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BDO SEIDMAN SELECTS CORIO APPLICATIONS ON DEMAND

Corio Inc, a leading enterprise application service provider, announced that BDO Seidman, LLP has chosen Corio Applications on Demand for its human resource and financial applications. Through its Corio Full Service delivery model, Corio will provide infrastructure, application management and support services.

For more than 90 years BDO Seidman, LLP has provided assurance, tax, financial advisory and consulting services to private and publicly traded businesses. BDO Seidman serves clients through more than 35 offices and 250 alliance firm locations nationwide. As a member firm of BDO International, BDO Seidman leverages a global distribution network of resources comprised of nearly 600 member firm offices in 99 countries.

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Corio Applications on Demand is a service that delivers enterprise applications from leading independent software vendors. Customers "pay-as- you-go" and avoid expensive upfront project and infrastructure costs. With Corio Applications on Demand, IT workloads are more efficiently managed and overall IT costs are reduced. Corio Applications on Demand and the Corio Full Service delivery model are available for a monthly fee.

"Corio Applications on Demand improves our ability to deliver enterprise software applications," said Richard Rottman, CTO at BDO Seidman. "As a result BDO Seidman may deliver improved quality services to our customers."

"On demand computing improves IT throughput," said John Ottman, executive vice president of Worldwide Markets at Corio. "Corio Applications on Demand provides reliable enterprise application solutions as a service and enables IT organizations to become more efficient."