GREENSBORO, N.C. – APEX Analytix®, a leading provider of services and software for performance improvement, error prevention and fraud detection in accounts payable, today announced a significant surge in new business during the first half of 2009.

The company experienced a 24 percent year-over-year increase in new transactions and an 80 percent increase in the value of new business booked.  In addition, sales have more than tripled for the company’s FirstStrike® platform – an industry-leading family of software applications for detecting and preventing accounts payable errors and fraud. 

Among the many new clients signed between January and June are 14 members of the Global 1000 and industry leaders in automotive manufacturing, banking and insurance, business services, consumer products and services, electronics, healthcare and pharmaceuticals, industrial manufacturing, retail, transportation and telecommunications.

 “Our growth is being fueled by innovative software and services that are helping our clients protect their hard-earned profits,” said Steve Yurko, CEO of APEX Analytix®.  “Whether they use FirstStrike® or rely on our experts in recovery audit, fraud detection, benchmarking and process improvement, they know they can count on us to help them shore up both their near-term and long-term profitability.”

About APEX Analytix®

APEX Analytix® is an innovative audit recovery firm serving more than a third of the Fortune 100.  The company has transformed the audit recovery industry with FirstStrike®, a highly functional family of standards-based software that detects and prevents both errors and fraud and improves performance across the procure-to-pay process.  To date FirstStrike® has saved businesses more than $2.0 billion in overpayments and is the most widely used software of its type.  For more information, call 800.284.4522 or visit www.apexanalytix.com.