Charon Systems Once Again Recognized as One of Canada's Top Technolog

    Business Editors/Technology Editors

    TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 31, 2005--

    Branham Group Also Names Charon Systems As One Of The "Top 25 Canadian IT Professional Services Companies"

    Charon Systems Inc., (www.charon.com), a Bell Canada company and Canada's leading end-to-end full-service information technology provider, has again been named to the Branham Group Inc.'s "Branham300" list for the 'Top 25 Canadian IT Professional Services Companies' category. This follows quick on the heels of Charon Systems winning the highly prestigious "Citrix Solution Advisor of the Year" award earlier this year. Now it its 12th year, the Branham300 is recognized as the most comprehensive and trusted source of information on the health of the Canadian Information Technology industry including the top 250 Canadian, top 25 multinational, and top 25 Up & Coming IT companies in Canada. Being listed on such a trusted source is a tremendous achievement.
    "Being named to the Branham300 clearly recognizes Charon Systems' position as a technology leader in Canada," said David Fung, president of Charon Systems. "Charon Systems firmly believes that to remain competitive in today's dynamic business market any successful technology provider must build its worth on knowledge, sales, and service excellence, and once again being listed on the Branham300 is further proof that this strategy works."
    Branham's annual listing of Canada's top privately- and publicly-held information technology companies is available in the March/April issue of Backbone Magazine, which is distributed primarily through Globe Distribution Services to The Globe and Mail's subscribers in most major city centres across Canada.
    The prestigious Branham300 listing follows Charon Systems, a Platinum Citrix (Nasdaq:CTXS) Solutions Advisor, winning an unprecedented third "Citrix Solutions Advisor of the Year" award as the Citrix Systems premier technology provider in Canada. The annual award is presented to the top-performing Platinum and Gold Solution Advisors in the United States, Canada, and Latin America. Citrix Systems recognized Charon Systems outstanding sales and support of Citrix application server computing solutions across Canada, and its dedication to meeting Citrix technical certification requirements.
    In addition to Charon Systems recognition as the number one Citrix reseller in Canada, Charon Systems operates four Citrix Authorized Learning Centres (CALCs) in Calgary, Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal and is a six-time winner of Citrix's CALC of the Quarter Award for the Canadian region. As a Platinum Citrix Solution Advisor, Charon Systems provides consultation, installation, integration and support for the Citrix product line, which offers a high-performance, cost-effective way to deploy, access, and manage business-critical applications throughout an enterprise.

    About Charon Systems

    For over a decade, Charon Systems, a Bell Canada company, has been at the forefront of the information revolution, working with clients in all industries to help them leverage the strengths of IT investments, to optimize their business performance and produce value-driven results. As one of Canada's leading end-to-end information technology solution providers, Charon Systems combines technology and business expertise with innovation, real-life experience, value, and flexibility - partnering with clients as a trusted advisor, to deliver strategic, cost-efficient solutions that precisely meet and surpass their business and technology needs. More than 2,000 business and government organizations, both local and national, rely on Charon Systems to innovatively and effectively plan, build, integrate, consolidate, secure, and manage their IT infrastructures, using Charon's time proven best practices. Bell Canada is wholly owned by BCE Inc. (TSX, NYSE:BCE). For more information on Charon Systems, please visit www.charon.com.

    Charon Systems, A Bell Canada company, is a trademark of Charon Systems. Other products mentioned herein may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective owners.

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CONTACT: Charon Systems Inc. by Communication Strategies, Inc. Michael O'Keeffe, 416-760-0100 mokeeffe@communicationstrategiesinc.net

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