August 11, 2004 (Orlando, FL)- Worldwide Interactive Services, Inc. has successfully completed their semi-annual Disaster Recovery Plan testing. The results of these tests are used to help operation specialists prepare for the sequence of events that would follow a real disaster, and develop a plan to sustain or regain production during a power outage or system failure as quickly as possible.

Worldwide began the testing with a mock disaster, in which the main production environment experienced a total loss of power. The main production environment is located in a private co-location facility, which is built to be virtually disaster proof; and is equipped to handle a complete power failure for more than a week.

Located at the corporate headquarters is a complete replica of the main production environment. The Operations Department has developed a procedure that moves production from the affected facility to the working one; while clients experience little or no change in services during the transition. In fact, the Worldwide Client Support Center reported a minimal increase in call activity during the testing and all services were restored in a very timely manner.

John D. Pantaleon, President, spoke about the company’s plans to build a third production facility on the west coast, “In the first quarter of 2005, Worldwide will further reduce our vulnerability by building a third production environment within the Northwest region that will sustain production during a disaster that affects the entirety of the Southeast region; and the same will be true in the reversed situation.”

Worldwide’s Disaster Recovery Plan testing is done twice a year, to meet requirements of routine SAS 70 audits. For more information on the annual Disaster Recovery Plan testing, please call the Client Support Center at 888.596.4947.

About Worldwide Interactive Services, Inc.

Through Voice, Wireless, and Internet applications Worldwide Interactive Services, Inc. is a total service solution, offering high standards of service at a low cost. With a combination of both batch and real-time on-line services, WWIS meets the needs of any financial institution, with the most advanced products and services on the market.