March 1, 2006- Houston, Texas - The Houston Advertising Federation has announced the winners of the 44th Annual ADDY® Awards Competition. ADDYs® are the advertising industry's largest and most representative competition, attracting over 50,000 entries every year in local ADDY® competitions. The mission of the ADDY® competition is to recognize and reward creative excellence in the art of advertising. A ceremony was held to recognize winners in more than 100 categories at the Hyatt Regency Downtown on February 11, 2006. Houston-based technology consulting firm, The Rand Group (TRG) was recognized as having the best business-to-business (B-to-B) HTML website. TRG launched the award-winning site, www.therandgroup.com on October 14th, 2005. The website design was facilitated by Deuce Creative, a Houston-based graphic design and marketing firm. The site's design features rotating homepage graphics that continually change to give the front page of the website fresh visuals every time when visitors return to the site. www.therandgroup.com was also designed with the capability to tailor content to the viewer based on how they navigate the website.

About The Rand Group, LLC
The Rand Group (TRG) was formed in 2003 by the acquisition of the technology consulting division from Certified Public Accounting firm Hein & Associates LLP. Prior to the formation of TRG, the same management team provided the service offering at Hein for over seven years. TRG has experienced rapid growth in the three years since its inception due to the highest level of service and unsurpassed experience in technology and accounting systems.

TRG is the No. 1 Texas-based Microsoft combined Great Plains and Navision partner as ranked in Accounting Technology's Value-Added Reseller listing. Based in Houston, TRG combines expertise in the areas of accounting, business process, and information technology to deliver business solutions that maximize efficiency and create measurable results for clients' technology investment. TRG's team of Certified Public Accountants, Microsoft engineers and developers, and service professionals combine to drive solutions that integrate people, proven processes, and technology to help build better blueprints for business success.

TRG is recognized as a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner giving them the highest level of achievement as a Microsoft Certified Partner. Less than 4% of Microsoft Partners have attained Gold Partner status. The Rand Group is the only Houston based firm specializing in Navision to become a Gold Partner and one of the first Microsoft Business Solutions Partners ever to achieve the status.

About Deuce Creative
Deuce Creative opened its doors on 2-2-05. This female-owned and operated design studio has an uncommon approach to marketing and design solutions. Deuce utilizes an interdisciplinary marketing & design approach that integrates graphic design, interior design, marketing, and public relations to bring brands to life. Art and strategy are the driving forces behind the creative process that sets our firm apart from traditional graphic design, advertising agencies, and interior designers.

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