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November 06, 2006

LEVEL FOUR PARTNERS WITH GALITT TO DELIVER UNRIVALLED ATM TESTING SOLUTIONS TO FRENCH BANKS

Collaboration will support development of open standards compliant ATM networks across France

PARIS, 6 November 2006 – Level Four Software, the leading supplier of open standards-based ATM testing and development software, today announced a partnership with GALITT, the number one provider of EFT testing software and consultancy services to the French banking sector. Unveiled at the CARTES 2006 exhibition, the alliance enables GALITT and Level Four to jointly target banks in France with Level Four’s flagship ATM TrueTest product to deliver a comprehensive solution for testing open standards-based ATM networks.

GALITT’s KaNest® host testing product is used by almost every bank in France to test the messaging protocol used between acquiring devices and transaction processing systems. Additionally, GALITT’s KaNest®-ICC EMV Test Suites are used by major EMVCo accredited labs for compliance testing of EMV devices. With the French market now following the global trend and migrating to Windows based ATM software platforms, the need is emerging for a testing platform which is capable of automating regression testing of these next generation ATM applications which support the open XFS standard.

Recognising Level Four’s global leadership in XFS-compliant ATM testing solutions and GALITT’s dominance of the French test tool market, the two companies are now collaborating to offer the ATM TrueTest product to GALITT’s extensive French customer base, and provide ongoing local support and consultancy through GALITT’s office in Paris.

Level Four’s ATM TrueTest provides an independent and flexible desktop-based testing environment for any Windows-based open standards (XFS) compatible ATM application. It supports comprehensive automation for end-to-end development and regression testing of ATM software in conjunction with a central host system and includes full EMV support.

Commenting on the partnership, Gérard Tchakgarian, President of GALITT said: “Our leadership within the French market, combined with the strengths of Level Four as the ATM testing leader, will bring to French banks an unrivalled solution to move forward with ATM technology and leverage the advantages of the XFS open standard. Our consultants, who are masters of the French payment systems, are now being trained to use the highly sophisticated ATM TrueTest tool so we can offer a dedicated service to our customers.”

Nigel Walsh, CEO at Level Four said, “With banks across France looking to provide a more personalised ATM experience for their customers, they need the ability to automate application testing and roll out updates regularly and cost effectively. The move to open standards has created many challenges that ATM owners have not anticipated. The Windows application platform, for example, requires a thorough retest of the entire ATM network in conjunction with the central host each time an upgrade occurs as many new fault scenarios are introduced. Our ATM TrueTest product can also compliment GALITT’s KaNest® host simulator and KaNest®-ICC smart card simulator to deliver end-to-end functionality to the French market.”

Effective from 6th November 2006, the partnership enables Level Four and GALITT to jointly approach GALITT customers with its ATM TrueTest product. GALITT will provide local implementation services, and ongoing consultancy and support services.

About GALITT

KaSYS has merged with COGESYS and CARD.dev to create GALITT, thus gathering more than 20 years of experience in mastering e-transactions. Company skills include consulting (design, specifications, technical expertise, organization), professional and testing services related to card and payment technologies, training, system engineering (programming, maintenance, acceptance), test tools (KaNest®, KaNest®-ICC, VISUCARD®) and value-added software (VISUBANK®, private labels, …).
With its high level of expertise in card systems and secure electronic transactions, GALITT is the recognized leader in France in all its business’s, and the worldwide leader in providing test tools. The formation of GALITT is leveraging internal synergies bringing to the industry integrated added-value services.

Visit GALITT on the web at http://www.galitt.com/

About CARTES 2006

CARTES is the leading exhibition and congress event in smart card and identification technologies. Now in its 21st year, it is being held at Paris-Nord Villepinte Exhibition Centre from 7-9 November. CARTES enables smart card and identification professionals to present their innovations to some 18,000 expected visitors.

For more information visit http://www.cartes.com/en/2006/

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