San Ramon, CA – May 6, 2005 – Relevant Business Systems, an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software provider to leading Aerospace & Defense, Engineer-to-Order, Maintenance, Repair & Overhaul, Contract, and small to mid- sized discrete manufacturers, announced today that Chicago Gasket, one of the oldest and most successful suppliers of Teflon gaskets, had successfully transitioned to Relevant’s MS SQL Server version of INFIMACS.

Chicago Gasket had first installed Relevant enterprise software in 1995 using the Informix database. Last year, they decided to transition to a SQL server, believing that future Microsoft additions may be more cost effective for Chicago Gasket. Chicago Gasket’s President, Eberhard Kohl, looked to Relevant to seamlessly migrate the company onto the new server, an option that has been available at Relevant for some time.

The actual conversion was accomplished over a weekend. Chicago Gasket personnel turned off their workstations on Friday night and on-site Relevant personnel got to work. When Chicago Gasket booted up on Monday, the new server was in place and functioning seamlessly. According to Eberhard Kohl, “The migration was a very smooth operation. I don’t think it could have gone any better. Our Relevant partners have provided unfailingly expert service over our 10-year association, and they took us through this process efficiently and painlessly”.

Even after 10 years of experience on their HP 3000 machine, Chicago Gasket users state that they see no difference with the new Dell Server running a Windows Server 2003 operating system with the Microsoft SQL relational database management system. Kohl states “We’ve been using the new system since January and have tested all functionality in the course of running our business. The SQL version is just as solid as the Informix version. We’re satisfied that we now have a platform for growth and stability at a very affordable price”.