FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

SUBJECT:

FairCom and ACI Worldwide Announce Payments Software Distribution Agreement

Contact:

Grant Robbennolt, FairCom Corporation 573.445.6833

Jim Maxwell, ACI Worldwide 402.390.8906

Columbia, MO — January 5, 2005 — FairCom Corporation, a leading provider of high performance database solutions, today announced the completion of an expanded distribution agreement with ACI Worldwide, an international provider of enterprise e-payment solutions. The agreement provides distribution rights for FairCom’s c-treeSQL Server Technology in addition to FairCom’s c-tree® Server database server technology within ACI Worldwide’s BASE24-es™ enterprise payments software. Pricing terms were not disclosed.

BASE24-es uses an open systems architecture to acquire, authenticate, route, switch, and authorize financial transactions across multiple channels. The software provides a full range of functionality to support payment transactions – both traditional debit and credit card transactions as well as the transactions of the future such as mobile commerce and Internet banking. The product supports all leading payment cards and offers standard interfaces to leading devices, switches and host systems. ACI has created a new paradigm – lower costs per transaction without sacrificing key elements such as linear scalability, 7/24 reliability and the highest levels of manageability.

The c-tree Server is a proven database server tuned for performance-sensitive applications such as BASE24-es. With sophisticated caching techniques and comprehensive transaction processing features, the c-tree Server scales from embedded systems through enterprise systems such as BASE24-es without introducing significant overhead on the underlying system resources. “To complement BASE24-es we were looking for database technology that was reliable and efficient, with the lowest possible latency,” said Charles Linberg, chief technology officer at ACI Worldwide. “FairCom’s c-tree was a clear choice. ”

FairCom worked closely with ACI engineers as well as major hardware, operating system, and storage vendors to ensure BASE24-es meets or exceeds the volume requirements of the largest customers. As part of this, FairCom implemented a number of enhancements at ACI’s request to benefit BASE24-es. “FairCom has been very responsive to our needs,” Linberg notes. “Whether it is technical support or enhancement requests, FairCom has delivered what we need to ensure the success of this project. ”

This partnership allowed a mutual exchange of detailed technical expertise, driving more efficient solutions for both ACI customers and FairCom customers. “ACI’s extensive experience and knowledge in transaction-based payment software coupled with the performance-oriented nature of the c-tree Server result in a powerful solution. This project has resulted in enhancements to our technology that will benefit our entire customer base,” explains Randal Hoff, FairCom ’s Director of Business Development.

About FairCom

FairCom Corporation has been providing fast, portable, and reliable database development tools to the professional programmer since 1979. FairCom tools provide the developer with the power and flexibility to quickly and reliably deal with all aspects of storing, retrieving, and updating mission critical data. For further information regarding FairCom or the c-tree Server, visit our Web site at www.faircom.com.

About ACI Worldwide

Every second of every day, consumers are initiating electronic payment transactions—getting cash at ATMs, using debit and credit cards to make purchases in stores and on the Internet, banking by phone and PC, and paying bills online. Over 40 billion times a year, ACI software is used to process these transactions, powering the world’s online payment systems. ACI was founded in 1975 and pioneered the development of applications and networking software for online transaction processing. Today more than 500 customers in 75 countries use ACI supplied software. Visit ACI Worldwide on the Internet at www.aciworldwide.com.

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