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Radiant Systems Deepens Commitment to International Forecourt Standards Forum

Global commitment to forecourt standards delivers openness and reliability for petroleum retailers

PRAGUE, Czech Republic (March 31, 2005) — Radiant Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: RADS) announces a continued and increased commitment to the International Forecourt Standards Forum (IFSF) as a component of its Global Product Roadmap enabling petroleum retailers to utilize the company’s point of sale and other technology using IFSF standards.

Radiant’s initial efforts to adopt IFSF began in 2000 and have steadily expanded to include virtually every major architectural element of Radiant’s global POS solution. Throughout this commitment, Radiant has increased participation and contribution to the IFSF body of standards pioneering critical retail trends such as EMV™ cards and fuel-marketing, self-service terminals. Radiant promotes the adoption of IFSF not only for the European market where is it well established, but also in Asia-Pacific and the Americas.

"Radiant views IFSF along with PCATS and OPOS as a solid foundation for systems we’re deploying with the world's largest petroleum and convenience retailers,” said Mark Schoen, president of the Radiant Global Petroleum and Convenience Retail Division, referring to the Petroleum Convenience Alliance for Technology Standards (PCATS) and the retail industry standard for counter-top peripherals, OPOS. “We’re committed to open standards that give retailers choices for their technology and we like IFSF for the additional fault tolerance it builds into a store’s technical infrastructure.”

Emphasis on a continued commitment is based on the demonstrated value of the IFSF standards for retailers who have implemented them during the past 10 years, with the most often cited being reliability. Additionally, faster integration of the best-of-breed suppliers making up a retail store system is another reason that IFSF is appearing in more retailers' search criteria. The proven, reliable design of IFSF interfaces allows technology suppliers to focus time and effort on functionality rather than designing and coding proprietary interfaces.

"There's no doubt that the energy sector has different marketing and branding approaches around the world, such as the Convenience Restaurant in North America or EMV payments in Asia-Pacific," said Mike Finley, vice president of global product marketing for Radiant. "But the most visible trend for the past 15 years is the emergence of greater standardized components of the technology that serves global markets. New baseline requirements like Microsoft's Windows Embedded for POS, or WePOS, and the IFSF's inexpensive and reliable fuel interface demonstrate that standards are an advancing trend year after year."

Radiant's announcement is coupled with its most recent IFSF integration efforts expanding existing fuel dispenser and payment capabilities to now include pay-at-pump, fuel price signs, tank gauge equipment and the Controlling Device interface which provides remote diagnostics capabilities for IFSF-enabled sites.

Company Information
Founded in 1985, Radiant Systems, Inc. provides innovative store technology for the hospitality, petroleum and convenience store, and entertainment industries. Radiant’s point-of-sale, self-service kiosk, and back-office technology enables operators to drive top-line growth and improve bottom-line performance. Headquartered in Atlanta, Radiant (www.radiantsystems.com) has deployed its solutions in more than 50,000 sites worldwide.

About IFSF
The International Forecourt Standards Forum (“IFSF”) is a European Economic Interest Grouping (“EEIG”) comprising international oil companies who back the development and use of international standards in the petroleum retail sector for the inter-operability of service station systems and equipment. For full technical details and the study into the business benefits, see the specific documents – which are one the IFSF web site (www.IFSF.org).

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