Press Release

Canadian Metal Service Center to Implement Verticent ERP Solution

RELEASE DATE : January 7, 2008

TAMPA, FL - Verticent, Inc., a vertically centric developer of enterprise software solutions for metal service centers and other industries, announced today that Reliable Tube Inc. has signed with Verticent and will implement the Verticent ERP Solution at their Western Canada Service Center.

Chris Erickson, CFO for Reliable Tube Inc. said “We are a Carbon Steel Metal Service Center and we went about our consideration of our next generation enterprise software with a focus on features for the metal service center industry and a goal to select a product based on a technology platform that allows us to grow. While we considered several other metal service center software packages, Verticent was our clear choice. Verticent provides built-in, real-time inventory cut nesting and optimization and they have a very elegant solution to a critical business need for us here at Reliable Tube Inc. Verticent easily accommodates our customer’s ‘cut list’ requirements whereby we enter sales orders for multiple sizes of the same raw material. Rather than having to create notes or multiple line items, Verticent has the cut list feature built in and as a result is going to make our inside sales team much more efficient.”

Alan Goniwich, Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Verticent stated “Reliable Tube Inc. joins our other steel tubing service center customers. Tubing is an important vertical for us and as part of that customer family Reliable Tube Inc. will be able to collaborate with other customers to ensure that they deploy Verticent in an efficient manner”.

Scott Cranford, Director of Sales at Verticent added “This is an exciting win for Verticent. We’ve added a dynamic, growing metal service center and we’ve added one with a strategic location in Western Canada. Reliable Tube Inc. has embraced the Verticent ERP solution as it provides the right mix to that delicate blend of functional depth and simplicity of use.”

About Reliable Tube Inc.:
Reliable Tube Inc. Inc. is a steel tubing service center supplying carbon steel tubing to the structural and manufacturing industries in British Columbia. They specialize in Hollow Structural Sections (HSS) and stock the largest inventory in B.C. They provide a complete line of HSS including Square HSS, Rectangle HSS and Round HSS. They also provide Drawn Over Mandrel (DOM) Tubing and Electric Resistance Welded (ERW) Tubing. They offer cut to length services and have their own fleet of trucks for quick delivery. For more information contact Robert Watson at (604) 857-9861 or visit http://www.reliabletube.com.

About Verticent:
Verticent, a wholly owned subsidiary of ASA International, Ltd. (a private holding company), provides integrated enterprise resource planning, customer relationship management, e-business and business intelligence software. For more information contact Verticent at (813) 226-2600 or visit http://www.verticent.com.