Totwise Announces 2,000 Users - July 22, 2003
Launch Announcement - December 18, 2002

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TOTWISE ANNOUNCES 2,000 USERS

LAGUNA NIGUEL, CA – July 22, 2003 – Only eight months after its initial release, today Totwise Software announced the two thousandth user of its flagship software product, Totwise, the youth program management system.

Totwise manages the enrollment and billing in 2,000 preschools, daycare centers, Montessori schools, youth camps, community centers, scouting programs, and youth sports leagues throughout the U.S., U.K., and other countries.

More than anything else, Totwise users appreciate its ease of use and practically non-existent learning curve. Rochelle Thompson, a daycare provider in Saint Marys, Georgia, says "Before I found Totwise, I tried another program that was hard to use, and then went back to the paper tracking method. Totwise is very easy to learn and use."

Kathleen Roberts of CanadianChildCare.com was researching all the daycare programs available when she came across Totwise. "I downloaded it and evaluated it for a few weeks, and fell in love with it so much that I now use it for my own daycare needs. Many of our members also downloaded the program, and are using it in their own daycares. It's so quick and easy to use, bookkeeping is no longer a chore."

Users also appreciate the professional appearance that Totwise brings to their businesses. "I have had clients comment on their statements and invoices," says Jennifer McMillen of Corner Playhouse in Norman, Oklahoma. "They like that they are very professional and meet the needs of their employer for child care credit."

"The bit I love the best is when a potential client comes for an interview and I sit them down at the computer to show them how their child will be tracked," says Roberts. "It gives my business a more professional look and feel. I highly recommend Totwise to any provider."

About half of Totwise users are private daycare, preschool, or Montessori centers. Many of the rest are as diverse as church programs, scouting programs, community centers and even some public schools, all of which need to manage registration, enrollment, and fee collection. Often, the fee structures can become quite complex. "Totwise allows me to bill my clients for their tuition, my curriculum programs, and my dance classes, all at different costs," says McMillen. "There are less things for me to remember since Totwise can post billing on different dates. I really like this feature."

Customers are not the only ones applauding Totwise. Just in 2003, Totwise has been named to MacWorld UK's Top Ten Educational Utilities, and also made Child Care Business magazine's Top Ten Child Care Software Products.

Totwise is built on the robust FileMaker Developer platform, which provides proven multi-user performance and reliability on both Windows and Macintosh platforms, and even allows Totwise to run in mixed environments.

Totwise is available now at http://www.totwise.com/.

ABOUT TOTWISE SOFTWARE

Totwise Software is a privately held software company located in southern California. We focus exclusively on our only product, Totwise, the youth program management software. Our mission is to make sure that Totwise remains the easiest to use and most efficient system available. We work closely with our customers to evolve the product and accommodate our users' needs.