Press Release

PVBS Sponsors Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer’s Seminal Speech to DC Tech Community

Ballmer Confirms Company’s Commitment to Supporting Government Contractors through PVBS and Other Leading Suppliers

Fairfax, VA (December 7, 2005) – Pleasant Valley Business Solutions (PVBS), Microsoft’s leading provider of government contractor financial management and project accounting solutions, announced that it was a leading sponsor of a speech made by Steve Ballmer, Chief Executive Officer at Microsoft, to a large audience of DC area tech professionals this morning. The speech was hosted by the Northern Virginia Tech Council (NVTC), Tech Council of Maryland, DC Tech Council and TechNet. It was the first such speech where Ballmer expressed Microsoft’s commitment to the government contractor market in recent memory.

In his speech to over 500 high tech professionals, Ballmer spoke about his company’s commitment to supporting government contractors, “The key theme that you hear coming from the military everyplace is we will be successful to the degree that we empower our people with the right information, superior information, so that they can make better decisions when they're out in a battle situation, in a war situation, in some theater of activity. It's about information superiority, and it's about empowering and enabling the war-fighter. And so if we take that as kind of a view from one sector, a sector that's very important here, it's very consistent with this theme of enabling people to realize their mission by providing them with the information they need to make decisions.”

Ballmer also spoke about how committed Microsoft is to supporting government contractor business processes.

“Over the course of the last year or so, we've really put together a very focused effort to have a team here in D.C. that's thinking through, understanding the needs of people who are involved in government contracting, and really ask, what do we need to do in our product line to facilitate many of the things that are important? But it all starts with this notion of enabling people and businesses. You say, okay, what kind of businesses? Government contractors. What kind of people? Project managers, CIOs, CEOs, CFOs, salespeople, business development people. How do we give people the tools to really do a good job of not only prospecting but proposal management, which is absolutely a mission critical exercise?”

Bernard Mustafa, Chief Executive Officer at PVBS said, “This speech truly exemplified how committed Microsoft is to serving the needs of companies that provide services and products to the Federal Government. In his speech, Ballmer alluded to why government contractors should look to PVBS for the Microsoft alternative for government contractor financial management and project accounting. Built on Microsoft Dynamics NAV, we look forward to bringing our solution to these companies.”

The full text of Ballmer’s speech can be found at www.microsoft.com/presspass/exec/steve/2005/12-07washdc.mspx.

About Pleasant Valley Business Solutions (PVBS)

Pleasant Valley Business Solutions (PVBS), a “Microsoft Business Solutions President’s Club Member 2007,” offers the Microsoft alternative for government contractor ERP, financial management and project accounting. Microsoft offers a better project accounting and financial management solution than what’s been available in the past to high-growth government contractors. Only PVBS offers a Microsoft Dynamics NAV solution that was created specifically for high-growth government contractors, to help these companies better manage and maximize their Federal Government business. PVBS is based in Reston, VA. Visit PBVS at www.pvbs.net.