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RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. - September 24, 2001 - Chronicle software is pleased to announce it has been selected as one of 41 software developers who will be the first to enable key data exchange between their business and industry-specific applications and the next version of QuickBooks Pro, Premier and Premier Accountant Edition expected to be released in December. These applications will take advantage of the Intuit Developer Network and the QuickBooks software development kit (SDK). The developer network and the resulting applications will allow small businesses to exchange certain data between their critical business applications and enabled versions of QuickBooks.

Steve Manchester, Chronicle President and founder says "this is going to be an extraordinary opportunity for Chronicle and its users. Many of our customers already use QuickBooks and this will certainly enhance the value of both our application and QuickBooks."

"Tighter cooperation between QuickBooks and other third-party applications has been one of the most requested features from our customers over the years," said Esther Kruijver, director of the Intuit Developer Network. "We're excited to be working hand-in-hand with some of the most innovative names in software to be able to offer our customers data exchange capability between third-party applications and future versions of QuickBooks later this year.

"The Intuit Developer Network (http://developer.intuit.com) is part of Intuit's new 'right for my business' strategy to better address the needs of small businesses by providing customers with solutions that are tailored to their specific companies. This includes industry-specific solutions, accounting solutions for bigger and more complex businesses and solutions that go beyond accounting to address additional business management needs.

Manchester goes on to say that "participation in this group places Chronicle among some of the most well known and respected software firms and organizations seeking to support and serve the needs of small to medium sized businesses in the United States". The participants in the SDK Beat Program include FedEx, FrontRange and the United States Postal Service.

About Chronicle
Chronicle is specifically designed to support the information and business process needs of small to medium contractor services businesses. With Chronicle all functional elements of the business, from job costing and labor analysis to scheduling and accounts receivable are managed with one seamless application. With Chronicle the productivity of everyone in the organization, from the owner to the clerical and field staff, increases. The product is easy to use and cost savings begin to appear quickly after implementation as staff begin to benefit from the use of a Web based centralized database that contains all of the project, customer, subcontractor and related communications and documents files for every job, active or closed. Chronicle works seamlessly with many of the most popular accounting packages and other productivity tools, including QuickBooks Pro® 2002 through 2005, and integrates relevant data from these applications in a single database, which eliminates the time consuming tasks of searching for information in multiple places and entry of the same data multiple times.

CONTACT INFORMATION:
Chronicle Technologies, Inc.
Steven Manchester
8758 Hellman Avenue
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730
Tel: 866.247.6684
Fax: 909.980.1963