WellPoint extends global reach by announcing strategic alliances with ePartners and Deloitte and Touche

CALGARY, Feb. 12 - WellPoint Systems Inc. ("WellPoint" or the
"Company") (TSX-V:WPS) is pleased to announce that the Company has formally
initiated its channel program with the announcement of two new strategic
alliances, one with ePartners Incorporated and the other with Deloitte and
Touche.

Based in Dallas, Texas, ePartners is one of the largest and most
respected Microsoft business management solutions consultancies in the world.
ePartners has been recognized as the Microsoft Business Solutions Global
Partner of the Year twice in the last five years. With twenty offices spanning
the U.S. and the U.K., ePartners represents a fundamental component of
WellPoint's marketing and implementation strategy going forward.

"ePartners has over a decade of experience in providing industry-leading
ERP solutions for the energy industry internationally," says Alan Hopp,
General Manager at ePartners. "Aligning with WellPoint, we will be able to
extend our capabilities and bring the most robust financial solutions to
companies in the energy field."

With a major focus on the energy vertical originating from its office in
Calgary, Alberta, Deloitte and Touche is the leading professional services
vendor in Canada. Additionally, as a member of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu
(120,000 people in 150 countries), Deloitte and Touche provides WellPoint with
access to a significant network of implementation consultants across the
globe, including Europe, Asia Pacific and the Middle East.

"WellPoint's annual growth targets are aggressive enough that we realize
that we need to engage other world class solutions providers if we want to
ensure that the capacity for implementation can keep pace with the demand for
our products," says Tom Mawhinney, President of WellPoint Systems. "As we
continue to focus on becoming the preeminent developer of mission critical
software to the energy industry, we will need alliances with companies like
ePartners and Deloitte who not only have a dedicated focus on this vertical
but also have the resource base that can help us sustain this growth."