For Immediate Release

Government Contractor EDC Consulting Chooses Deltek First Essentials

EDC Consulting will leverage Deltek’s comprehensive, cloud-based government contracting solution to manage its critical financial management processes and power its growth

HERNDON, Va. – April 16, 2012 –Deltek, Inc. (Nasdaq: PROJ), the leading global provider of enterprise software and information solutions for government contractors and professional services firms, today announced that EDC Consulting has selected Deltek First Essentials to manage its critical financial management processes and power its growth. EDC Consulting will leverage the comprehensive cloud-based solution to run its back office, ensure compliance with key government regulations and increase the accuracy and efficiency of key processes such as accounting, timekeeping and project management. The efficiencies delivered by Deltek First Essentials will allow EDC Consulting to focus on its most important tasks, winning new business and delivering projects on-time and on-budget for the federal government.

EDC Consulting LLC, headquartered in Tysons Corner, VA, specializes in implementing ERP solutions, providing IT services and delivering business strategy support to the federal government. The fast-growing government contractor selected Deltek First Essentials to manage and improve its critical business processes through a cost-effective, quick-to-deploy platform.  Deltek First Essentials will deliver the key capabilities and low-cost infrastructure EDC Consulting needs to better manage its accounting and financial management processes, control project costs, meet labor and time requirements and stay compliant with DCAA requirements.  With much of EDC’s workforce traveling in the field, the company will also leverage Deltek’s web-based time keeping capabilities to capture time and process invoices as quickly and accurately as possible to maximize cash flow.   

In addition to delivering all the capabilities government contractors need to run their businesses, Deltek First Essentials offers EDC world-class ease of use, tight security, and all of the benefits of the cloud –low initial start up costs, global access to the application, automatic upgrades, and quick deployment times due to a minimal IT footprint. 

“In this competitive government contracting market, we need to be as efficient and focused as possible,” said Uli Werner, CEO of EDC Consulting. “With Deltek First Essentials as our backbone, we feel confident that we are running an efficient back-office and effectively meeting all our DCAA compliance requirements through a world-class, low-cost solution.  Using Deltek alleviates much of that burden from our team and allows them to focus on our most important tasks such as business development and project management. With our business processes automated, we will be operating at a level of efficiency and effectiveness we never imagined.” 

“We are very excited that EDC Consulting selected Deltek First Essentials to power its key business processes,” said Kevin Carr, VP of Sales at Deltek. “Because it combines all the industry-specific capabilities that government contractors need to run their businesses with the low-cost infrastructure of the cloud, Deltek First Essentials is being widely adopted among innovative, fast-growing companies such as EDC Consulting. We look forward to working closely with EDC Consulting as it continues to grow and prosper in the government contracting marketplace.”

About EDC Consulting
Headquartered in Tysons Corner, VA with offices in Washington, DC, EDC Consulting LLC is a VA Certified Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business that specializes in implementing ERP solutions and IT services, and providing business strategy support to the Federal Government.  EDC Consulting is a privately held limited liability company and a leading provider of SAP, Oracle, PeopleSoft and Maximo consulting services to the Federal Government. www.edcconsulting.net

About Deltek
Deltek (Nasdaq: PROJ) is the leading global provider of enterprise software and information solutions for professional services firms and government contractors. For decades, we have delivered actionable insight that empowers our customers to unlock their business potential. 15,000 organizations and 1.9 million users in over 80 countries around the world rely on Deltek to research and identify opportunities, win new business, optimize resources, streamline operations, and deliver more profitable projects. Deltek – Know more. Do more.® www.deltek.com

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For further information contact:
Patrick Smith, Vice President, Corporate Marketing and Communications, Deltek, Inc.
703.885.9062
PatrickSmith@deltek.com