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Emergis' electronic mortgage processing solution now available through BC OnLine

Montréal, November 6, 2007 — Emergis Inc. (TSX: EME) today announced that it has entered into a two-year renewable agreement with the Province of British Columbia and MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) whereby Emergis' Assyst Real Estate electronic mortgage processing solution was recently made available to the approximately 2,000 real estate lawyers and notaries who are registered customers of BC OnLine at www.bconline.gov.bc.ca. BC OnLine, which is operated by MDA, is the province's e-service delivery channel, used by the BC real estate legal community throughout the mortgage process to obtain information on properties and register real estate titles.

"Our agreement with the Province and MDA represents another significant milestone in the national roll out of Assyst Real Estate as we introduce our electronic real estate solution in British Columbia," said Keith Nugara, Senior Vice-President, Financial Services Market at Emergis. "Our successful breakthrough in the BC legal market is a clear demonstration of our ability to adapt our solution to each province's specific legal environment and accelerate the adoption of new technologies in the legal community." 

"We are confident that Emergis' Assyst Real Estate solution will help us deliver on our commitment to offer value-added online services in partnership with the Province. The solution will bring real benefits to BC's legal professionals," said Allan Crawshaw, general manager responsible for running BC OnLine operations.

The BC OnLine e-service delivery channel offers easy access to a wide range of British Columbia provincial and municipal government information on a variety of subjects, including land and real estate property. BC's notaries and real estate lawyers use BC OnLine to perform a variety of preliminary searches and register mortgage documents and deeds. Lawyers and notaries can access the Emergis Assyst Real Estate solution directly through BC OnLine, thus accelerating its adoption by the BC legal community.

The Emergis Assyst Real Estate solution is a bilingual, web-based application that links legal professionals and lenders electronically to facilitate instructing, registering, reporting and completing of mortgage loans. Assyst Real Estate speeds up the processing of mortgage transactions, reduces paperwork, cuts costs and lowers the risk of clerical error. As part of the national roll out of Assyst Real Estate in partnership with a major Canadian bank, Emergis also recently began offering the solution to lawyers in Ontario. The Company plans to make it available in the Western provinces by the end of 2007 and in the Atlantic provinces during 2008. In order to accelerate market adoption, Emergis has signed integration agreements with suppliers of real estate software to the legal community, such as Do Process Software in Ontario as well as OneMove Technologies and Pro Suite in British Columbia. It also recently concluded a five-year preferred vendor agreement in BC with The Society of Notaries Public of British Columbia. In addition, Emergis also concluded an exclusive five-year, Canada-wide preferred vendor agreement with the Canadian Bar Association to further promote the adoption of Assyst Real Estate among its 35,000 members across the country. 

For more information about Assyst Real Estate, visit www.emergis.com/RealEstate.

About Emergis
Emergis is an IT leader in Canada that focuses on the health and financial services sectors. It develops and manages solutions that automate transactions and the secure exchange of information to increase the process efficiency and quality of service of its customers. Emergis has expertise in electronic health-related claims processing, health record systems, pharmacy management solutions, cash management and loan document processing and registration. In Canada, Emergis delivers solutions to major insurance companies, top financial institutions, government agencies, hospitals, large corporations, real estate lawyers and notaries and 3,100 pharmacies. Its electronic health record solutions are also delivered in the U.S. and Australia. The Company's shares (TSX: EME) are included in the S&P/TSX Composite Index.

Certain information in this news release is forward-looking within the meaning of certain securi¬ties laws and is subject to important risks, uncertainties and assumptions. The results or events predicted in such forward-looking information may differ materially from actual results or events. The words “may”, “could”, “should”, “would” and similar words and expressions are used to identify forward-looking information. Material factors which could cause actual results or events to differ materially include, among others: general economic factors, adverse industry events, the adoption rate of the Company’s solutions, its ability to deliver development and implementation projects in a timely manner, the non-renewal of major contracts which expire in the near term, complexities and timing of signing large customer contracts, exposure under contract indemnities, defects in software or failures in the processing of transactions and security and privacy breaches. In making the forward-looking information contained in this news release, the Company has assumed that these and other material factors will not result in such forward-looking information differing materially from actual results or events, and has assumed the renewal and signing of certain customer contracts and the realization of certain projects. It has not assumed any significant acquisitions, dispositions or one-time items. When relying on the Company’s forward-looking information to make decisions, investors and others should carefully consider the foregoing factors and other uncertainties and potential events. For additional information with respect to certain of these and other factors, refer to the risks and uncertainties section of the Company’s 2006 MD&A and to its 2006 Annual Information Form (risks and uncertainties) filed with Canadian securities regulators and available at sedar.com.

THE FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS NEWS RELEASE REPRESENTS THE EXPECTATIONS OF EMERGIS AS OF NOVEMBER 6, 2007 AND, ACCORDINGLY, IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE AFTER SUCH DATE. HOWEVER, EMERGIS EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY INTENTION OR OBLIGATION TO UPDATE OR REVISE ANY FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION, WHETHER AS A RESULT OF NEW INFORMATION, FUTURE EVENTS OR OTHERWISE, EXCEPT AS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW.

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