Cincinnati, Oh . - Sept. 16, 2002 - With Martin and Associates' recent membership Information Technology Alliance's Group T, Kevin Martin has been appointed as the 2002 Fall ITA Collaborative Chairperson. ITA's Group T is an elite group of top VARs and CPA firms providing software selection, implementation, training, support and development with business application software for the accounting, eBusiness, distribution, service, non-for-profit and manufacturing industries. Kevin's participation as a Chairperson for the Fall Collaborative shows that Martin and Associates is committed to the long-term success of their organization and their clients.

Kevin will be involved in the planning, organization, and implementation of the 2002 Fall ITA Collaborative, which will be held November 3-6, 2002 at the Charleston Place Hotel in Charleston, South Carolina.

The 2002 Fall Collaborative gains you the collective wisdom and experiences of industry pace setters and your peers - peers committed to presenting detailed insights on their successes and the real world tools they use. The following issues will be addressed at the November Collaborative:

Sales
Marketing
Leadership
Staffing
Technology
Firm Network Infrastructure
Firm Management

www.italliance.com is your source of additional information and on-line registration.

About ITA
ITA, www.italliance.com, is a not-for-profit membership-based association of the leading firms and companies engaged in the development, delivery and/or support of technology solutions for small and mid-sized businesses. ITA's purpose is to share information and build relationships that will improve the way clients and firm members do business, and to be an authoritative voice for the IT profession.

About Martin and Associates
Martin and Associates is an accounting and information technology consulting firm specializing in providing small to medium sized companies the right business software solution. Founded in 1988 and chartered as a CPA firm, Martin and Associates is dedicated to providing the best solutions available for our customers, leveraging IT skills with accounting knowledge.

Martin and Associates provides business solutions through technology for small to medium sized businesses. Martin and Associates represents the leading middle-market business software solutions such as BusinessWorks, MAS 90, MAS 200, MAS 200 for SQL Server, MAS 500, SalesLogix, Abra Suite Human Resources, Best Fixed Assets, Microsoft Great Plains Dynamics, eEnterprise and Small Business Manager. Martin and Associates also provides support for the leading network operating system platforms, including Microsoft Windows XP, Windows 2000, and NT, Novell and Unixware. MWA.net offers ISP services for ebusiness hosting and mail services. Please contact us for more information on any of our products or services at (513) 772-7284.