Oshawa, Ontario – November 10, 2004 CONPUTE announced today that it has been selected as the winner in the Top VAR of the Year Growth in the 2004 Microsoft Partner Program IMPACT Awards. The second annual IMPACT awards recognize excellence across the large and diverse community of Canadian resellers and solution providers. More than 300 entries were submitted by technology partners from across Canada. The winners were announced at a gala event in Toronto on November 9th, 2004.

"We are pleased to honour CONPUTE as a winner in the 2004 Microsoft Partner Program IMPACT awards. Our technology partners are true leaders in their fields, successfully delivering to customers what they need when they need it," said Lora Gernon, Director of Partner Sales, Microsoft Canada Co. "With our annual IMPACT Awards, we celebrate our top technology partners who have demonstrated innovation and shown true dedication in providing superior support and service to customers."

CONPUTE was chosen as the winner in Top VAR of the Year Growth for highest year over year sales growth.

"We are extremely honoured to receive this award in recognition of our sales achievements and our partnership with Microsoft." said Don Conaby President, CONPUTE.

CONPUTE, along with other partner winners and finalists in each of the award categories, was honoured at a gala event in Toronto on November 9th, 2004.

In 2003, Microsoft Canada replaced all of its previous technology partner awards with a unified program that also recognizes customer service, marketing, and contribution to the community. This year Microsoft Canada added seven new award categories to highlight its new Partner Program competencies, for a total of 32 awards honouring achievements from top partners.

Microsoft Partner Program IMPACT Awards were open to Systems Integrators, Large Account Resellers, Direct Market Resellers, Value Added Resellers, Distributors, Systems Builders, Authorized Education Resellers, Certified Partners for Learning Solutions, Microsoft Certified Partners, Independent Software Vendors, Channel Suppliers, Microsoft Business Solutions (MBS) Partners and Original Equipment Manufacturers.

For a list of all 2004 winners, and more information on the Microsoft for Partner IMPACT Awards, please visit http://www.microsoft.ca/awards.

CONPUTE is a Solution Services Company helping organizations use Information Technology to cut costs, increase revenues and improve customer satisfaction. We partner with organizations that need help expanding or managing their IT resources. CONPUTE delivers the best of both worlds – enterprise proven methods on a scale that medium size organizations can afford. We make business people happy by providing efficient computing platforms and we make technical people happy by providing solutions that are easy to manage. CONPUTE builds solutions that allow our clients to effectively secure, store and access information. We pride ourselves on offering outstanding service, support and advice to our clients.