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Trade Service and ComputerEase Announce Strategic Partnership
 

SAN DIEGO - May 27, 2004 – Trade Service, the leading source of complete content management and information solutions for the construction industry, announced today that it has formed a partnership with ComputerEase Software, Inc., the leading provider of project management and accounting software for contractors in the construction trade. By becoming an official Link Vendor partner, ComputerEase enables its mutual customers to seamlessly link to TRA-SER® Pro, the industry’s most used pricing service, from ComputerEase’s comprehensive applications in order to populate them with industry standard pricing content. The companies will also engage in joint marketing and collaborative sales programs.

“We partnered with Trade Service in order to offer a total integrated solution to our contractor customers,” said John Meibers, President of ComputerEase. “TRA-SER Pro keeps their inventory database fully populated and up-to-date, allowing them constant accessibility to current pricing information for inventory control and billing.”

In addition, Trade Service is currently developing the latest version of TRA-SER Pro. The new TRA-SER product’s standard features will include Internet updating, improved product descriptions, and target pricing to help customers maximize productivity and profit margins. To allow their mutual customers to take advantage of these benefits, ComputerEase will also be creating a dynamic link to the new TRA-SER, enabling seamless applications, e-commerce, and other business efficiencies.

“Together, ComputerEase and Trade Service are well positioned to deliver added value to the contractor industry,” said Tony Dubreville, President and CEO of Trade Service. “Adding ComputerEase as an official Link Vendor partner is a milestone for both companies, uniting leading software and content providers in an alliance to deliver best-of-breed and cost effective solutions.”

About ComputerEase Software, Inc.
ComputerEase has provided the construction trades with easy-to-use construction specific software since 1983. The Windows-based software is designed to handle a multitude of accounting and project management requirements specific to the construction field such as job and equipment costing, scheduling, document and inventory control, AIA billing, union reporting, and service management. For more information, please call 888-661-8887 or visit www.mycomputerease.com.

About Trade Service
Trade Service Corporation is the leading provider of standardized product and price information to the electrical, plumbing/PVF, HVACR, industrial MRO, and office products industries. Since 1931, the company has been the leader in content acquisition, aggregation, management, publishing, and distribution, offering a variety of products, services, and systems to meet the content needs of over 20,000 distributors, contractors, government agencies and “buy side” Fortune 1000 subscribers. The range of solutions provided includes printed directories, electronic catalogs, pricing data for business system updating, and robust attributed content to fuel full-functioning Internet storefronts. For more information, visit www.tradeservice.com.

 
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