Shift4 Offers Free Secure Driver to MICROS Customers


Upgrade to a PCI-PABP Certified Compliant Driver

LAS VEGAS, April 4 - Shift4 Corporation, a leading merchant advocate and provider of enterprise payment solutions, is offering to upgrade MICROS customers with a certified PCI/PABP-compliant driver at no charge through April 30, 2007. The driver requires the use of $$$ ON THE NET®, the industry's most reliable and secure gateway with tokenization technology. For new Shift4 customers there is a nominal one-time set up, installation and training fee.

"We are concerned about security and the compliance issues merchants are facing. The latest card association compliance mandates can be costly. We are offering this cost-effective alternative to help merchants become secure and comply with these mandates," said Randy Carr, Shift4 Vice President of Marketing.

The Shift4 Secure Driver is the ONLY driver that can claim no cardholder information is ever stored in the POS application, database or server. It gives food and beverage and hospitality clients a cost-effective alternative to a complete POS system upgrade and the purchase of related hardware.

"Compared with purchasing a complete POS system upgrade and related hardware, the solution from Shift4 is a fraction of the cost," stated John Mann, Shift4 Vice President of Sales. "For example, when one new client was faced with a proposal to upgrade his POS system for approximately $33,000, he chose to go with Shift4's solution at a cost of $1,400. He told us, 'Shift4 did exactly what MICROS would not,'" Mann added.

This unique driver uses Tokenization technology (invented by Shift4), which replaces the credit card number with a randomly generated unique ID. In the event of loss or a breach, Tokens are of no commercial value. As a result, any such breach may not need to be reported, as no loss of cardholder data would occur.

Tokenization hides cardholder data from the POS application and works on top of any existing security built into the application. This means that if the Shift4 driver is installed on an older non-compliant (legacy) system, the driver makes it secure and brings it into compliance. If the driver is installed on a newer compliant version, the driver will make the solution even more secure by removing cardholder data.

Free secure drivers are available for the following systems:

o 3700 version 3.1, 3.2 and higher
o RES 3000 version 4.0 - 4.1
o 8700 version 2.11 - 2.7
o 9700 2.11 - 2.80*, 3.0 and higher

* Currently undergoing PABP validation

About Shift4 Corporation

Shift4, a leading developer of secure financial transaction processing software and services, provides web-based, real-time enterprise payment solutions for leaders in the hospitality, retail, foodservices, auto rental and e-commerce markets. Through connectivity to most major processors, $$$ ON THE NET provides both high speed and low cost authorizations and settlements for credit, debit, check, private label and gift card transactions. $$$ ON THE NET also includes the ability to access, review and edit transactions prior to settlement, as well as a searchable, 24-month archive of transactions for reporting and charge back defense. For more information, contact John Mann, Vice President of Sales, (702) 597-2480 x3419 or jmann@shift4.com, or visit Shift4 online at www.shift4.com.

Source: Shift4 Corporation

CONTACT: Randy Carr, Director of Marketing of Shift4 Corporation,
+1-702-597-2480, ext. 3433, randy@shift4.com; Bill Graulty, Account
Supervisor, Mintz & Hoke, +1-860-679-9761, billg@mintz-hoke.com, for Shift4 Corporation

Web site: www.shift4.com/

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