KITCHENER, ONTARIO, CANADA - April 1, 2009 – Second Foundation announces the acquisition of Software Technology Concepts, LLC (STC) in Erie Pennsylvania. This acquisition continues to build upon Second Foundation’s recent growth, adds valuable resources to the team, and opens up new market opportunities for their Epicor, Microsoft and Managed Services practices.

"To help sustain our recent growth, we are on the constant look out for quality consulting organizations that build upon our existing partnership opportunities," states David Popowich, President of Second Foundation. "The merger of Second Foundation and STC truly represents an international approach to expanding upon both companies solutions to clients. The extraordinary respect that Ken Smith and his team at STC have within the ERP community and local Pennsylvania market only helps to further the quality focus that Second Foundation has been promoting within our client base for years. The STC team brings a combination of infrastructure support as well as manufacturing expertise to enhance Second Foundation’s already deep service offerings."

The STC brand will continue to focus on the local Erie SMB business market, providing solutions tailored around the Epicor Vantage™ product line. "As both a Microsoft and an Epicor Certified Partner, we understand the needs of the dynamic and expanding market space for both small and mid size companies," says Kenneth Smith, founder of STC and past President of Epicor’s VAR council. "As fellow entrepreneurs, we understand the demands of the ever changing market for cost effective Microsoft based solutions that provide the best return of a company’s investment dollar."

"Second Foundation has for over ten years been ranked with the top Epicor and Microsoft VAR’s in Canada and North America. We are Epicor Silver Partner certified and Microsoft Gold certified and have built a very successful and widely recognized professional consulting organization in both Canada and the United States," says David Popowich, president of Second Foundation. "We see this merger as a great way to enhance our ability to deliver solutions throughout the North East as well as expand upon the technical services offered to all of our clients regardless of product line."

Second Foundation and STC will continue to provide service from their existing Ontario, North Carolina and Pennsylvania locations. The combined operations of Second Foundation will continue to focus on Financial Accounting, Supply Chain, Manufacturing and CRM solutions for the ERP market as well as provide hosting and professionally managed outsource services for the small and medium business segment.

ABOUT STC, LLC. – Software Technology Concepts, LLC. is a long standing Epicor Certified Partner specializing in providing Epicor Vantage business applications for SMB customers in Pennsylvania, New York and Ohio markets. Software Technology Concepts professionals pride themselves on being a solid combination of business and technical people. The primary consultants have extensive backgrounds in manufacturing and operational management. They are experts at consulting to existing manufacturing as well as rapidly growing entrepreneurial businesses. They specialize in leveraging Epicor business applications on a Microsoft platform to build foundations to support business growth and success. For more information about STC, visit www.sfttech.com

ABOUT SECOND FOUNDATION – From their offices in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada and Raleigh, North Carolina, USA, Second Foundation helps companies to improve, integrate, or further analyze their business processes, software functionality, scale or scope of operations.

Second Foundation is both a Gold Certified Microsoft Partner as well as a Silver Level Certified Epicor Partner. Second Foundation has specializations in the ERP product space, as well as in developing and deploying Business Intelligence solutions. Second Foundation offers expertise and support to all sizes of clients resulting in high efficiency, high return: ERP, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Accounting, HR, Portal, BI, and CRM solutions. Second Foundation’s portfolio of ERP software addresses the needs of most mid-market companies. Second Foundation specializes in process assessment, integration, implementation, service, maintenance, and sales for Epicor®, Microsoft®, and Sage software solutions.