eNorthern Goes Live Powered by SunGard BrokerWare.

Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers

MONTREAL--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 8, 2000

SunGard announced today that eNorthern, the online brokerage arm of Northern Securities Inc. (a unit of Digital Gem Corporation) has gone live powered by SunGard BrokerWare(TM) technology. Billed as Canada's first truly investor-friendly, customizable financial services portal, eNorthern offers consumers a wide range of features unique to the Canadian landscape. Using SunGard BrokerWare to power the backbone of its site, eNorthern not only provides users with the latest in financial information and the ability to trade online, but with added features and tools to enhance the online brokerage experience.

"Since we began building the original site, we have adapted several times to new innovations in the marketplace to ensure that the product we are launching is as current and as leading-edge as it can be," said Nadir Desai, chairman and chief executive officer of Digital Gem. "SunGard BrokerWare allowed us to integrate a wide range of content, and it gives us the ability to rapidly upgrade and enhance the services we offer."

SunGard BrokerWare is a complete e-brokerage solution that allows a financial institution to offer its customers full online trading capabilities, as well as access to a wide array of market data and services -- from real-time quotes, news, and advanced charting, to in-depth research and PCS alerts. BrokerWare's technology allows these services to be accessed via the Web, hand-held wireless devices (WAP/HDML), and touch-tone telephones (VRU), either independently or integrated into a complete solution.

With constant research and development into new and emerging technologies, BrokerWare remains at the cutting-edge of technology, and is today considered one of the leading e-brokerage solutions on the market. Backed by over 10 years of continued development, BrokerWare's unique modular architecture provides a fully scaleable system, which can easily be upgraded and expanded to accommodate both new users and new features. This feature provides for scaleable growth in user capacity, as well as the ability to add new delivery methods and new technology quickly, seamlessly, and cost-effectively.

eNorthern.com is the first financial services Web site to be launched by Digital Gem Corporation (TSE:GEM), a Toronto-based financial services company that provides low cost, high quality e-commerce products to individuals and to small and medium- sized Canadian businesses. Digital Gem is being developed on and for the Internet, and will use powerful technology to simplify and streamline investment decisions. Northern Securities Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Digital Gem, is focused on providing high quality services to small market capitalization companies.

BrokerWare is developed and marketed by SunGard eCRM Systems, an operating unit of SunGard (NYSE:SDS), a global leader in integrated IT solutions and eProcessing for financial services. SunGard is also the pioneer and a leading provider of high-availability infrastructure for business continuity. With annual revenues in excess of $1.4 billion, SunGard serves more than 10,000 clients in over 50 countries, including 47 of the world's largest 50 financial services institutions. Visit SunGard at www.sungard.com.