Harland AcquiresFinancialware

ATLANTA - (02/02/06) – John H. Harland Co. saidWednesday its Harland Financial Solutions unit has acquiredFinancialware Inc., a Carmel, Ind.-based provider of enterprisecontent management solutions. Financialware’s Active:View® Enterprise Content Management system automates all activitiesassociated with report and document imaging, archival,cross-referencing and retrieval using proprietary pattern matchingtechnology. In addition, Financialware's competency in the area ofcheck, item and image processing has led to the introduction of itsCheckpoint 21 turnkey solution that fully automates all aspects ofimage-based check clearing through the Federal Reserve bankingsystem in compliance with Check 21 regulations.