Sirius wins Microsoft Award

Sirius Financial Solutions PLC
09 May 2006

Sirius Financial Solutions PLC

Sirius lands top IT awards from Microsoft for hosting service & product
excellence

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 IT
provider to achieve the Microsoft Gold accreditation for both its products &
service delivery.

Gold Certification is granted for exceptional customer service & product
performance, & measures market expertise & competency in demonstrating the
ability 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 to
brokers, insurers & financial advisers.

In just over a year since launching its managed service (MSP), Sirius now hosts
in excess of 100 broker & financial adviser systems at their award-winning
hosting centre in Birmingham.

"Sirius is a credible provider able to offer contemporary Microsoft based hosted
solutions that are scalable & proven to deliver tangible benefits to brokers,
insurers & financial advisers alike.  For that reason, Sirius is a partner of
choice within the Microsoft Insurance Value Chain" said Guy Dickenson, Insurance
Value 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-leading
provider of insurance software solutions.

Sirius's end-to-end, internet-based solutions significantly improve business
control, productivity & efficiency.

And with over 17,500 users in over 50 countries, Sirius is the solution of
choice for insurance professionals worldwide.

www.siriusfs.com

The  Microsoft Partner Programme offers a single, integrated partnering
framework  which assesses the total impact that Microsoft enabled IT solutions
have in a given marketplace, ensuring that it delivers value to help businesses
succeed

For more information about Microsoft certification link to 
http://www.microsoft.com/uk/partner/competencies/default.aspx


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