Dexter + Chaney Climbs in Ranking of Puget Sound Software Developers for Third Straight Year

SEATTLE , July 13, 2006: Dexter + Chaney , developer of Forefront Ò Construction Suite construction management and accounting software, placed 19 th in the Puget Sound Business Journal 's recently published annual ranking of the Puget Sound area's largest software developers. It marked the third consecutive year that Dexter + Chaney has climbed on the listing: the company was 20 th in 2005, 21 st in 2004 and 23 rd in 2003.

The publication ranked software developers in the Puget Sound area-one of the nation's technology "hot spots"-according to 2005 revenues. Microsoft, headquartered in Redmond WA , topped the list.

"Whenever we make local or national rankings for company size or growth rate, we share credit where it's due: with our customers," said John Chaney, Dexter + Chaney president and co-founder. "The listings validate the success of our partnership with them."

The Puget Sound Business Journal , a member of the Charlotte NC-based American City Business Journals chain, is a respected weekly business publication that covers the Puget Sound region of Western Washington .

Dexter + Chaney regularly makes other local and national rankings. Those include Deloitte's "Fast 50" program for Washington state, a ranking of the state's 50 fastest-growing technology companies based on revenue growth over a five-year period; the Software 500, Software Magazine 's listing of the world's largest sofware and service providers by revenue; and Washington CEO 's "High Tech 100," a listing of Washington state technology firms ranked according to number of company employees based in the state.

More than 1,000 construction companies throughout the United States use Dexter + Chaney's Forefront® Construction Suite. Forefront Construction Suite includes 30 integrated modules that handle project management, construction accounting, service management, human resources, document imaging, remote connectivity and data sharing for construction companies of all types. Companies that use Forefront report they have improved profitability and have grown their businesses more than 300 percent without adding accounting staff.

More than 7,000 total users make use of Forefront's Document Imaging component, which addresses a typically painful problem for contracting firms: giving management, office staff and project managers the fast access they need to important documents like AP invoices, change orders, payroll timecards, contracts and others.

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Brad Mathews
Vice President of Sales and Marketing
Dexter + Chaney
9700 Lake City Way NE
Seattle, WA 98115-2347
800-875-1400 or 206-364-1400
Fax: 206-367-9613
e-mail: info@dexterchaney.com
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