In a prepared statement, Exact CEO Erik van der Meijden said, "We are looking forward to accelerating and expanding our strategy together with Apax to become one of the leading companies for cloud-based business software for small and medium-sized businesses and their accountants." The company has been rolling out the cloud-based Exact Online, introduced along with advanced modules in this country in the last year. Exact has said it will utilize manufacturing products in the United States—Macola, JobBoss and Max—in reaching the market for Exact Online. For the first time in years, Macola has publicized general plans to expand its channel, with public details said to follow sometime this year. The rest of the accounting software vendors owned by private equity include Unit4, Deltek, Aptean, Abila and Infor and the related HighJump Software