Press Release

Level Four ATM survey reveals "New Services" and "Intergration" are the top priorities for the ATM channel

21 February 2011 – Level Four today announces the release of its next generation industry-leading automated ATM software testing solutions. The updates to Level Four’s BRIDGE:test, Regression Test Manager (RTM) and ATM Developer products enable banks to create and run a greater number of tests more rapidly, therefore maintaining higher levels of ATM uptime for consumers while reducing the time and cost invested for banks.Ian Kerr, CEO of Level Four, says, “Many banks’ ATM test strategies fail to adequately cover all the required scenarios, leaving them vulnerable to costly and unnecessary network downtime. We continually invest into R&D each year to ensure that our test automation solutions retain an industry leading position. This latest product offering is testament to our commitment to deliver the best software and services to our customers, enabling them to focus time and resource on revenue-generating ATM activities.”The new versions of Level Four’s products, v2.11, include several changes to the hardware device modelling layer, a refreshed user interface and some significant changes to Regression Test Manager. To support this investment, Level Four is also expanding its product team with a number of recent hires.The updates are all aimed at supporting automation best practices and making test case creation and long term maintenance easier. For example, baseline test data and test rules are no longer tied together. Using v2.11, financial institutions can create rules that are completely stand-alone. This change means that fewer rule sets need to be created and if changes are made there is no need to re-execute every test, saving customers’ valuable time. Colin Fraser, Product Development Manager at Level Four, says, “The key points in creating a good test automation system are similar to common software engineering principles. We have increased the ability to share scripts and rules between multiple test cases. This means that when the application inevitably changes, the automated tests can be updated with a minimum of effort. We have also made more provisions for scalability to keep pace with our customers’ needs and ensure that test cases are more focused for optimum speed and accuracy.”  ends About Level FourLevel Four’s development and testing products have been built to address the needs of ATM deployers seeking to maximise 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.  Since 1995, Level Four has built an impressive global customer base of banks and payments processors including, Barclays Bank, Royal Bank of Scotland, Lloyds TSB, Bank of America, CIBC, VocaLink and Standard Bank of South Africa. Headquartered in Dunfermline, Level Four has offices in Dubai and Charlotte, NC. www.levelfour.com    Level Four’s online ATM industry resource: www.atmindustryinfo.com  For more information, please contact:Nicola KoronkaHotwire+44 (0) 20 7608 4673levelfour@hotwirepr.comAbout Level FourLevel 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 KoronkaHotwire+44 (0) 20 7608 4673levelfour 'at' hotwirepr.com

February 20, 2011