Marquee Organizations Select Concur's On-Demand Services to Streamline Travel and Expense Management

Redmond, Washington (ots/PRNewswire) -

- Leading Companies Continue to Choose Concur, Pushing Customer
Base Over the 5,000 Client Milestone

Concur (Nasdaq: CNQR), the world's leading provider of on-demand
business services that automate Employee Spend Management, today
announced key contracts awarded in the third quarter of fiscal 2007
that helped push the company's customer base over the 5000 client
plateau. Agility, Akebono Brake Corporation, Appleton Papers, Chefs
Warehouse, Crowley Maritime Corporation, Dollar Tree Stores Inc.,
Ensemble Chimes Global, Fannie Mae, Garrison Investment Group,
Hancock Holding Company, Hawker Beechcraft Corporation, Inalfa Roof
Systems, Independent Bank Corporation, Levi Strauss, Mandate
Pictures, Psilos Group Managers, The Kor Group, The Linc Group, USA
Mobility Wireless, Inc. and Woodforest Financial Group, Inc.
represent a small sample of the new and existing customers that have
chosen Concur solutions to automate their Employee Spend Management.

"Using Concur's technology, Hancock Holding's travel and
entertainment expense processing will become automated allowing the
company to apply rules to expense reports and eliminate out of policy
reimbursements," said Shane Loper, Chief Operations Officer of
Hancock Holding Company. "Over 800 expense report transactions will
be taken off of our accounting department as the payments will now be
processed automatically, enabling our accounts payable department to
focus on more proactive vendor management leading to increased
efficiency and reduced costs."

"We are very impressed with the promise of ease of use and
seamless integration with our back-office and payroll systems," said
Bruce M. Bernhoft, Woodforest Financial Group's Strategic Sourcing
Manager. "We look forward to implementation and experiencing these
benefits first-hand."

Over 5,000 companies around the globe now subscribe to Concur's
on-demand travel procurement, expense reporting, meeting management
and vendor payment services -- with many of these clients benefiting
from using Concur services in conjunction with one another. Flexible
enough to accommodate the needs of organizations of any size,
Concur's end-to-end travel and expense management services streamline
the travel booking, meeting planning and expense reporting processes,
drastically accelerating expense reimbursements and helping to manage
spend before it occurs. Concur's vendor payment solution enables
organizations to automate and streamline the tedious process of
accurately collecting, tracking and paying vendor invoices and
employee check requests.

Every Concur service increases compliance and strengthens internal
controls while providing organizations with the valuable data they
need to control costs and manage employee spend. Concur's services
are all delivered over the Web, so they easily scale to meet the
needs of any organization -- from the largest global enterprise to
smaller budget-conscious companies --without the time-consuming
maintenance and costs typically associated with traditional
enterprise software.

"Concur is the unquestioned leader in employee spend management --
leadership that continues to be validated each quarter by leading
organizations around the globe," said Rajeev Singh, president and
chief operating officer for Concur. "Over 5,000 companies of all
sizes now place their trust in Concur to deliver market-leading
innovation, world-class service and unrivaled expertise. Concur
continues to earn that trust -- each and every day -- by delivering
the technology and innovation companies need to help them drive costs
out of their businesses."

About Concur

Concur is the world's leading provider of on-demand Employee Spend
Management services. Concur enables organizations to globally control
costs by automating the processes they use to manage employee
spending. Concur's end-to-end solutions seamlessly unite online
travel booking with automated expense reporting, streamline meeting
management and optimize the process of managing vendor payments,
employee check requests and direct reimbursements. Organizations of
all sizes trust Concur to help them control spend before it occurs
while eliminating paper and optimizing supplier relations. Concur's
unified approach to managing employee spend delivers a 360degree view
into all employee expenses, helping companies globally enforce
policies and monitor vendor compliance, while delivering
unprecedented control and valuable insight. Concur's suite of
on-demand services reach millions of employees across thousands of
organizations around the world -- streamlining business processes,
reducing operating costs, improving internal controls and providing
enhanced visibility and actionable expense analysis. More information
about Concur is available at http://www.concur.com.

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Contact:
Stefanie Johansen of Weber Shandwick for Concur, +1-425-452-5468,
sjohansen@webershandwick.com


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