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November 11, 2002

ALARIC SYSTEMS SELECT LEVEL FOUR FOR ATM DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING

Alaric Systems licenses Level Four's ATM Channel Development Suite
to automate testing and enhance internal product development

London, 11 November, 2002 - Level Four Software, a leading provider of ATM test and development software today announced that UK-based Alaric Systems has licensed its ATM Channel Development Suite to accelerate in-house product development.

Level Four's software enables Alaric to view and test ATM downloads directly from a PC as if using a real ATM. It connects as a virtual ATM to Alaric's Authentic switching system, enabling it to test typical transaction scenarios in an automated environment. Full pre-release testing is automated, which rapidly increases speed to market of new product development. As processes are automated and manual testing is eliminated, efficiency is significantly improved and the risk associated with human error is dramatically reduced.

Tony Spencer, Product Development Director at Alaric comments, "We evaluated several market players when selecting a testing solution. We chose Level Four because it offered the most powerful and comprehensive solution, which is future-proofed to accommodate new developments in the ATM marketplace."

With Level Four, Alaric is now able to develop, test and release new editions of its ATM management software without needing multiple real ATMs at its premises. New enhancements can now undergo rigorous regression testing in an automated environment. Manageability is much more straightforward providing a high degree of assurance in new software prior to customer implementation. By using the software internally, Alaric's customers can also expedite acceptance testing of new software releases.

Martin Macmillan, CEO, Level Four comments, "We are extremely pleased to have Alaric as a customer and to support its future growth in Europe. Alaric has a very exciting technology which can scale to meet the demand of any size financial institution and compliments our software well."

Level Four's ATM Channel Development Suite is a comprehensive toolkit that allows financial institutions to develop, test and rapidly deploy new content and applications within their ATM delivery channels. The ATM Channel Development Suite also enables financial institutions to offer relevant, personalised and interactive functionality to customers through their existing ATM networks.

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About Alaric

Headquartered In London, Alaric is a leading supplier of advanced technology solutions for the card payments industry. Alaric offers solutions for EFT payments authorisation, card fraud detection and payments integration. Its customers include Bradford and Bingley Group, Coventry Building Society, Yorkshire Building Society and Cornèr Banca in Switzerland. Visit Alaric on the Internet at www.alaricinternational.com



About Level Four
Level Four’s development and testing products have been built to address the needs of ATM deployers seeking to maximize their investment in the ATM channel.

BRIDGE:test is targeted at banks and ATM deployers who are running, or seeking to run, a modern ATM network based on the industry-wide CEN/XFS open standard.  BRIDGE:test provides an enterprise regression test platform to test CEN/XFS based applications in a controlled environment. Customers gain benefits of the breadth of testing and improved quality assurance as well as reduced time to market due to increased testing efficiencies.

ATM Developer is targeted at banks and ATM deployers who are running states & screens protocol controlled applications such as those based on NDC or 912. ATM Developer provide a graphical environment in which customers can maintain the configuration file from creation to validation.

Since 1995, Level Four has built an impressive global customer base of banks and payments processors including, Royal Bank of Scotland, Lloyds TSB, Bank of America, CIBC, VocaLink and Standard Bank of South Africa. Headquartered in Dunfermline, Scotland, Level Four has offices in Dubai and Charlotte, NC, USA. http://www.levelfour.com  

Level Four’s online ATM industry resource: www.atmindustryinfo.com 

For more information, please contact:
Nicola Koronka
Hotwire
+44 (0) 20 7608 4673
levelfour 'at' hotwirepr.com





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