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TPI TO PROVIDE SALES AUTOMATION SOLUTION FOR QUALITY MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE (QMI) A DIVISION OF THE CANADIAN STANDARDS ASSOCIATION (CSA) 1998-03-24 MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO Transformation Processing Inc. (TPI and OTCBB: TPII) announced that it has been engaged in providing a sales automation solution for QMI, a division of the Canadian Standards Association (CSA). QMI is a global operation and North America's leading Management Systems Registrar. QMI has certified thousands of companies to ISO 9000, QS-9000, and ISO 14001. TPI began its relationship with QMI in 1997 through conducting Sales Force Automation demos and a discovery of QMI's business processes and workflow. TPI will continue to implement and roll-out the market-leading Technology Enabled Relationship Management solution, IntellAgent Control (www.intellagents.com). Gary G. McCann, TPI's Executive Vice President, states "We look forward to working with a world class entity such as QMI whose business contacts are global and who are quick to see the benefits and competitive advantage that automating their best practices can potentially have to gaining market share within their industry". Arnold Vaz, QMI's Director of Finance, Information Technology, and Administration agrees with the potential that this undertaking has in its ability for QMI to stay competitive, to have better communications not only internally but also with existing and potential clients. Mr. Vaz states "This initiative will contribute greatly to QMI remaining a leader in the industry". TPI's Groupware division continues to show exceptional growth as it also currently has pilot projects in the works with a global manufacturing company and also a major client in the insurance industry. TPI's contract with Manitoulin Transport continues to flourish as TPI will now be engaged in training Manitoulin employees in the area of Sales Force Automation. Overall, TPI's Groupware solutions continue to gain acceptance across other vertical markets such as manufacturing, pharmaceutical, telecommunications and financial as we are currently engaged in discussions with companies in these sectors. Transformation Processing Inc. is an Information Technology company that develops and markets software and services that enable companies worldwide to automatically migrate their application programs and data from legacy systems to open system and client/server environments. TPI has evolved from providing AS/400 legacy code migration services to a company supporting four lines of business: Client Server Migration, Year 2000, Groupware and Support Services. This news release includes forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, including the timely development and acceptance of new products, the impact of competitive products and pricing, the timely funding of customers' projects, customer payments to the Company and the other risks detailed from time to time by the Company. For more information about TPI see our web site at www.tpii.com, or contact: Samantha Chapman Internal Investor Relations Transformation Processing Inc. 2121 Argentia Road, Suite 200 Mississauga, ON CANADA L5N 2X4 email: schapman@tpii.com Tel: (905) 812-7907 Toll-free: (888) 222-5967 Fax: (905) 812-7920