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Fidelity National Financial's Aptitude Solutions Forms Strategic Alliance With Mentis Technology to Support New Deed Recording Regulations JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Jan. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Aptitude Solutions, a division of Fidelity National Financial, Inc. (NYSE:FNF) and leading provider of innovative technology solutions for county government, including online county recording and workflow management systems, tax deed filing systems, document management systems and court case document management systems, today announced the formation of a strategic alliance with Mentis Technology, LLC, a premier developer of image and character analysis and identification technology. By incorporating Mentis Technology's aiINDEX application within their OnCore recording software system, Aptitude Solutions will be able to provide county recorders with OCR (Optical Character Recognition), giving them the ability to automatically index their documents without human intervention. In addition, OnCore will also be able to assist county recorders with redacting or removing sensitive information, such as social security numbers, from their public image library. With the addition of automated indexing and redacting technology, OnCore users can be assured that they are in compliance with legislative mandates requiring the exclusion of specific personal information from public documents. For example, one of Florida's 2004 statutes mandates that, by January 2006, county recorders must keep social security numbers confidential and exempt as provided in Florida Statute 119.0271 (details at http://www.flsenate.gov/ ). "We are very excited about our alliance with Aptitude Solutions and the ability to make aiINDEX available through OnCore," said Ann Kirkbride, Director of National Accounts at Mentis Technology Solutions. "This was an ideal opportunity for us to provide our automated indexing and redacting technology to county government directly through their recording system, helping these busy offices improve their efficiencies and increase overall productivity," said Kirkbride. "With state mandates that will soon require the redacting of recorded documents, county recorders have been anxious to find a reliable, efficient means of compliance," said Jordan Chionchio, Executive Vice President of Aptitude Solutions. "Our alliance with Mentis Technology further demonstrates our commitment to providing county government with industry-leading technology to meet their evolving needs," said Chionchio. About Fidelity National Financial Fidelity National Financial, Inc., number 262 on the Fortune 500, is a provider of products and outsourced services and solutions to financial institutions and the real estate industry. FNF had total revenue of more than $6.2 billion and earned more than $560 million for the first nine months of 2004, with cash flow from operations of more than $925 million for that same period. FNF is the nation's largest title insurance company, with more than 30 percent national market share, and is also a provider of other specialty insurance products, including flood insurance, homeowners insurance and home warranty insurance. Through its subsidiary Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. ("FIS"), the Company is a leading provider of technology solutions, processing services and information services to the financial services and real estate industries. FIS' software processes nearly 50 percent of all U.S. residential mortgages, it has processing and technology relationships with 45 of the top 50 U.S. banks and more than 3,600 small and mid-sized U.S. financial institutions and it has clients in more than 50 countries who rely on its processing and outsourcing products and services. FIS also provides customized business process outsourcing related to aspects of the origination and management of mortgage loans to national lenders and servicers. FIS offers information services, including property data and real estate-related services that are used by lenders, mortgage investors and real estate professionals to complete residential real estate transactions throughout the U.S. More information about the FNF family of companies can be found at http://www.fnf.com/ and http://www.fidelityinfoservices.com/ . About Mentis Technology Solutions Founded in October 2000, Mentis Technology was established to develop expert software systems for image and character analysis and identification. The company's technology solutions address the pressing need by county government to process and index an increasing number of recorded documents with fewer staff resources. Mentis' aiINDEX system offers a revolutionary software product that allows county clerks and recorders to enter real estate and other documents into their existing recording system faster and with more accuracy than current manual processes. For more information about Mentis Technology Solutions, please visit http://www.aiindex.com/ . This press release contains statements related to future events and expectations and, as such, constitutes forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to be different from those expressed or implied above. The Company expressly disclaims any duty to update or revise forward- looking statements. The risks and uncertainties which forward-looking statements are subject to include, but are not limited to, the effect of governmental regulations, the economy, competition and other risks detailed from time to time in the "Management's Discussion and Analysis" section of the Company's Form 10-K and other reports and filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. DATASOURCE: Fidelity National Financial, Inc. CONTACT: Daniel Kennedy Murphy, Senior Vice President, Finance and Investor Relations, +1-904-854-8120, or , or Darcy Patch, Senior Vice President of Marketing, Office of the Enterprise, +1-949-477-1173, or , both of Fidelity National Financial, Inc. Web site: http://www.fnf.com/ http://www.fidelityinfoservices.com/ http://www.aiindex.com/

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