Junction Solutions Announces Rapid Revenue Growth in 2005

Lincolnshire, IL - Source: Junction Solutions, a leading provider of vertical industry focused enterprise software and services based on Microsoft Dynamics AX (formerly Axapta), today announced its end of quarter for the close of 2005. Junction Solutions added many significant and large new customers for its vertical industry products in the fourth quarter including Musician’s Friend, Arc One LLC, Pfaltzgraff, American Dehydrated Foods, and Mrs. Field’s Famous Brands. Two of Junction Solutions’ fourth quarter deals were over 400 concurrent users, considered to be very large by Microsoft Dynamics worldwide standards.

“We are confident our decision to invest in this Microsoft platform is the right solution for Musician’s Friend long-term growth,” said D.J. Buell, Vice President of Information Technology at Musician’s Friend. “We will be able to seamlessly apply customer level enhancements over time while continuing on an upgrade path. The Microsoft platform assures easy interoperability and a low risk, low total cost of ownership solution, and Junction Solutions has the right software and services to make that platform work for us.”

Successful fourth quarter live customer implementations of Microsoft Dynamics AX for Junction Solutions include: Advanced Engine Management, SportDecals, Journey Education Marketing, and Ouray Sportswear.

“We worked with Junction Solutions extensively to perform process design, programming development, system testing for our successful implementation of Microsoft Dynamics AX,” said Jerry Wenzel, CFO of Ouray Sportswear. “Their ability to apply their technical expertise in the context of understanding our business operations provided marked process changes which improve our business – they are a true business partner.”

Junction Solutions closed the year with revenue up 150% from 2004. The company released two major releases of its Multi-Channel Retail and Food & Beverage products. Junction Solutions also acquired data warehouse and retail business intelligence software provider, RIAL Solutions, and successfully integrated RIAL’s Quadware products into the company’s integrated offerings.

Earlier in 2005, Junction Solutions received Inner Circle status from Microsoft; an accomplishment earned by firms whose sales achievement ranks them at the top echelon of the Microsoft Business Solutions global network of value-added reselling partners. Membership in this elite group recognizes outstanding partners whose commitment to customers is reflected in their constant dedication to achieving high levels of customer satisfaction, active pursuit of product and technological advancement, and impressive sales performance.

Brian Carpizo, President and CEO of Junction Solutions, said, “2005 was a great year for our customers, Microsoft, and Junction Solutions. We plan to accelerate our investment across the board in 2006 to add to our innovative industry focused software, implementation, and support services in order to improve our global penetration of the upper mid market in the industries we serve. We are also looking forward to the capabilities gained from the upcoming releases of the Microsoft products our solutions are based on, including Microsoft Dynamics AX 4.0 and Windows Vista.”

Junction Solutions continues to expand its customer base by delivering industry-specific features to both the Multi-Channel Retail and Food & Beverage industries. The Multi-Channel Retail solution addresses the unique challenges of measuring marketing effectiveness, improving customer service and streamlining order fulfillment, while providing control and integration of processes, systems and channels. Junction Solutions’ Food & Beverage solution extends Microsoft Dynamics AX’s full-featured ERP solution to handle food-specific needs such as recipes, co-products, disassembly operations, lot costing, lot traceability, commodity pricing, variable grades and quality management.