Montreal, QC. May 1, 2012 – Alphinat Inc. (TSX-VN : NPA), provider of Software for the Smart Enterprise™, today announced that it has entered into an original equipment manufacturing (OEM) agreement with CSDC Systems Inc., a leading provider of business process automation solutions for government agencies.

CSDC will incorporate Alphinat SmartGuide® into their AMANDA platform giving government and corporate customers the ability to quickly deploy online services that allow clients, businesses and citizens to safely and securely apply for, submit, track, manage, and pay for applications online.

SmartGuide is the first rapid application development platform to allow business users to manage the entire content and logic of an application through visual, drag-and-drop tools. In addition, its “Build once, deploy anywhere” (TM) functionality allows building an application once and ensuring its optimal display on every device used to access it, whether it’s a PC, a tablet, a smartphone or a kiosk.

“Our government and corporate customers are looking for ways to keep up with the ever-growing demands of constituents in terms of online service delivery”, said Eric David, Executive Vice President – Strategy of CSDC. “Alphinat SmartGuide provides us with a proven platform to rapidly deliver AMANDA Public Portal services to multiple devices without requiring changes to the business or data tiers of the application”.

“We are very pleased to partner with CSDC Systems and look forward to a long, successful relationship” said Philippe Lecoq, President and CEO of Alphinat. “This agreement underlines our commitment to providing our OEM partners with the ability to rapidly build, test and maintain enterprise-grade applications that can be deployed across multiple devices and platforms.”

About CSDC

Since 1989, CSDC has provided integrated, powerful and flexible software to automate the business processes of government agencies at all levels. CSDC’s core technology, AMANDA, serves as a Business Performance platform, designed to improve operational efficiency and deliver citizen-centric services. AMANDA is an enterprise solution that enables a wide range of  services, including Permitting, Planning, Mobile Inspections, Licensing, Code Compliance, Fire Prevention, Public Works, Environmental Health and Safety, Courts and Justice, Enterprise Grants Management, FOI and Public Access.

About Alphinat

At Alphinat, we are driven by the passion to make secure low-code/no-code application and portal development a reality and easier for everyone. We enable the people with the vision and process knowledge to create great finished applications that IT can more easily deploy in their secure environments. With SmartGuide we provide an easy to use low-code tool and derivative solutions such as SmartGuide for “Dynamics 365 targeted for G&Cs that meet the client’s most critical needs empowering all lines of business to leverage their own process knowledge and expertise to self-serve.

SmartGuide brings you new ways to empower the right people with tools for success at the right time in the application development process. At the same time, we are constantly working to reduce the need to code in order to make application development and maintenance simpler.

So whether you choose to develop your applications with the help of our low-code platform SmartGuide®, kickstart your project using one of our pre-built or derivative apps or engage us or one of our partners to do the work for you, we’re here to help you deploy secure applications in record time.

Alphinat provides a safe and secure workplace and remains an equal opportunity employer promoting our passion for productivity. With that mantra we have issued ourselves a challenge to find and promote the best minds and freely share ideas.

Forward-looking statements

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