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Technology Stocks : Y2K (Year 2000) Stocks: An Investment Discussion -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Josef Svejk who wrote (10469)	3/27/1998 5:56:00 PM
From: BM	Respond to of 13949

Group West territory expanded to include all of U.S. EXPANDS TERRITORY FOR INTO 2000 SALES AND SERVICES 1998-03-27 BURNABY, B.C. Group West Systems is pleased to announce that it has negotiated an amendment to its agreement with INTO 2000 Inc. to expand the sales territory to include the entire United States. In order to increase coverage in the North American marketplace, INTO 2000 Inc. and Group West Systems decided it was more beneficial for Group West to have the non-exclusive rights to market the product and factory services in all of Canada and the United States. Previously, Group West had an exclusive territory agreement that included Canada and the Pacific Northwest, with a non-exclusive agreement for California, Nevada and several other states. This new arrangement makes advertising through the Internet and through national publications much more cost effective and increases our potential to reach more prospective customers. Group West has already initiated advertising to take advantage of the new arrangement with INTO 2000 Inc. Simultaneously to this Group West release, John S. McCracken, Chairman and CEO of INTO 2000 Inc. announced the company is shipping Version 5.0 of the INTO 2000 tool set. With Version 5.0, INTO 2000 becomes the world's first year-2000 tool set to offer the user the ability to apply virtually every proven date conversion technique within the same project. There is no one-date conversion technique that can handle all user situations. Following the INTO 2000 methodology, users can now mix and match techniques to meet the needs they have in the time that is left. INTO 2000 is the only complete client/server tool set for the year 2000 problem in the AS/400 RPG environment. The product includes an automated methodology, point and click analysis tools and rebuild tools. INTO 2000 works on PCs running Windows 3.1, Windows 95 or on Window/NT servers and through standard connectivity tools to the AS/400 such as IBM's Client/Access, Wall Data's Rumba or NetSoft's Midrange Bundle. INTO 2000 is available worldwide. The tool set is tier base priced from $10,000 to $50,000 per CPU, or on a lines of code basis from certified INTO 2000 service providers. 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. _________________________________ William Ste. Marie President and Chief Executive Officer 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 The Vancouver Stock Exchange has not reviewed and does not accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.