Executive Commitment To Enterprise Data A Winner At CheckFree; Baseline Consulting Nominee Wins Top Prize Leadership Award From TDWI

Honored by the recognition, Kevin McDearis, VP of EnterpriseEnablement, attributes CheckFree's key differentiator in offering itscustomers industry leading products and services to the fact thattheir Management ensures enterprise data is a core part of itsoperation. Says McDearis, "The Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW) is ofgrowing importance to our business. Management understands this and iswilling to dedicate the resources and staffing necessary to sustainit. It factors heavily into our competitive advantage."

Jill Dyche, Baseline Consulting Co-Founder and Partner, seesclient CheckFree as the exception rather than the rule in terms ofcompany executives understanding the importance of their enterprisedata. "Most companies have adopted some form of Business Intelligence(BI) and use it in a variety of ways." The difference at CheckFreeaccording to Dyche is that "Executives get the fact that data is acritical asset and it should be managed and leveraged like other keycorporate assets across all operational levels of the company in aconsistent and structured manner."

CheckFree first won the TDWI's Best Practice Award in the DataManagement category on the basis of their formalized processes andorganizational rigor around the various aspects of corporate datamanagement. TDWI awarded CheckFree the top prize after analyzing andjudging all category winners.

About CheckFree

CheckFree (NASDAQ:CKFR) is a provider of financial electroniccommerce services and products. From powering electronic billing andpayment, to automating financial transactions, to streamliningregulatory reporting tasks, CheckFree's broad range of solutionsallows financial services companies and merchants to offer theircustomers a range of bill payment options. This allows consumersthe ease and flexibility of paying and tracking their bills on-line.For more information about CheckFree, visit www.checkfree.com.

About TDWI

The Data Warehousing Institute(TM) (TDWI), a division of101communications, is the premier provider of in-depth, high-qualityeducation and research in the business intelligence and datawarehousing industry. TDWI is dedicated to educating business andinformation technology professionals about the strategies, techniques,and tools required to successfully design, build, and maintainbusiness intelligence and data warehousing solutions. TDWI Membershipincludes more than 4,000 Members who are business and informationtechnology professionals from Fortune 1000 corporations, consultingorganizations, and governments in 45 countries. For more informationabout TDWI, visit ww.tdwi.org.

About Baseline Consulting

Founded in 1991, Baseline Consulting has grown to become one ofthe industry's premier IT services firms by working with clients tosolve their business problems by managing their data as a corporateasset. Baseline provides the people, tools, methods, vision, and,above all, the experience necessary for companies to reach theirstrategic objectives through information technology. Baseline hasbuilt its reputation solving problems for companies that spangeographies, industries and market segments such as American Express,Wells Fargo, The Limited, Verizon, and AARP. For more informationabout Baseline Consulting, visit www.baseline-consulting.com.