Ace Hardware Extends Contract with ByteManagers

Multi-Year Extension Strengthens ByteManagers Position As the Leading Enterprise Content Services Firm

Chicago, IL. – July 2, 2007 – ByteManagers, Inc., a leading global professional services firm providing content strategy and data management services across all aspects of the enterprise, today announced that Ace Hardware has extended their relationship with the company for another four years. ByteManagers will work closely with Ace Hardware Corporation's Commercial and Industrial Supply group as they implement a new product information management (PIM) system and continue to pursue world class product content for their constituents The relationship and technology initiative is expected to improve Ace’s ability to reach its North American contractor and industrial supply customers by improving product and search navigation, data accuracy, and overall functionality of the company’s web-based eCommerce platform.

Ace Hardware Specialty Business Manager Russ Goerlitz said, “ We chose to extend our relationship with ByteManagers because they have something that no software vendor offers – human intelligence. With a staff of over 800 data professionals, ByteManagers marshals a staff that plays a critical role in our content and catalog efforts.”

Choosing ByteManagers Managed Service Solution, Ace Hardware will receive strategic consulting for requirements definition; RFP creation; vendor selection and implementation and data integration for their recently purchased PIM product. The ByteManagers solutions approach couples human intelligence and domain expertise with the building blocks of data management: data profiling, data quality, data integration, data enrichment and data monitoring. Together, these components help companies to inspect, correct, integrate, enhance, and control any data used by an enterprise.

“We are very pleased that Ace Hardware has chosen to extend their relationship with ByteManagers ,” said David Harrelson, vice president at ByteManagers. “We are seeing more and more companies like Ace Hardware choose ByteManagers as a strategic partner to help them deliver quality enterprise content services and solutions that unlock and maximize the value of their technology and marketing investments .”

About Ace Hardware

Throughout its 80-year history, Ace Hardware has been known as the helpful hardware store by both customers and communities. With 4,600 hardware, home center and building materials stores that generate annual retail sales of more than $12 billion, Ace Hardware is the largest retailer-owned hardware cooperative in the industry. Headquartered in Oak Brook , Ill. , Ace currently operates 14 distribution centers in the U.S. and its retailers' stores are located in all 50 states and 60 countries. More information about Ace can be found at www.acehardware.com .

About ByteManagers, Inc.

Headquartered in Chicago , IL -USA ByteManagers is a global professional services firm providing content strategy and data management services across all aspects of the enterprise. Our professionals help global organizations source, cleanse, build, structure and syndicate content and data to support corporate information infrastructure, catalogs, procurement applications, eCommerce, CRM, and ERP needs.

ByteManagers is driving new processes and providing innovative services for those faced with the monumental task of managing, cleaning, protecting, and updating their mission-critical data. For more information please call (312) 243-1140 or visit www.bytemanagers.com .