes to the data architecture
Extensive new functionality in the Project Management Validation module
A significant update to the web-based interface.

Look out for more about TimeControl 5 and Microsoft's First to Market program in the coming months. As one of the First to Market partners, HMS will be involved in a number of launch activities for Project 2007 leading up to the end-of-year release.

For more information about TimeControl, visit the TimeControl website at www.timecontrol.com.

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About TimeControl
TimeControl was originally released in 1994. It was immediately successful in the project management sector and today is recognized not only as a project management solution, but also as an enterprise timesheet solution in use by companies worldwide. TimeControl is designed to serve the needs of both Finance and Project Management simultaneously. It includes features such as flexible user structures to allow for multiple levels of timesheet authorization and an open data architecture, which makes the product ideally suited for integration with existing data systems in any organization. TimeControl's flexibility allows it to be deployed for use as a time and attendance, time and billing, project time and flex-time system. TimeControl complies with a number of governance compliance standards including SOX, DCAA, FMLA and the European Work Rules compliance.
For more information about TimeControl, visit the TimeControl website at: www.timecontrol.com.

About HMS Software
Based in Montreal, Canada with offices in Toronto, HMS Software has been a leading provider of project management and enterprise timesheet systems and services since 1984. HMS Software's first customized timesheet application was written in 1984. With the launch of TimeControl as a commercial application in 1994, HMS Software began servicing clients worldwide. HMS Software's client list reads like a who's who of business. It includes Alcan, the Atlanta Airport, Akzo Nobel, The Canadian Business Development Bank, Dofasco Steel, EDS, Ericsson, General Motors, the Government of Saskatchewan, John Deere, Kelly Services, Lockerbie and Hole, Motorola, Organon, Standard Life, Stolt Offshore, Toronto Transit Commission, UPS, Volvo Novabus, Weyerhaeuser and hundreds of others.

HMS has representatives or distributors in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Hong Kong, Israel, Italy, Kenya, Malaysia, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, the UK, and the U.S.
For further information about HMS Software, please visit the HMS website at: www.hmssoftware.ca.
For further information about HMS Software's service solutions, visit the HMS Software Services website at: www.hms.ca.

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