Ivation Appoints Forvus as a Solutions Partner in the UK

Forvus, an IT solutions company, partners with Ivation to add Beyond 20/20 tabulation and dissemination expertise to their statistical data management consulting services.

Ottawa, Canada – May 04, 1999 – Ivation Datasystems Inc. announced today that Forvus has been appointed a solutions partner and Beyond 20/20, the market-leading data tabulation, publishing, and dissemination software, becomes a value-added tool to the host of analytical products Forvus uses and resells in its statistical data management consulting services. Forvus is Ivation's first solutions partner in the UK

Upi Patel, Managing Director of Forvus, says: "We are pleased to have been appointed an Ivation solutions partner and are very excited at the prospect of marketing Beyond 20/20 in the UK. We consider the benefits of Beyond 20/20 for the dissemination of statistical information to be immense."

"With their exceptional reputation and expertise in the UK government, Forvus provides Ivation with a more direct and continuous presence in the UK market," says Jean Carr, Ivation's Vice President of Marketing and Sales. "I also think this is good news for users and prospective users in the UK, as it provides them with a new local support and service option. Forvus is highly knowledgeable and experienced in numerical processing issues generally and in statistical issues specifically."

About Forvus

Based in London, England, Forvus provides statistical data management services and is the UK distributor of the QSTAT tabulation software. For over 10 years, Forvus has offered a unique blend of skills specifically aimed at all areas of data management and analysis. One of Forvus' principal areas of expertise is in the design and development of database management systems, whether one-off projects or long-term work. Forvus has considerable experience with a wide range of database systems, tools, and structures including Oracle, Ingres, Access, Case tools, SSADM and Prompt, SAS, and SPSS. For more information, visit the Forvus Web site.

About Beyond 20/20 Inc.

Used worldwide by organizations and individuals who must find the knowledge held in data, Beyond 20/20 is emerging as the world's leading software product for disseminating and exploring numerical data. Beyond 20/20, with its unique characteristics, ease-of-use, and superior performance in publishing, examining, visualizing, and manipulating socioeconomic statistics, provides measurable productivity improvements to both data publishers and data consumers. Through both its product and service divisions, Beyond 20/20 Inc. actively works with its customers to implement and support data access and dissemination solutions and technologies.