STERLING, VA - November 8th, 2004 - MAP ROI Systems, Inc. today announced that Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) would provide MAP ROI’s G-Force Identify to over 800 Microsoft Partners seeking to win government software services contracts. G-Force Complete™ from MAP ROI is the only seamless, end-to-end system, for identifying, qualifying, proposing and managing Federal, state, local and grants. G-Force Identify is a sub-set product that will provide Microsoft partners with an intuitive online environment with interactive tools and content to help them further penetrate the public sector market.

MAP ROI’s G-Force Complete is the first system that provides businesses with the data, processes, content, templates, best practices and management tools necessary to achieve the highest return on investment on their government opportunities. Specifically, G-Force Identify will enable Microsoft partners to:

Locate strategic business opportunities for Federal, state and grants;
Qualify prospective opportunities that yield the highest ROI;
Improve management visibility and control over the entire process.
“Microsoft stands by its commitment to its channel partners by providing them with the best technological tools and support available to help them be successful in their delivery of leading software services,” said Scott Suhy, Director of Business Development for Microsoft US Public Sector. “We have found the G-Force solution to be an excellent platform for our partners in the public sector market, as it enables them to more effectively win opportunities to provide Microsoft-based solutions to the government.”

“The G-Force solution has proven to be an invaluable resource for commercial companies to successfully navigate the complex and difficult world of government contracting,” said Christopher K. Stahl, MAP ROI’s founder and CEO. “We are very pleased that our innovative offering and its significant benefits to users has merited this relationship with Microsoft to help their channel partners bid on and win opportunities in the public sector.”

About MAP ROI

MAP ROI is a Sterling, Virginia-based company that has developed G-Force, the first integrated, collaborative end-to-end system for identifying, qualifying, proposing, and managing government business. MAP ROI’s leadership team has over 70 years of collective experience in winning—and assisting other companies in winning—contracts worth over $5 billion.

The MAP ROI team spent several years developing the G-Force system, using their deep knowledge and first-hand experience of the best practices and most common pitfalls in today’s processes. MAP ROI applied efficient and easy-to-use technologies to deliver the entire G-Force system online so that companies do not have to invest in costly hardware and software as well as ongoing management and administrative resources. G-Force provides the tools necessary for companies to work in a professional, efficient, and effective manner.

MAP ROI recently raised $2.6 million in venture capital funding from Novak Biddle Venture Partners, Aurora Funds, Inc. and Inflection Point Ventures. For more information on the company or its G-Force system, please visit the company’s Web site at www.maproi.com or contact MAP ROI toll-free at (866) 651-0111 or sales@maproi.com.

Contact:
  Al Black     
  Qorvis Communications, LLC.
  (703) 744-7800 
  ablack@qorvis.com
 
Dawn Cannaday
MAP ROI Systems
(571) 434-2982 X 226
dcannaday@maproi.com
 

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