Giardina & Associates Announces New Remote Time Entry Module For Office Tools 2002

October 15, 2002 – Palmdale, CA – Giardina & Associates, an emerging leader in time billing and practice management software and a leading computer consulting firm offering full-service technical solutions to small and medium-sized businesses, announced today that it has added a new remote time entry module to its Office Tools 2002 software for accountants, CPAs and other service professionals. Office Tools provides businesses with a comprehensive practice management package, including contact management, time and billing, scheduling, due date reporting, project tracking and records management.

The Remote Time Entry Module is a new feature for the mobile professional. It allows professionals to enter time from their notebook computer by simply updating the Remote Time Entry database and importing the time sheets into Office Tools. In addition, the new module can be used in the office on the local drive. This way, server activity does not affect the time entry professional because they have a local copy of the database to work with.

“Our goal is to help CPAs, accountants and other service professionals simplify practice management,” said Michael Giardina, President of Giardina & Associates. “Our new Remote Time Entry feature gives the traveling professional an opportunity to experience the benefits of using our software anywhere at anytime, increasing productivity and efficiency for even the busiest professional.”

Office Tools starts at $199 per user and is available free of charge for the first 90 days. As an authorized Palm, Inc. reseller, Giardina & Associates offers a discount on a Palm Pilot with the purchase of Office Tools. In addition, support and service packages for accountants, CPAs and tax professionals are available. For more information on Office Tools, call 888-667-8440, email sales@giardina-assoc.com or visit their Web site at http://www.Giardina-Assoc.com.

About Giardina & Associates
Since 1989 Giardina & Associates, a Southern California based computer consulting firm, has been helping small and medium-sized businesses utilize technical resources. Services offered include LAN Management, Outsourced MIS, IS Consulting, Web Design, Custom Programming and Computer/Printer Sales, Support & Service. Giardina & Associates are Novell Authorized Resellers as well as partners/resellers of Compaq, Cisco Systems, Sonic, Intel, Microsoft and Hewlett Packard. Their flagship product, Office Tools, is a practice management program that combines the best of client management and scheduling, project management and time and billing in one easy to use package. Office Tools is available free of charge for the first 90 days. For more information on Giardina & Associates and Office Tools, call 888-667-8440 or visit their Web site at http://www.Giardina-Assoc.com.

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