Pacific Blue Cross Selects iWay Software to Implement an eBusiness Architecture; iWay SOA Middleware Will Be Used to Provide a Secure eBusiness Gateway for Pacific Blue Cross Service Providers and Partners

NEW YORK- September 18, 2006 - iWay Software, an Information Builders company and innovator of enterprise integration solutions, announced today that Pacific Blue Cross (PBC), British Columbia's largest provider of extended health and dental benefits, has chosen iWay SOA Middleware as the standard for its eBusiness architecture. PBC chose iWay SOA Middleware because of its ability to quickly implement an agile and comprehensive solution, with very little coding, allowing PBC to react quickly to business changes and requirements and reuse the architecture for future projects.

"As one of the province's largest and most respected healthcare solutions providers, PBC is committed to ensuring that we deliver accessible, timely and cost-effective health, dental and life benefits to our clients," said Martin Walker, Director of Technology Infrastructure at Pacific Blue Cross. "Implementing innovative technology solutions like iWay helps us deliver on this commitment. We look forward to using the iWay software to provide fully integrated services for all of our e-business needs."

"Privacy standards, electronic medical records, and emerging medical technologies are just a few of the factors contributing to rapid changes in the structure and delivery of information in the healthcare industry," said John Senor, president of iWay Software. "Companies like Pacific Blue Cross are staying ahead of these challenges by implementing SOA technologies to help them better serve their constituents and deliver answers to subscribers when they need them."

About Pacific Blue Cross

Pacific Blue Cross (PBC) is British Columbia's leading provider of extended health and dental benefits, a position proudly held for more than 65 years. PBC is a leader in British Columbia through its comprehensive knowledge of unique regional health benefit needs, thorough understanding of the health care system and innovative response to the changing health care needs of Canadians. As the province's largest benefits provider, PBC processes more than 15 million claims annually. The health benefits of PBC's nearly two million members and their dependents are provided through more than 8,000 employee group plans for businesses, governments, unions and associations, and through individual plans.

About iWay Software

Way Software, an Information Builders company and an innovator of enterprise integration solutions, accelerates business integration by providing tools to build a service-oriented architecture (SOA). Clients achieve short-term ROI by using iWay to reduce custom programming and to solve problems quickly, while incrementally creating an architecture that supports long-term projects. The biggest names in software, including BEA and Microsoft, use iWay adapters to simplify access to ERP and CRM systems, messaging, legacy systems, e-business protocols like AS2 and ebXML, and more. For more information, visit www.iwaysoftware.com.

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