Cary, NC February, 01 2007: Ronald Holanek & Associates Inc., founded by Ronald Holanek, Cary NC is pleased to announce its new brand name and corporate identity ? The Financial Risk Group.

The new brand distinguishes the company as a separate entity from its founding members and should position the brand strongly in the risk management segment. It also highlights the evolution of the company from being purely a consulting firm to providing complete software solutions for its clients. The company signed a SAS re-seller agreement in late 2006. The agreement allows the firm to act as an independent reseller of SAS risk technologies.

The Financial Risk Group’s overall objective is to create and support unique and cost-effective risk management solutions. Utilizing core SAS technologies allow the company to add business knowledge to an existing technology platform. Ronald Holanek, CEO of The Financial Risk Group said: “The resulting solution allows us to deliver powerful front and mid-office technologies to companies around the globe.”

Michael Forno, Vice President of consulting services says the new brand and offerings will give clients new options for utilizing SAS risk technologies. “Many of our clients would like to reduce the time and money spent implementing a robust risk solution. Our combined offerings give our clients additional deployment options”. The new offerings combine proven SAS core risk technology with domain specific intelligence. The resulting package can be delivered to clients using a variety of deployment strategies.