Group West - sale to L.A. Superior Court
GROUP WEST COMPLETES INTO 2000 TOOL SALE WITH THE LA SUPERIOR COURT IN LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA
1998-02-24
BURNABY, BRITISH COLUMBIA
Bill Ste. Marie, President and CEO is pleased to announce the relocation and
expansion of the Huntington Beach, California office as a result of
increasing activity in the millennium market. We are also pleased to
announce some of our most recent tool sales in the California area. They
include the LA County Superior Court and Metropolitan Concessions, the
supplier of concession food for all movie theaters in the greater Los Angeles
area. We have also closed our third contract with Zenith Insurance to
convert the code of their Texas facility.
John S. McCracken, Chairman and CEO of INTO 2000, Inc. announced that IBM
Corporation has named INTO 2000 an IBM Business Partner, which gives the INTO
2000 tool product value-add status for authorized resellers of IBM equipment.
"IBM is doing everything it can to help people move forward with their
Year-2000 readiness," McCracken said. "For many people, new AS/400 equipment
installed with INTO 2000 and all connectivity configurations will allow users
to jump-start their Year-2000 project". Group West Systems Ltd. is an IBM
business partner and an authorized reseller of IBM equipment. Group West is
the only public company that retains the rights to distribute the INTO 2000
software in Canada and the United States.
INTO 2000 is the only complete client server tool set for the Year 2000
problem in the AS/400 RPG environment. INTO 2000 has been the most widely
installed Year 2000 tool set in the AS/400 community worldwide since March,
1997 and is the only tool that is ITAA (Information Technology Association of
America) approved. The product includes an automated methodology, point and
click analysis tools and rebuild tool.
Group West Systems Ltd. is focusing on the midrange market with offices
located throughout Canada and the Western United States. Group West also
provides a comprehensive range of services to the rapidly evolving
information technology services industry including such leaders as Rogers
Sugar, Pharmasave, BC Rail, Toronto Dominion Bank and Microsoft Corporation.
For investor relations information contact:
Frank Port, Director of Corporate Development
Phone 604/473-2132
Fax 604/299-2878
Email: fport@groupwest.ca
OR
Seaport Communications Inc.
Phone 604/541-4188
Fax 604/541-9966
Email: seaport@usa.net
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