Velocity leads City of Newport's technology upgrade: City cites project management, consulting expertise for smooth transition

(New York, NY, September 2, 2008) - The City of Newport, R.I. credits the Velocity Technology Solutions, Inc., project management team's expertise, collaboration and commitment as key factors in the city's successful technology upgrade process.

Velocity, the top provider of Lawson-managed services and developer of the industry-leading Velocity On-Demand™ hosting environment, has implemented Lawson financial, procurement, and infrastructure software applications to meet Newport's growing technology needs for city and public school operations.

"This has been a complicated upgrade process, but Velocity's project management leadership rose to the occasion," said City of Newport Budget & Finance Analyst Elizabeth Sceppa. "Were not only addressing the system needs of our city, but also the requirements of our public schools, so it really means two implementations. We charged Velocity with all of it, and they have demonstrated a unique commitment to the projects success."

Sceppa credited Velocity for outstanding communications and flexibility during the entire implementation process.

"The collaboration was excellent," said Sceppa. "The timely and ongoing updates were clear, and kept us up-to-date on the implementations progress and needed resources. Its been a true partnership, and when upgrades are needed in the future, we know we can count on Velocity."

Velocity leadership also credited the City of Newport's management team for committing the appropriate financial and human resources to drive the governments upgrade project.

"Our public sector clients have many of the same IT challenges as for-profit businesses along with some very unique requirements and resource constraints customarily found in government," said Velocity President & CEO Tom Bruno.

"Our approach to the City of Newport was specifically designed to help them succeed with their implementation by mitigating the project risks and being flexible to fill in the resource gaps along the way. Hosting the software provides an added comfort for government clients undertaking a software implementation by removing risks associated with IT infrastructure and disaster recovery."

About the City of Newport

Founded in 1639, historic Newport, R.I. is located on Aquidneck Island about 30 miles south of Providence. The city is one of New Englands most popular summer resort communities and is well known for the Newport Mansions and its close ties to U.S. naval history, serving as home to the Naval Station Newport, the U.S. Naval War College, the Naval Undersea Warfare Center and a major United States Navy training center. The city, with a population of more than 27,000 is also the seat of Newport County. For more information, visit http://www.ci.newport.ri.us/.

About Velocity Technology Solutions

Velocity is a leader in providing enterprise software application management, hosting and consulting services. With more than 20 years of experience, Velocity provides IT solutions to more than 100 organizations in the service- and product-oriented sectors including health care, public services, financial services, retail, food and beverage, fashion, manufacturing and distribution industries. Velocity has pioneered a unique approach to software hosting, Velocity On-Demand™, that is focused on proactive client services and a world-class infrastructure provided through an exclusive relationship with Verizon Information Technologies. For more information, visit www.velocityus.com or call 1-866-299-4998.