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SERENIC ACQUIRES SOFTWARE FROM CLIFTON GUNDERSON: Serenic Corp., an international publisher of financial and operational software, has acquired the software product OneCare from regional accounting firm Clifton Gunderson LLP.Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

OneCare is built on Microsoft Navision, as is Serenic's flagship product, Serenic Navigator. It provides program management, scheduling and billing for human services organizations. OneCare will join a suite of products that integrate directly with Navigator.

OneCare allows human services organizations to perform many operations within a single application, running on a single unified database. Areas handled by OneCare include expense management, task and scheduling management, real-time reporting and statistics, document management, outcome-based report writing, billing and payroll, and multi-tiered security across organizations.

"One of our strategic imperatives is to bring to market an operational solution designed specifically for the human services industry," said Serenic's president and chief executive, Jay Malik, in a statement. "Our existing relationship with Clifton Gunderson, a certified reselling partner of Serenic Navigator, led to the acquisition of OneCare, a transaction that both companies agree will greatly benefit the clients we serve."

Pricing for Serenic OneCare has not been set.

ATX PARTNERS WITH PAYCYCLE FOR PAYROLL OFFERING: PayCycle, a provider of on-demand payroll services, announced that accounting and tax software company ATX has selected its product for its base of 55,000 customers. PayCycle's Internet-based solution will allow ATX accountants to manage client payroll for $9.99 a month per client.

PayCycle's service automates all payroll tasks, including e-mail reminders for paydays and federal and state tax deadlines. A multi-client dashboard allows accounting professionals to access client data from a single screen, and dual client-accountant access allows accountants the option to delegate payroll tasks to clients. The service also includes electronic federal tax payments and filings. Payroll data can be easily exported to the entire ATX accounting products suite, and PayCycle's wholesale program costs $14.99 per client per month for the first 10 clients, with volume discounts available for additional clients. More information is available at www.paycycle.com/atx.

ORRTAX TAPS YOSIK TO HEAD DEVELOPMENT: Tax-prep software provider Orrtax Software Solutions has appointed Tom Yosick director of development. In his new role, his responsibilities include overseeing Orrtax's product development, tax development and filing center teams, as well as executing the company's technology strategies.

A 17-year veteran of the software engineering arena, he most recently was with WRQ in Seattle, where, as director of development, he was responsible for the company's enterprise application integration product lines. He was also a founding director of Holistix Inc., a provider of Web management solutions.

MOVARIS RELEASES CERTAINTY 9.0: Movaris, a provider of Sarbanes-Oxley compliance and financial management software, has released Version 9.0 of its flagship Certainty suite of applications. New features on Certainty 9.0 - which automates manual processes, identifies financial control issues, and integrates with third-party enterprise resource planning and business intelligence solutions - include control performance management, SOX Section 406 compliance management and risk management.

Movaris Certainty 9.0 Suite applications are designed to work together or operate alone. Version 9.0 includes built-in ad hoc reporting designed for finance managers to create or modify reports without IT assistance. Optional integration with customers' existing third-party party analytics and reporting solutions is also included. Movaris' control performance management module enables finance organizations to eliminate redundant financial control activities, thereby eliminating unnecessary work and reducing attestation audit costs. Using this application, companies reduce the personnel and fees required for compliance with Section 406.

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