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Portage's Manatron, Canadian Firm In Partnership

Portage-based Manatron Inc. and Vancouver, British Columbia-based Sierra Systems Group Inc. Wednesday announced a partnership to promote and integrate their enterprise-level property tax systems for state and local governments.

The partnership will leverage Sierra's full range of property tax management and consulting expertise with Manatron's GRM product suite to ensure that the software is successfully implemented, the change to business and technical environments is managed, and the business value of the solution is fully realized.

Said Shelley Hodgson, senior vice president for United States state and local government at Siera Sysems, said: "As a full service IT consulting firm, Sierra Systems consistently brings a broad range of business, management, and technical services to property tax engagements for successful implementations."

Manatron's executive vice president of corporate strategy, Early Stephens, added: "Manatron's expertise in this field, coupled with Sierra's leading consulting services, will allow us to successfully provide jurisdictions across the country with technologies that allow them to manage their offices more effectively and efficiently."

Manatron's GRM software and Sierra Systems' property tax consulting expertise provides a complete property tax software solution to government organizations. The offering includes complex project management, organizational change management, conversion and implementation services, and longer term applications management of the software.

More at www.sierrasystems.com or www.manatron.com.

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