FLORENCE, S.C.,— With so many church leaders watching the latest trends in technology in order to uncover new ways to reach more people in their communities and around the world, Web-based software solutions have become the hottest selling products among churches nationwide.

ACS Technologies now provides Web products to more than 1,500 of its 22,000 church, school and denominational office clients, according to a news release.

ACS Technologies was one of the first in its market to deliver Web-based church management software products with the launch of ACS for the Web in 2001.

This software was initially built using traditional Active Server Pages and Microsoft SQL Server. The application was quickly transitioned to ASP.Net upon its release in 2002.

"As we see technologies rapidly evolve in the software world, we work hard to develop the best blend of those technologies to meet our clients where they are," comments Hal Campbell, president and CEO of ACS Technologies.

ACS Technologies offers a wide selection of Web-based products and components within its robust software line including:

Access ACSâ„¢ (http://www.accessacs.com)
Access ACS equips churches with innovative ways to perform outreach, increase stewardship and manage small groups via any Internet connection anywhere.

Online management tools allow leaders and volunteers to work at home, in their offices or on the road.

Extend Platformâ„¢ (http://www.extendplatform.com)
Extend Platform is a comprehensive Web site creation and content management system specifically developed for faith-based and nonprofit organizations that enables anyone—from the non-technical to the highly-technical person—to build and maintain a professional looking Web site or a community of affiliated sites quickly and affordably.

ACS for the Webâ„¢ (http://www.acstechnologies.com/products/acs_for_web)
ACS for the Web currently gives church staff a way to enter and store membership information, including contributions, online. Using secure servers, plus robust internal security access verification, the Web version of ACS equips users of all types to access authorized data from anywhere, at anytime.

LiveStorâ„¢ (http://www.livestor.com)
ACS LiveStor is a remote backup program designed to protect your most valuable data files by automatically copying them via the Internet and storing them on remote servers. Users can set up scheduled back ups so that church information is always protected.

ACS DataShare/PDS DioShareâ„¢ (http://www.parishdata.com/dioshare)
PDS DioShare facilitates the flow of valuable information between a diocese and its parishes. It gathers available parishioner information and then consolidates it in one place where it can be reviewed, compared and exported.

ACS Group Reach
Extend Group Reachâ„¢ is a unique Web-based service that is helping ministries everywhere bring style and sophistication to their e-mail campaigns and communications.

Hosted ACS
The new ACS Hosted Solution allows your ACS data to be easily accessed via the Internet, just as it is on a desktop at the church.

For more information on all ACS Technologies products and services, visit www.acstechnologies.com or call 1-800-736-7425.