Columbia Ultimate Releases The Collector System 2005

VANCOUVER, WA – Columbia Ultimate, the industry expert in providing software and integrated solutions for collecting money, today announced the release of The Collector System 2005. This newest release features a series of enhancements including collection litigation features to further increase efficiency for improved profitability and success in collections.

Columbia Ultimate?s flagship product – The Collector System ? is an industry standard collections tracking and management system that simplifies and automates tasks to make the collections process easier and faster. Used by more than 25 percent of the collections market nationwide, The Collector System is a comprehensive and cost-effective collections system that is flexible and customizable to meet the needs of any organization.

?The latest version of The Collector System further streamlines workflow processes, improves management reporting and business intelligence capabilities, provides additional legal functionality, and enhances credit reporting capabilities,? said Keith Cupp, vice president sales and marketing, Columbia Ultimate. ? ?With these new enhancements, The Collector System enables collection litigation firms, collection agencies and debt purchasers to be more productive, provide better service, expand into new markets, and increase their competitive advantage.?

The new version features three significant product enhancements:

• Court Calendaring ? specific to collection litigation firms, which assures critical information related to date sensitive tasks is gathered prior to scheduled activities
• Role-Based Profiles ? which enables the user authority levels for viewing and updating account information or performing collector actions within the Collector Screen is in-line with the status of an account, and
• Settlement Plans ? which allows settlements to be created and tracked based upon client specifications

For further information on The Collector System, please call 1-800-488-4420 or email sales@columbiaultimate.com.

About Columbia Ultimate
Columbia Ultimate is the industry expert in providing software and integrated solutions for collecting money. Since 1979, private enterprises and government agencies have relied on Columbia Ultimate?s comprehensive line of software and services to help manage the collection lifecycle. Servicing 30 of the top 100 collections agencies nationwide and the leader in providing revenue recovery to governments, Columbia Ultimate?s software and integrated solutions increase customer?s efficiency, profitability and success.

Headquartered in Vancouver, Wash., with offices in Atlanta, Ga., and Warrington, United Kingdom, Columbia Ultimate is a privately-held company with more than 500 customers worldwide. For more information, visit www.columbiaultimate.com.