FNF Fidelity National Financial Inc

JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Oct. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Fidelity National Real Estate Solutions' MLS Systems and Solutions group, a division of Fidelity National Financial, Inc. (NYSE:FNF), a Fortune 500 provider of products, services and technology solutions to the financial and real estate industries, today announced its acquisition of LAMPS(TM) REALTOR(R) Association Management Software from BravePoint, Inc., a leading provider of technology consulting solutions. LAMPS(TM) is an Internet-based membership management software specifically designed for REALTOR(R) Associations which provides real-time integration with the National Association of REALTORS(R) Database System (NRDS). In addition, LAMPS(TM) provides comprehensive management tools, which include committee management and education, convention and meeting management. The software is member-enabled and provides for online registration and full billing/invoice detail, as well as credit card billing integration. "We are proud of this acquisition, as it will give us the ability to provide LAMPS to our MLS partners as well as REALTOR(R) associations," said Beverly Faull, SVP and General Manager of Fidelity National MLS Systems and Solutions. "As a state-of-the-art, fully Web-based solution, LAMPS provides an easy-to-use application to streamline and enhance efficiency within any size MLS or REALTOR(R) organization. It provides Internet access of membership information to members of the organizations with more attractive pricing and simpler integration to the Web than its competitors. LAMPS and other new services are examples of our continued commitment to provide tomorrow's solutions today." "We are excited that Fidelity recognizes the value of LAMPS(TM) to the real estate industry, and we believe that they will provide additional value to the product and its users as they integrate LAMPS into their technology offerings," said John Harlow, President of BravePoint, Inc. "Clareity has watched the LAMPS product grow and mature over the past couple of years and the customers we have spoken to really like it," commented Gregg Larson, President of Clareity Consulting, a leading real estate IT consulting firm. "LAMPS is a modern, well-designed system, and Association management software is a logical fit for a company like Fidelity MLS." LAMPS is easy to integrate and may be utilized by any association or MLS that is looking for a state-of-the-art membership management system. For more information, please call Vice President of Product Development Marty Reed at 913-693-0186. About Fidelity National Financial Fidelity National Financial, Inc., number 261 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 nearly $8.3 billion and earned more than $740 million in 2004, with cash flow from operations of nearly $1.2 billion for that same period. FNF is the nation's largest title insurance company, with nearly 31 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 majority-owned 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 2,800 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 BravePoint BravePoint Inc., headquartered in Norcross, Georgia, is a leading developer of e-business and enterprise solutions for Global 2000 corporations, independent software vendors (ISVs) and e-commerce companies. Their software product, LAMPS(TM), is built to facilitate member management of REALTOR(R) Associations. Since 1987, BravePoint has helped more than 1,000 organizations create efficiencies and increase competitive advantage through application development and integration, ongoing training and on-site support for the Progress(R) market as well as the Java(TM)-based and .NET services sector. BravePoint is included in the information services group of Chesapeake Utilities Corporation (NYSE:CPK). For more information about BravePoint, please visit http://www.bravepoint.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.bravepoint.com/

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