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NEWS RELEASE TRANSMITTED BY CCNMatthews

FOR:  QUORUM INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES INC.

TSX VENTURE SYMBOL:  QIS

OCTOBER 27, 2003 - 13:45 ET

Five More GM Dealers Sign Contracts with Quorum for
XSELLERATOR(TM) Dealership Management Software

CALGARY, ALBERTA--Quorum Information Technologies Inc. announced 
today that they have signed contracts with five new General 
Motors dealerships, making a total of ninety automotive dealers 
on, or moving to, the Company's proprietary software. XSELLERATOR 
is the only completely integrated, Windows-based DMS software on 
the market. It automates and streamlines dealerships' sales, 
service, parts and accounting departments. 

"The addition of these dealerships brings us to a total of ninety 
dealerships across Canada," said Maury Marks, President and CEO 
of Quorum. "Most of our sales are coming from direct referrals 
from our existing customers. We have one dealer in Ontario who is 
so excited with the product that he not only calls up other 
dealers to tell them how it's working for his dealership, he 
actually invites them over for product demos, follows up with 
them, and closes the deal for us! That's how passionate many of 
our customers are about XSELLERATOR; they've found something that 
works for them, and they want to spread the news. Our Eastern 
Sales Manager received the following unsolicited note a few weeks 
ago, and I think it sums up what we hear from a lot of our 
dealers." 

"I'm just as excited about XSELLERATOR today as I was two years 
ago when I first heard about it," wrote Dennis Langlois, General 
Manager of Butler Chev Olds in Pembroke, Ontario. "Being on it 
for almost two years has enabled our dealership to grow in the 
fixed operations by almost 40% in customer pay sales. I can't 
imagine this happening without the move to XSELLERATOR. The new 
features coming out soon, as well as implementing features 
already in the system today, is what keeps me so excited about 
this product. It is everything I expected, and more." 

About Quorum: 

Quorum (TSX V:QIS) is a successful information technology company 
that focuses on mid size business. Quorum's Enterprise Solutions 
division develops, markets, implements and supports its own 
software products for specific vertical markets. These products 
include XSELLERATOR (formerly AUTOMATE), a Dealership Management 
System for the automotive market and FasTrack(TM), a Sales and 
Change Order Tracker for the homebuilder market. The Technology 
Solutions division markets, implements and supports a library of 
superior 3rd party technology products and services specifically 
chosen for mid market organizations. As a Microsoft(R) Gold 
Partner, Quorum specializes in providing a full suite of 
Microsoft(R) Business Solutions. 


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Xsellerator (XS)                 Total #      Mkt Share     XS Dealers
Target Market                    Dealers      at Oct/03       10/27/03
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GM/Saturn Western Canada             271         15.86%             43
GM/Saturn Ontario                    289         13.49%             39
GM/Saturn Quebec
 & Atlantic Canada                   233          1.28%              3
Hyundai / Kia Canada                 266          1.87%              5
Current Target Market              1,059          8.49%             90
Total North American Market
 (GM/Saturn & Hyundai/Kia)        13,093          0.68%             90

Xsellerator (XS)              XS Dealers     XS Dealers     % Increase
Target Market                   12/31/02       12/31/01  From 12/31/01
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GM/Saturn Western Canada              31             20           215%
GM/Saturn Ontario                     24              9           433%
GM/Saturn Quebec
 & Atlantic Canada                     2              -              -
Hyundai / Kia Canada                   3              1           500%
Current Target Market                 60             30           300%
Total North American Market
 (GM/Saturn & Hyundai/Kia)            60             30           300%

Quorum Information Technologies Inc.
Suite 100, 2451 Dieppe Avenue S.W., Calgary, Alberta, T3E 7K1

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