PSSoftware Solutions™ Ltd. Joins CENSA as a Supplier Member to Develop Next Generation Electronic Recordkeeping Solutions for R&D

-- CENSA creates Electronic Recordkeeping Systems for R&D and other business and technical environments --

Medford, MA, February 2, 1998--PSSoftware Solutions(TM), Ltd., (PSSoftware), a leading, Canada based software development company has joined the Collaborative Electronic Notebook Systems Association, Medford, MA as a Vendor Member. PSSoftware provides corporate records and information holdings management solutions that help manage risk and add value to corporate information in all media.

The Collaborative Electronic Notebook System Association is an international group of companies in the pharmaceutical, chemical, bio-tech, high tech, and related industries working together to solve major automation problems by creating products that change the nature of science and innovation into the 21^st Century.

David Gibbard, President, PSSoftware, said, "Organizations are struggling to manage their electronic records, and CENSA gives us a wonderful opportunity to draw input from users on real-life requirements. Ensuring compliance with audit, regulatory and legal obligations, is a growing concern among organizations looking to manage risk, and be accountable for their information in all forms of media."

Rich Lysakowski, Executive Director, CENSA, said, "We represent over 30,000 R&D scientists and over 500,000 employees working in the pharmaceutical, chemical, biotechnology, healthcare, high technology and related industries where chemistry, government regulations, and patents, are fundamental to product research and development."

"Vendor Members gain many benefits," said Lysakowski, "including gaining priority access to our End User members and their development projects; receiving system and component specifications and other knowledge deliverables; sponsoring specifications for adoption; receiving and responding to CENSA RFPs; and participating in the certification and Quality Branding Program."

PSSoftware specializes in full, life-cycle management of enterprise-wide information through RIMS, a Windows-based, client/server system that provides comprehensive and flexible control of paper, electronic and image-based records. RIMS integration capabilities have grown to include seamless integration with electronic document management systems, imaging systems, workflow packages, report writers, full text systems, correspondence tracking and e-mail packages.

The Collaborative Electronic Notebook Systems Association contracts with software vendors to enhance and construct integration engines, applications, and tools for mission-critical R&D team computing systems with complete collaborative electronic laboratory notebooks. It focuses on chemical based, regulated industries including chemical, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, healthcare, food, beverage, consumer goods, and other industries

CENSA End User Members include Bristol-Myers Squibb, Dow Chemical, Morton International, Procter & Gamble and other Fortune 500 companies dedicated to the development of electronic lab notebooks and other collaborative computing tools.

Organizations interested in becoming CENSA End User or Supplier Members, or want more information, contact the Membership Department, The Collaborative Electronic Notebooks Systems Association, 19 Bowen Avenue, Suite 100, Medford, MA, 02155 U.S.A.

PSSoftware and CENSA are registered trademarks. All other companies and products mentioned are trademarks of their respective companies.

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For more information, please contact:

Dr. Rich Lysakowski, Executive Director
The Collaborative Electronic Notebooks Systems Association, Inc.
19 Bowen Avenue, Suite 100, Medford, MA 02155 U.S.A.
Tel: (781) 395-3004 - Internet:

Michelle Amiro, Marketing and Liz Kofsky, Marketing
PSSoftware Solutions Ltd.
1690 Woodward Drive, Suite 211
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K2C3R8

Tel: (613)226-5660; :(613)226-5447; E-mail:info@pssoft.com; Internet:www.pssoft.com