Fort Worth, Texas, USA, 22 October 2010 -- /PRNewswire/ -- NOW Solutions, Inc. announced today a new agreement with Howe Sound Pulp and Paper. Recently acquired by Paper Excellence, Howe Sound Pulp and Paper licensed emPath to meet the human resources and payroll needs of its organization.

emPath is a web-based human resources management system and payroll solution that uses Microsoft.NET technology and provides functional efficiency for the entire enterprise coupled with performance gains. By tightly integrating an organization's human resources and payroll functions, emPath provides comprehensive administrative and workflow capabilities, and employee empowerment via employee and manager self-service, all delivered with zero client administration.  

"emPath gives us the ability to access information and reports in a user friendly, versatile single solution. As a result, we'll be able to have optimal functionality in a cost effective scalable solution," said Marc Turenne, systems superintendent, Howe Sound Pulp and Paper.

NOW Solutions, Inc. is a pioneer among human resources management system and payroll software and business solutions providers. NOW Solutions' main product, emPath, consists of a fully secure web-based HRMS suite and a software-as-a-service solution. Recruiting, position control, benefits, absence, and attendance tracking, employee reviews, career planning, payroll, employee/manager self-service and a powerful full-featured workflow engine to reduce or eliminate paper, are among the many features of emPath. In addition, NOW Solutions provides emPath web services to facilitate interfacing and integration with third party applications. NOW Solutions has customers throughout the United States and Canada in industries that include education, for-profit services, healthcare, high technology and communications, financial, manufacturing, natural resources, not-for-profit, public sector, retail, transportation, and utilities. NOW Solutions has offices in Fort Worth and Richardson in Texas, Toronto, Canada, and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Information on NOW Solutions and its products is available at www.nowsolutions.com.