Launch of a Software Solution Aiming the Environment and ISO 14000 Standard Market.

Quebec City, April 24, 1999 - Amadeus Inc., the leader in the development and marketing of software solutions that help improve business performance, launches today a software solution enabling to implement and manage environmental managment systems.

This new version was developed with Hydro-Quebec's help. In fact, following the study of seven candidacies, Amadeus' team and its solutions were selected to answer to the specific needs of this multi-site organization. This solution makes easier the environmental aspects of an organization in order to determine if they are significant or non-significant. Moreover, for significant aspects, environmental management programs can de developed. Objectives, targets and tasks are then defined, followed-up and managed with the help of this new solution.

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About Amadeus

Amadeus is a pioneer and leader in compliance process control solutions. Its flagship product, eQCM^®, is a flexible, Web-based integrated suite of applications that allow organizations to map regulated business processes such as CAPA, non-conformances, customer complaints, audits, and other related quality and business processes. The application suite is coupled with powerful business intelligence capabilities, enterprise content management, and related technologies that help organizations achieve sustained compliance. Amadeus's global headquarters are located in Quebec City. Amadeus solutions are distributed across four continents.


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Amadeus Inc.
400 Jean-Lesage Boulevard, Suite 500
Quebec City , QC , G1K 8W1 , Canada

Isabelle Rivoal
Communications Manager
Phone: (418) 525-0606 ext. 2231