FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

August 30, 2002

VANCOUVER, CANADA — PCIS (Pacific Coast Information Systems) is a full-service technology & consulting firm in Vancouver that works with businesses to establish versatile, productive, and cost-efficient business and workflow solutions. As of August 28, 2002, PCIS is officially promoted to Advanced Level in IBM's PartnerWorld for Software program. Only 20% of all IBM Software Partners in Western Canada achieve this level of business status.

"We are pleased to see that our commitment to our customers and their needs has been recognized by IBM," says Vaclav Vincalek, President, Pacific Coast Information Systems. "Our close relationship with IBM gives us the competitive edge when it comes to delivering sophisticated business solutions."

IBM credits PCIS for their exceptional level of technical expertise and project management abilities. PCIS is noted for their achievements involving a number of BC's leading biotechnology firms: PCIS has created effective business solutions using IBM products for Inex Pharmaceuticals Corporation, Xenon Genetics and QLT among others.

Biotechnology is only one of many industries in which PCIS has built a reputation. Within the past 9 months, PCIS has worked with clients from a variety of other sectors including travel, insurance, government agencies, financial institutions, and media.

PCIS's roots date back to 1995, when Vaclav Vincalek recognized that emerging businesses needed an applied technology to collect company data. PCIS began by maximizing Lotus Notes (IBM product) capacity as an electronic collator in order to direct discrete business information into one central location. Consequently, in the past seven years, PCIS' scope of expertise has expanded to cover a broad range of advanced Internet-related technologies.

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