S1 Enterprise Launches S1red Social Networking and Community Site for Its Customer...

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Mon Mar 30, 2009 9:00am EDT

S1 Enterprise Launches S1red Social Networking and Community Site for Its
Customer Base

New Site Leverages Social Networking Tools and 'Tone' to Deliver Rich
Development Content, Foster Open Interaction and Provide Value-Added Services
to Customers 

NORCROSS, Ga., March 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- S1 Enterprise, a division of
S1 Corporation (Nasdaq: SONE) and a leading global provider of multi-channel
financial services software, today announced the launch of S1red (your
Resource for Enterprise Development) - a social networking community where
customers of S1 Enterprise and its own product developers, experts and
business unit leaders can exchange insights, solve problems and share ideas.
Focused on delivering developer tools and guides, product documentation,
platforms for conversation, and other rich content, S1red is the only
customer-facing site with an emphasis on rich development content among
providers of front-office banking and payments technology.

"The development of S1red reflects our singular strategic focus on customer
intimacy and in turn, allows our customers to forge closer ties with their own
consumer and business audiences," said Jan Kruger, president of S1 Enterprise.
 "By utilizing both the tools and the open tone of a social networking
platform, we are offering our customers unprecedented levels of transparency
relative to our products, processes and thinking. Our goal in launching S1red
is to build a community around open access to our software tools and
development content, while fostering communications with our customers."

Unlike a number of online communities created by businesses for customers,
S1red was conceived and created by the developers and engineers of S1
solutions rather than a marketing organization -- providing clients with a
direct line of contact to the individuals behind the technology.  Once
registered and logged-in, customers can access the latest news and information
about S1 Enterprise products, its people, and business units, as well as
review product-oriented articles and documentation.  They can even access
software development kits (SDKs) and instructions on how to build value-added
extensions onto their S1 software.

Customer users of S1red -- who will range from those that implement technology
within financial institutions to line-of-business leaders and executives --
can also interact with each other and members of the S1 team through forum
discussions and blogs written by members of the community.  The existing S1
Enterprise Product Advisory Council and Customer Advisory Board will play a
key role in S1red, helping to drive product roadmaps as well as generate
topics for discussion via forum threads and blog posts / comments.

Some of the value-added site features focused on content, communication and
collaboration include:

    --  How-Tos:  Provides an index of SDK "how-tos," including
        procedures for performing various development, implementation and
        customization tasks (examples: How to Add a New Payment Type to the
        Disbursement Framework or How to Add a Field to a Screen).
    --  Blogs:  Provides a platform for various members of S1red (including
both
        S1 employees and customers) to post insights and comments on a range
of
        topics of interest to the community.
    --  Downloads:  Allows users to download tools, such as the Workflow
        Composer and Adapter Toolkit, as well as sample code and code tips
        submitted by colleagues.
    --  Comments/Questions:  Offers users the ability to share issues,
        suggestions, questions and wisdom with S1 and its community of
        technology and services partners.
    --  Moderated Forums: Offers users a place to discuss general topics as
well
        as any issue related to products and implementation, ask questions and
        share knowledge in an interactive, open discourse.
    --  Subscriptions: Enables subscriptions to content at the page, topic,
        thread or tag level, so users can be notified of new content of
interest
        via email.




"Not only is S1 Enterprise distinguishing itself from its competitors with the
development of S1red, it is deepening relationships with its banking
customers," said Joe Gibbs, senior vice president of eBusiness Services,
Trustmark National Bank. "By embracing the technologies and open approach
typified by Web 2.0, the company is providing a platform for customers to
communicate, collaborate and most importantly, accelerate the transfer of
knowledge. This is critical to our financial institution."


About S1 Enterprise
More than 100 banks and three million consumer, small business, and corporate
users worldwide rely on S1 Enterprise solutions to access and manage their
financial information. A division of S1 Corporation (Nasdaq: SONE), S1
Enterprise is a leading global provider of integrated banking solutions that
deliver financial service providers a holistic view of their customers whether
online, in the branch or in the call center. Additional information about S1
Enterprise is available at www.s1enterprise.com.

About S1 Corporation 
S1 Corporation (Nasdaq: SONE) delivers customer interaction software for
financial and payment services and offers unique solution sets for financial
institutions, retailers, and processors under three brand names: Postilion, S1
Enterprise and FSB Solutions. Additional information about S1 solutions is
available at www.s1.com, www.postilion.com, www.s1enterprise.com and
www.fsb-solutions.com.

S1red is a trademark of S1 Corporation.

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include statements with respect to our financial condition, results of
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any forward-looking statement.


SOURCE  S1 Corporation

Jorge Lavina, CooperKatz & Co., Inc., for S1 Corporation, +1-917-595-3047,
jlavina@cooperkatz.com
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