Released on: September 17, 2008, 3:21 am

Press Release Author: Brand Comm

Industry: Computers

Press Release Summary: Perot Systems Corporation (NYSE: PER)
(http://www.perotsystems.com/) today announced that it has been awarded an extended
contract with athenahealth, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATHN), a leading provider of
internet-based business services for physician practices. The new five-year
agreement further strengthens and extends the seven year relationship between the
two companies. The agreement calls for Perot Systems to provide business process
services relating to revenue cycle and clinical data capture services.


Press Release Body: Bangalore, India, Sept. 17 -- Perot Systems Corporation (NYSE:
PER) (http://www.perotsystems.com/) today announced that it has been awarded an
extended contract with athenahealth, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATHN), a leading provider of
internet-based business services for physician practices. The new five-year
agreement further strengthens and extends the seven year relationship between the
two companies. The agreement calls for Perot Systems to provide business process
services relating to revenue cycle and clinical data capture services.



"Our relationship with Perot Systems has allowed us to focus on what we do best,
providing innovative services to our medical group clients that increase operational
and clinical outcomes," stated athenahealth Executive Vice President and COO, James
MacDonald. "We look forward to continuing to provide our clients with a diverse
range of services with the help of Perot Systems while also expanding athenahealth's
operational leverage."



Perot Systems' seven year relationship has helped athenahealth deliver high quality
and cost effective services to their customers that have produced higher customer
satisfaction and financial results. The extension also strengthens Perot Systems'
position as a global leader in revenue cycle services, specifically in the business
process solutions and the IT services space.



"The extension with athenahealth confirms their level of trust with Perot Systems,"
stated Anurag Jain, President of Perot Systems' insurance & business process
solutions and applications solutions groups. "We take great pride in our
relationship with athenahealth. Our goal is to continue to use our expertise and
global delivery model to provide athenahealth with flexibility and focus that helps
strengthen their leadership position. We look forward to growing with athenahealth
in the coming years. "



Perot Systems is a market leader in delivering revenue cycle business process
services. Our portfolio for our healthcare revenue cycle management customers
includes global delivery of business process, applications and infrastructure
solutions.



About athenahealth

athenahealth is the leading provider of internet-based business services for
physician practices. The Company's service offerings are based on proprietary
internet-based practice management and electronic medical record (EMR) software, a
continuously updated payer knowledge-base and integrated back-office service
operations. For more information, visit http://www.athenahealth.com/ or call (888)
652-8200.

About Perot Systems

Perot Systems is a worldwide provider of information technology services and
business solutions. Through its flexible and collaborative approach, Perot Systems
integrates expertise from across the company to deliver custom solutions that enable
clients to accelerate growth, streamline operations and create new levels of
customer value. Headquartered in Plano, Texas, Perot Systems reported 2007 revenue
of $2.6 billion. The company has more than 23,000 associates located in the
Americas, Europe, Middle East and Asia Pacific. Additional information on Perot
Systems is available at http://www.perotsystems.com/

This press release contains forward-looking statements that are subject to known and
unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially
from those expressed or implied by such statements. For factors that could affect
our business and cause actual results to differ materially, please refer to our
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007, as filed
with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and available at
http://www.sec.gov/, as updated in our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q filed after
such Form 10-K, for additional information regarding risk factors. We disclaim any
intention or obligation to revise any forward-looking statements whether as a result
of new information, future developments, or otherwise.



Media Contacts:

Perot Systems

Manish Jain
+91 9841038446
Manish.Jain@ps.net



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Phone: +91 98455 77633/ 9980672296
Email: ritika@brand-comm.com / syed@brand-comm.com



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