SIR.L Regulatory News (SIR)

9 May 2006 15:54

Sirius Financial Solutions PLC09 May 2006 Sirius Financial Solutions PLC Sirius lands top IT awards from Microsoft for hosting service & productexcellence Summary • Microsoft awards Sirius 21 hosting service top honours with Gold accreditation • Sirius receives Microsoft's top awards for software development, advanced infrastructure & hosting service • Sirius joins an elite number of software providers worldwide to hold Gold certification from Microsoft • Accreditation underlines Sirius's commitment to providing best practice solutions & services to the insurance industry Sirius 21 has been awarded the highest accolade for its software development,advanced infrastructure & hosting service - & becomes the first insurance ITprovider to achieve the Microsoft Gold accreditation for both its products &service delivery. Gold Certification is granted for exceptional customer service & productperformance, & measures market expertise & competency in demonstrating theability to deliver comprehensive outsourcing services together with proven &scalable solutions to a large number of referenceable customers. Sirius joins an elite number of IT providers worldwide to hold such awards &underlines Sirius's commitment to providing product & service excellence tobrokers, insurers & financial advisers. In just over a year since launching its managed service (MSP), Sirius now hostsin excess of 100 broker & financial adviser systems at their award-winninghosting centre in Birmingham. "Sirius is a credible provider able to offer contemporary Microsoft based hostedsolutions that are scalable & proven to deliver tangible benefits to brokers,insurers & financial advisers alike. For that reason, Sirius is a partner ofchoice within the Microsoft Insurance Value Chain" said Guy Dickenson, InsuranceValue Chain Director. Birmingham - 9 May 2006 Editorial contact Sirius Financial Systems plc 0121 779 8400 Neil Atkins Notes to editors: Sirius celebrates two decades of profitable growth as the market-leadingprovider of insurance software solutions. Sirius's end-to-end, internet-based solutions significantly improve businesscontrol, productivity & efficiency. And with over 17,500 users in over 50 countries, Sirius is the solution ofchoice for insurance professionals worldwide. www.siriusfs.com The Microsoft Partner Programme offers a single, integrated partneringframework which assesses the total impact that Microsoft enabled IT solutionshave in a given marketplace, ensuring that it delivers value to help businessessucceed For more information about Microsoft certification link to http://www.microsoft.com/uk/partner/competencies/default.aspx This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange