To: AugustWest who wrote (20018 ) 4/2/2003 10:24:58 AM From: StocksMan Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 20297 CheckFree i-Series Leads the Billing and Statement Industry in Scalability And Performance, According to Gomez Test Wednesday April 2, 10:14 am ET ATLANTA, April 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CheckFree i-Solutions, the leading provider of interactive e-billing and e-statement software and services and part of CheckFree Corporation (Nasdaq: CKFR - News), today announced outstanding performance results from a recent technology test performed under real-world laboratory conditions by Gomez, Inc., the leading provider of Internet Channel Effectiveness solutions. In the study the CheckFree i-Series 4.1 e-billing and e-statement software platform achieved results that demonstrated exceptional scalability, performance and throughput. The Gomez test study was conducted to measure the ability of CheckFree i- Series 4.1 to scale to meet increasing growth in customer adoption rates. The final test simulated 8 million customers executing a total of 80,000 to 120,000 statement views per hour. CheckFree i-Series showed consistent sub- second response time for the processing of statements with an average response time of 0.02 seconds per statement view. "The Gomez test shows that CheckFree i-Series sets the bar for new standards in e-billing and e-statement scalability -- far outpacing competitive alternatives in terms of performance," said Ray Simonson, chief technology officer of CheckFree i-Solutions. "CheckFree i-Series enables companies of any size to capitalize on the power of e-billing and e-statements to build customer relationships, decrease operational costs and improve customer service. Based on this test, CheckFree customers can feel confident in their ability to deploy solutions that meet anticipated growth and customer expectations. . ."biz.yahoo.com