EANS-News: CompuGROUP Holding AG / CompuGROUP announces plans to market a gematik-compatible connector for family-doctor-based medical care and the online phase of the German electronic health card.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Corporate news transmitted by euro adhoc. The issuer/originator is solely
responsible for the content of this announcement.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Koblenz (euro adhoc) - Following a rigorous commercial and technical analysis of
suppliers in the connector market (data security, handling and features in
practice), CompuGROUP and KoCo Connector have formed a close alliance devoted to
connector marketing and development.

CompuGROUP is convinced that the KoCo Box developed by KoCo Connector is
technically superior in terms of system architecture, overall concept and
individual components. By ensuring that data can be exchanged with optimum
security, the unit will clear the way for physicians to treat patients with
confidence even before a gematik-compatible telematics infrastructure is fully
implemented.

The connector is the key component in the system that connects all participants
in the healthcare system. Moreover, the KoCo Box offers the distinct advantage
of cost-effective production, and will thus offer healthcare providers an
excellent price-performance ratio.

During the first phase, the KoCo Box will be offered to family doctors in Baden-
Württemberg for use as a connector. By the end of 2009, the KoCo Box will be
available in a version which fully complies with gematik specifications for the
online phase of the German electronic health card implementation. Certification
is expected by March 2010 at the latest.

"We are convinced that we have found the leading product in the KoCo connector
and are very pleased to be able to offer the unit to our customers, thereby
enabling them to establishing a trouble-free, high performance connection to
the telematics infrastructure. We also intend to offer physicians added-value
online applications that will help improve the quality of medical treatment
while reducing costs in the healthcare sector at the same time. The connector
will play a key role in enhancing efficiency in the healthcare system",
explains Frank Gotthardt, Chief Executive Officer of CompuGROUP Holding AG.

Norbert Kollack, founder and CEO of KoCo Connector AG, also emphasizes the
tremendous importance of the alliance: "We are extremely pleased that
CompuGROUP has expressed its confidence in us and now plans to offer our
connector to its customers, who represent more than 45% of all healthcare
providers in Germany. Equally important to us is the fact that CompuGROUP is
the leading provider of solutions in many different fields of medical care,
which means that the process of connecting all healthcare providers can
progress even more rapidly and efficiently."

About CompuGROUP Holding AG
CompuGROUP Holding AG is one of the leading e-health companies in the world.
Its software products designed to support medical and organizational activities
in physicians' surgeries and hospitals, its information services for all
parties involved in the health sector and its Web-based personal medical files
contribute to the development of a more reliable and efficient health service
system. The basis for the services offered by CompuGROUP is an unparalleled
customer base comprising some 326,000 physicians, dentists, hospitals and
networks, as well as other service providers. CompuGROUP is the e-health
company with the widest global reach among service providers. The firm operates
in 14 European countries, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa and the U.S. and
currently employs roughly 2,700 people.

About KoCo Connector AG
KoCo Connector AG was founded by Norbert Kollack and Dr. Albert Coenen in August
2007. In its core business field, the firm has developed a specification-
compliant serial connector - one of the most important components of the
telematics infrastructure for the German electronic health card.

Point of contact for editorial offices:

CompuGROUP Holding AG
Frank Fuchs
Vice President Regional Organisation
Telephone:+49 (261) 80 00 1279
Telefax: +49 (261) 80 00 3279
E-mail: presse-de@compugroup.com

KoCo Connector AG
Norbert Kollack
CEO
Telephone:+49 (30) 27 890 381
Telefax: +49 (30) 27 890 394
E-mail: norbert.kollack@kococonnector.com

Further inquiry note:
Barbara Zörner
Tel.: 0261-8000 1293
E-Mail: bzo@compugroup.com

end of announcement euro adhoc
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

emitter: CompuGROUP Holding AG
Maria Trost 21
D-56070 Koblenz
phone: +49 (0)261 80 00-0
FAX: +49 (261) 8000 1166
mail: holding@compugroup.com
WWW: http://www.compugroup.com
sector: Software
ISIN: DE0005437305
indexes:
stockmarkets: regulated dealing/prime standard: Frankfurt, free trade: Berlin,
Hamburg, Stuttgart, Düsseldorf, München
language: English

OTS-ORIGINALTEXT PRESSEAUSSENDUNG UNTER AUSSCHLIESSLICHER INHALTLICHER VERANTWORTUNG DES AUSSENDERS - WWW.OTS.AT | CNE

print