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Agfa Corporation and Dimension Data Announce Reseller Agreement

Posted on: Monday, 1 December 2003, 06:00 CST

CHICAGO, Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Agfa Corporation and the North American region of Dimension Data Holdings plc today announced a reseller agreement that will make Dimension Data's technology services solutions available through the Agfa HealthCare sales organization in the United States. This agreement is designed to give healthcare providers greater choice when seeking an integrated image and information management solution.

The agreement will enable Agfa to offer a broader range of client strategy development services, in addition to the full range of networking, storage, integration, and imaging solutions that Agfa already offers its Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) users, administrators and organizations. Agfa and Dimension Data will immediately focus on the growth of shared professional services dedicated to Agfa's PACS and the healthcare provider market as a whole. Initial offerings include the HIPAA Security Assessment; PACS-related security, network, and storage services; and associated hardware requirements.

"Every customer has unique needs that call for unique solutions," said Michael Green, global head of Downstream Marketing, Agfa HealthCare. "Agfa is committed to aligning with technology leaders like Dimension Data to provide our customers the greatest solution flexibility available, in the most economical and straight forward way possible."

Today, IT is changing the face of patient care, as well as the way business is done. As the amount of individual patient information continues to grow, so does the pressure to share information to achieve a higher level of productivity and patient care.

"Dimension Data is trusted for its reliable, scalable, and high performance solutions that use integration and connectivity services to enable secure collaboration among healthcare professionals," commented Green. "We are pleased to be able to expand upon our current solutions with this leading technology."

"Agfa is the recognized authority in healthcare imaging. With the combination of expertise of Dimension Data and Agfa, Agfa's customers now have a single point of contact, increasing productivity and efficiency," said Bob Cagnazzi, CEO of Dimension Data North America.

About Agfa

The Agfa-Gevaert Group is one of the world's leading imaging companies. Agfa develops, manufactures and markets analogue and digital systems, intended mainly for the graphics industry, healthcare, non-destructive testing, micrographics, motion picture and photography markets.

Agfa's headquarters are in Mortsel, Belgium. The company is active in 40 countries and has 120 agents throughout the world. Together they achieved a turnover of 4,683 million euros in 2002. Product and company information can be found on Agfa's home page on the World Wide Web at: http://www.agfa.com/.

Dimension Data

Dimension Data Holdings plc (LONDON: DDT) is a leading global technology company. The group provides solutions and services that optimize and manage the performance of IT infrastructures to enable business to build competitive advantage. To achieve this, the group delivers solutions using its proprietary 'Application Network' architectural framework and its expertise in networking, application integration, and managed services.

Dimension Data, founded in 1983, had revenues of $2.1 billion in 2002 and operates in 30+ countries with more than 8,000 employees.

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