Press Release

For Immediate Distribution

Fujitsu Consulting and MDI become Strategic Partners

Target the insurance and financial services industries

Laval, Québec – April 2002 – MDI and Fujitsu Consulting are proud to announce that they have become partners to promote and implement C-surance.ca technology in the financial and insurance markets. 

C-surance technology is based on a collaborative commerce business model that enables various parties to dynamically share or exchange data relating to the management of group insurance benefits via the internet. MDI developed the C-insurance suite of software applications to provide services ranging from requests for proposals to plan administration, including enrolment card access and claims adjudication, for insurance and actuarial companies, financial advisors and third parties administrators.  

Based on the partnership agreement, Fujitsu Consulting will use its enterprise application integration (EAI) methodology to implement C-surance.ca technologies. MDI will concentrate on the core technology supporting business rules. 

About MDI

MDI, or Micro Distribution BLS Inc., specializes in the conception, development, distribution and support of software for the insurance and financial industry as well as the management of social benefits and group insurance plans. MDI was founded in 1983 and located in Laval, Québec. It attained ISO-9001 certification in 1998.

About Fujitsu Consulting

Fujitsu Consulting is a leading global provider of consulting services and technology-based solutions to Fortune 1,000 companies, mid-sized organizations and government. Fujitsu consultants design, build and operate high-impact business solutions that measurably enhance operational performance, including application outsourcing, enterprise application integration, business intelligence and enterprise value management. Fujitsu Consulting employees 9,000 professionals in 70 offices worldwide, including 12 in Canada. (Fujitsu Consulting operates in Québec as DMR Consulting Inc.) consulting.fujitsu.com.

Source:

Geoffrey King

Fujitsu Consulting

Tel.: 514/985-6341

Geoffrey.king@consulting.fujitsu.com

Pierre-Paul Hainault

MDI

Tel. 450/629-6158

Pierreh@mdibls.qc.ca