VANCOUVER, Canada and NEW YORK, October 1 /PRNewswire/ --     Asset Control, the industry standard for data management in financial 
services, has been recertified as a Microsoft Corp. Gold Certified partner, 
the highest level in Microsoft's international partner program. Asset 
Control's TAPMaster, recently acquired from TAP Solutions, runs on the 
Microsoft platform providing fully populated relational data services 
designed to support the complexities of financial services firms operating in 
capital markets, a key vertical segment for Microsoft.

"The TAPMaster market and reference data management software,
built upon the Microsoft software platform, is an excellent solution for
firms seeking to streamline data acquisition and deployment," said Craig
Saint-Amour, U.S. capital markets industry solutions director, Microsoft
Corp. "Asset Control is an important member of our financial services-focused
partnership community, which utilizes Windows Server, SQL Server 2005, the
2007 Office System, the BizTalk Server and the .NET Framework to deliver
comprehensive solutions to the highly competitive capital markets industry."

Along with its Gold Certified status, Asset Control attained
Independent Software Vendor (ISV) and Data Management competencies,
specializing in business intelligence. This is also the second year in a row
the TAPMaster product suite met stringent requirements, including staff
certification, product tests and customer reference checks to maintain its
Gold Certified status.

The Microsoft community exceeds 700,000 partners, and only a
limited number reaches Gold Certified status. Prior to its acquisition by
Asset Control, TAP Solutions had been using Microsoft products to develop
custom software solutions since 1990. Working with Microsoft's Financial
Services Group, TAPMaster was launched in 2004 and sold to some of the
world's leading financial services firms in Australia, Greece, Japan,
Singapore, the UK, and the USA.

"With our acquisition by Asset Control and continued alliance
with Microsoft, the TAPMaster product suite can be expanded to support more
firms' data acquisition, management and deployment requirements," says Bob
Bell, former President of TAP Solutions, and now Vice President, Asset
Control. "Microsoft continues to provide an excellent foundation for our
product and business development, and we appreciate the recognition and
validation that Gold Certification brings in the international marketplace."

About Asset Control

Asset Control transforms data management from an operational
burden into a powerful tool for competitive advantage for firms of all types
and sizes. Our industry standard platform reduces costs and risk, manages
evolving compliance needs and speeds the delivery of new products to market.
A Fidelity Ventures company, Asset Control seamlessly integrates with
internal and third party systems and applications to create a strategic
business platform for future growth.

Some of the industry's most successful firms depend on Asset
Control. These include: Abbey National, ABN AMRO, Allied Irish Banks PLC,
Barclays Capital, Barclays Global Investors, Bayerische Landesbank, BBVA,
Commerzbank, Convexity Capital Management, E*TRADE Securities, LLC, IBM
(Dresdner Bank), Grupo Santander, Harvard Management Company, HSH Nordbank,
HypoVereinsbank, ING, LCH.Clearnet, Robeco Groep, Société Générale, Standard
Bank, Standard Chartered, Union Investment and Wachovia Corporation.

http://www.asset-control.com