Aberdeen's AXIS(TM) Provides Insight Into Value Delivered and Market Readiness of Leading Enterprise Resource Planning Solutions for 2009

BOSTON, MA -- (Marketwire) -- 06/25/09 -- Aberdeen Group, a Harte-Hanks Company (NYSE: HHS), announced today the top performing vendor rankings in its ERP in Manufacturing AXIS™ Report. Aberdeen's AXIS™ is a report that provides a competitive intelligence perspective that allows organizations insight into the technology providers that helped leading companies achieve superior performance. The research showcases which vendors enabled client success based on the value delivered and the ability of the vendor to support and service its clientele. According to John Pearson, VP Competitor Intelligence Products for Aberdeen, "The 36-page vendor assessment is based on two key dimensions: first, Aberdeen aggregated top performance of companies in the target marketplace based on 2,200 primary surveys conducted over the past fourteen months; and second, Aberdeen conducts a vendor readiness assessment which includes evaluation of responses to a standardized vendor questionnaire, analyst briefings, public records and customer interviews."

The ERP in Manufacturing AXIS(TM) Report is authored by Cindy Jutras, Vice President & Research Fellow, Aberdeen. Jutras says, "Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) provides a necessary infrastructure, along with the transactional detail and system of record that any manufacturer needs to run its business. While ERP has become this necessary infrastructure, it is also a strategic weapon in streamlining and accelerating business processes -- while providing visibility to those processes throughout the enterprise." According to Jutras, "We saw a dramatic shift last year as the need to cut costs emerged as the driving force behind ERP regardless of industry or company size.