SchoolDude

On-Demand Software Company Achieves Client Milestone and Continues Record Growth

CARY, N.C. (January 9, 2008) - SchoolDude.com, the nation's leading provider of on-demand operations management solutions for educational institutions, announced today that it is now serving more than 3,000 clients across the United States, Canada, Australia, Europe and the Dominican Republic.  Since its inception in 2000, SchoolDude has steadily maintained its rapid year to year growth rate, adding more than 600 customers in 2007 alone.

With this solid growth, SchoolDude.com has continued to establish itself as the education market's leading provider of on-demand operations management tools for IT, business and facility operations.  With educational organization clients ranging in size from less than 50 to more than 270,000 students, SchoolDude is dedicated exclusively to meeting the unique requirements of educational operations professionals with easy-to use, integrated solutions that extend asset life, improve service, reduce operating costs and relieve capital budgets.

"SchoolDude is redefining the market of applications that manage assets in educational organizations," said SchoolDude CEO and co-founder Kent Hudson.  "As a company, we strive to help educational professionals better manage operations and save money, which in turn helps make them more successful.   Our goal is to help America's schools save $1 billion by 2010, and having reached this major milestone, we are confident we will accomplish that objective."

The consistent growth experienced by SchoolDude has continued to attract the attention and recognition of organizations nationwide.  In 2007, SchoolDude was again selected as a noteworthy organization on Inc. 5000's list of the fastest growing private companies in the nation.  For the second straight year, SchoolDude also claimed a spot on Deloitte's Technology Fast 500, a ranking of the 500 fastest growing technology companies in North America.  Additionally, SchoolDude was named a finalist in the Best K-12 Enterprise Solution category of the 2007 CODiE Awards, presented by the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA), which celebrates outstanding achievement and vision in the software, digital information and education technology industries.

Educational agencies have also taken note of SchoolDude's market leadership, as well as the operational successes achieved by educational organizations using SchoolDude's technology solutions.  In 2007, SchoolDude signed an agreement with the Tennessee Independent Colleges and Universities Association (TICUA) to provide affordable, on-demand operations management solutions to the organization's members.  Over the past five years, SchoolDude has also partnered with the Pennsylvania Association of School Business Officials (PASBO), the Philadelphia Area Independent School Business Officers Association (PAISBOA), the North Carolina School Boards Association (NCSBA), the Michigan School Business Officials (MSBO) and Michigan Association of School Administrators (MASA), the Delaware Department of Education, the Colorado BOCES Association, as well as the Association of Educational Purchasing Agencies (AEPA) and various other purchasing consortiums.  Seeking to provide integration of facility management solutions and financial management technology, SchoolDude also partnered with Datatel, Inc., allowing colleges and universities to realize increased savings and operational efficiencies.

SchoolDude's products for educational institutions include solutions for work order processing, technology incident management, IT asset management, facility usage scheduling, capital planning, field trip management, utility tracking, preventive maintenance and inventory management.

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