San Rafael, Calif., -SBT Accounting Systems, a leading provider of financial accounting software, today announced the acquisition of Comptrol, Inc., of Redmond, Washington. Comptrol is a publisher of job cost software.

The new SBT Job Cost module will be available for both SBT Pro Series 5.0, and SBT Pro Series 3.2. The Comptrol acquisition gives SBT a branded product that addresses construction job cost and project job cost needs.

The new Job Cost module is tightly integrated with SBT Pro Series Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, General Ledger, and Inventory Control applications.

"Our acquisition of Comptrol is great news for SBT's customers," said Lane Giles, SBT senior vice president of development and support. "This new system takes advantage of existing customer, vendor, and item master tables to give customers a high level of productivity right from the start. Once data is entered in Job Cost it instantly takes effect throughout the SBT Pro Series system."

With over 300,000 business users worldwide, SBT Accounting Systems is the world's leading supplier of database accounting systems. SBT Accounting Systems, SBT Internet Systems, and SBT Business Products are divisions of Software Business Technologies, with offices in San Rafael, California, and Atlanta, Georgia.

SBT, SBT Accounting Systems, and SBT Pro Series are trademarks of SBT Accounting Systems. All other brand and product names are trademarks of their respective owners.

A. B. Computer Systems provides businesses with turn-key solutions that include software, hardware and services such as project management, consulting, software integration, programming and training.

For additional information, please contact:

Edward Avizur, A. B. Computer Systems, Inc. at (800) 440-4082 or at eav@abcsi.com.