BROOKFIELD, Wis., Jun 17, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ:FISV), a leading provider of information technology services to the financial and insurance industries, announced today it has won the 2008 Microsoft Partner of the Year Global Independent Software Vendors (ISV) Line of Business Special Recognition award. The company was chosen from an international field of top Microsoft partners as delivering market-leading customer solutions built on Microsoft technology.

"We are honored to have been chosen by Microsoft as the first financial services partner to receive this global award," said Jeffery Yabuki, Fiserv President and Chief Executive Officer. "It is our mission to deliver differentiated technology solutions which help our clients achieve best-in-class results. We will continue to find innovative ways to extend our partnership with Microsoft to deliver value to Fiserv's clients today, and into the future."

Awards were presented in a number of categories, with winners chosen from a pool of more than 2,000 entrants worldwide. Fiserv was recognized for superior technology and innovation in the Global ISV Line of Business. The Microsoft Global ISV Line of Business Partner of the Year Special Recognition award is given to the Global ISV partner that has demonstrated line of business application leadership excellence. The Microsoft Global ISV Line of Business Partner of the Year Special Recognition award, which recognizes the most valuable global partner in delivering Microsoft solutions to mutual customers over the past year, in coordination with Enterprise Partner of the Year Special Recognition award, acknowledges the global partner that has demonstrated leadership in driving Microsoft-based solutions and was the most valuable line of business partner to the worldwide field.

"In the last year we have seen Fiserv focus on integration of its products through Fiserv 2.0 and look for new ways to serve its clients. Their commitment to Microsoft technology provides a powerful accelerator for success in the financial services industry," said David Vander, managing director, Worldwide Financial Services, Microsoft Corporation. "Fiserv's comprehensive solution suite is tailored to meet the extensive requirements of the financial services industry by consistently delivering innovative solutions leveraging Microsoft technology."

Some examples of these solutions include:

-- Fiserv's next generation of the Voyager online banking product from Corillian, leverages Web 2.0 features, including Microsoft .NET 3.5 ASP.NET, and enables banks to offer a differentiated and improved user experience to grow their online customer base and improve customer satisfaction.

-- Fiserv's next generation corporate performance management portal, Intelligent Workplace, from IPS-Sendero provides banks with a single unified business intelligence ecosystem via a browser-based employee portal that takes advantage of Microsoft Office 2007 and SQL Server 2008 technology innovation that greatly enhances the ability of a financial institution to locate the right information and deliver it to the right employee at the right time.

-- Utilizing Microsoft .NET and deployed on Microsoft Windows Server and SQL Server, Fiserv Aperio from Fiserv CBS is a process-centric, multi-channel sales and service solution designed expressly for financial institutions to enable a consistent customer experience across branch, call center and web channels, as well as allowing back-office processes to be rapidly re-configured to meet evolving business needs.

-- Fiserv ITI's array of SOA-based innovations, including cash management and Internet banking solutions, PremierEcorp and PremierEcom, which are used by more financial institutions than any competitor and leverage Web 2.0 features, including .NET 3.5 ASP.NET, to offer a differentiated user experience, improve customer satisfaction and grow accounts. Fiserv's business process management solution, Expedite, built entirely on .NET and SQL Server technology is used by more financial institutions to board new accounts and services through the Internet or branch.

"We are pleased that partners like Fiserv use Microsoft applications to supply the financial services industry with needed IT," said Robert Deshaies, vice president, U.S. Partner Group, Microsoft Corp. "Delivering the most up-to-date information and analyses to the right people at the right time is a shared endeavor between our companies."

The Microsoft Partner Program Awards recognize Microsoft partners that have developed and delivered exceptional Microsoft-based solutions during the last year. For more information on Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) and the Microsoft Partner Awards, visit www.microsoft.com/Presspass/press/2008/jun08/06-16POTYFinalistsPR.mspx

About Fiserv, Inc.

Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ:FISV), a Fortune 500 company, provides information management and electronic commerce systems and services to the financial and insurance industries. Leading services include transaction processing, outsourcing, electronic bill payment and presentment, investment management solutions, business process outsourcing (BPO), software and systems solutions. Headquartered in Brookfield, Wis., the company is the leading provider of core processing solutions for U.S. banks, credit unions and thrifts. Fiserv was ranked the largest provider of information technology services to the financial services industry worldwide in the 2004, 2005 and 2006 FinTech 100 surveys. In 2007, the company completed the acquisition of CheckFree, a leading provider of electronic commerce services. Fiserv reported nearly $4 billion in total revenue from continuing operations for 2007. For more information, please visit www.fiserv.com.

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