To: Ken O'Connor who wrote (720 ) 11/9/1999 11:27:00 AM From: Crazy Canuck Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 895
ASI has just been invited to play with the big boys. Carson Group is the king of the hill folks. When they talk, the big firms listen. This is great news! Crazy Canuk _________________________________________________________ADVANCED SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL RETAINS THE CARSON GROUP TO EXPAND INVESTMENT COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAM Southfield, MI - November 09, 1999 - Advanced Systems International ("ASI") (OTC BB: ADSN), a leading provider of enterprise software solutions, today announced it has retained The Carson Group of New York to provide support for its investor relations program and outreach efforts to the financial community. Boasting a client list of over 500 companies including half of the Dow 30 and more than 200 of the Fortune 500 companies, The Carson Group will assist ASI by providing senior-level investor relations and financial communications consulting services. Additional information on The Carson Group can be found at www.carsongroup.com. Commenting on the appointment, Gerry Pesut, President and CEO of ASI, said, "We believe that investors should know more about our company, a profitable enterprise solutions software and services organization that has entered its growth stage and has been under-appreciated in the investment market place. We view this as an opportune time to expand our investor relations efforts as we just recently launched two new products: LABORVIEW.com(tm), the first web-based time/attendance and labor allocation application, and our Internet-based data collection solution." Mr. Pesut continued: "We want our investors to understand ASI and its strategy for future growth. We are looking to tap into Carson's capital markets expertise and the skills of its seasoned investor relations and financial communications professionals to accomplish this. The enterprise integration market is growing and we would like investors to understand how that growth could benefit ASI." The Carson Group will be guided by Quentin Mai, ASI's Director of Investor Relations. Mai stated "we will use Carson to expand the company's current investor relations program while communicating its goals and strategies to the retail and institutional ownership base as well as to prospects and the sell side analyst community." "We were impressed with The Carson Group's ability to merge its capital markets intelligence backbone with experienced strategic counseling capabilities to support our ongoing investor communications. Carson has a strong base of clients in the enterprise software solutions industry including SAGA Software, USinternetworking, PSDI, SunGard Data Systems and numerous others. ASI welcomes The Carson Group as we aggressively implement our strategy to firmly position the company as a leading labor productivity software provider with the financial strength and stability that comes from our ever-expanding base of Fortune 1000 clients," said Mai. Advanced Systems International is a leading supplier of mission critical application solutions for the enterprise-processing environment. Solutions include time/attendance and labor allocation applications (Web-based LABORVIEW.com*, ATServer©), as well as data collection and data distribution solutions (ATLink(tm)), for the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) environment. ASI's cost-effective, comprehensive product offering includes the application software, hardware, implementation services, and on-going support necessary for rapid deployment of enterprise-wide distributed processing. ASI concentrates on the automotive, packaged goods, pharmaceutical, food processing, and other manufacturing industries. The company distributes its products and services directly to end users, through strategic integration partners and Value Added Resellers (VAR's).