Maynard, Mass., and SEATTLE, Wash., August 22, 2006 – Having trusted Stratus^® ftServer^® systems to perform ATM and PIN debit card processing since 2002, Pemco Technologies has responded to growth in its daily transaction volumes by deploying four ftServer 5700 systems. Stratus announced today that Pemco is installing two of these high-performance servers to replace two earlier-generation ftServer 5200 systems, and adding two more ftServer 5700 systems at a backup site for business continuity and disaster recovery.

"Our daily transaction load has risen more than 50 percent since we installed our first Stratus servers, and we have not experienced any unplanned hardware downtime," said Dan Cook, CEO of Pemco Technologies. "The ftServer systems have proven their worth to us and the financial institutions that depend on us."

Award-winning reliability and renowned customer service have earned Pemco recognition as one of the top payment solutions companies in the U.S. The Seattle company specializes in pass-through processing for financial institutions that choose in-house credit, debit, and ATM processing. At Pemco, the fault-tolerant Stratus systems connect to several debit networks, drive hundreds of ATMs, and process millions of PIN debit transactions monthly for financial institutions nationwide.

The Stratus ftServer 5700 system was unveiled in January and is the industry's first fault-tolerant server to use Dual-Core Intel^® Xeon^® processor technology. With eight processing execution cores, the two-way server delivers exceptional transaction throughput for enterprise business processing and multitasking applications in a compact, rack-optimized and cost-effective package.

Supporting the Microsoft^® Windows^® Server 2003 Enterprise Edition operating system, the ftServer 5700 system features redundant components and delivers better than 99.999 percent uptime reliability. The industry-standard hardware is augmented by Stratus-engineered chipsets and the company's patented Continuous Processing^® technology to provide premier continuous availability.

About Pemco Technologies
Pemco Technologies provides innovative payment solutions to the financial industry including credit and debit card processing, ATM acquiring and switching, cardholder award programs, fraud management, and gift card programs. Award-winning reliability and renowned customer service have made Pemco one of the nation's top payment solutions companies. For more information, visit www.pemcotech.com or call 800-881-7488.

About Stratus Technologies
Stratus Technologies is a global solutions provider focused exclusively on helping its customers achieve and sustain the availability of information systems that support their critical business processes. Based upon its 25 years of expertise in server and services technology for continuous availability, Stratus is a trusted solutions provider to customers in manufacturing, life sciences, telecommunications, financial services, public safety, transportation & logistics, and other industries.

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