Tier Achieves Gold Certified Partner Status in Microsoft Partner Program

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RESTON, Va. --(Business Wire)-- Tier Technologies, Inc. (OTC:TIER), today announced that it has achieved Gold Certified status in the Microsoft Partner Program with competencies in ISV/Software Solutions and in Business Process and Integration, recognizing Tier's expertise and total impact in the technology marketplace. As a Gold Certified partner, Tier has demonstrated expertise with Microsoft technologies and a proven ability to meet customers' needs.



Tier recently announced an alliance with Microsoft to use Microsoft Dynamics GP(TM) enterprise resource planning (ERP) software as the framework and foundation for its next generation public sector Financial Management Systems (FMS) solution. Tier is building its next generation FMS product by combining its proprietary functionality with Dynamics GP, creating an integrated, functionally rich, complete ERP solution for the public sector.

Tier's FMS Practice offers a broad range of financial management solutions that meet the complex financial management challenges of today's public sector, including functions such as Accounting, Budgeting, Purchasing, Asset Management, and Human Resources/Payroll Management, as well as complete implementation and support services, and in-house product development.

"We are extremely pleased to have achieved this significant milestone in the Microsoft Partner Program," said Ronald L. Rossetti, Chief Executive Officer of Tier. "We look forward to realizing the many benefits provided through our Gold Certified Partner status which will ultimately enable us to deliver enhanced solutions that meet the needs of our public sector customers."

"Tier's commitment to our relationship and its FMS redevelopment effort around Microsoft Dynamics is reflected in how quickly it achieved Gold Certified Partner status. Tier attained Gold Certified status more quickly than any partner previously has in the ISV Partner Group," said Sig Behrens, director of Business Solutions for Microsoft Public Sector. "Customers are looking for partner companies that can bridge the gap between their business demands and technology capabilities. Microsoft Gold Certified Partners, which have certified expertise and direct training and support from Microsoft, can build a positive customer experience with our technologies."

Microsoft Competencies are designed to help differentiate a partner's capabilities with specific Microsoft technologies to customers looking for a particular type of solution. Microsoft Gold Certified Partners that have obtained the ISV/Software Solutions Competency have a successful record of developing and marketing software based on Microsoft technologies. Partners who have achieved the Business Process and Integration competency have proven skills and experience deploying Internet-based business solutions and infrastructure using Microsoft tools and software.

The Microsoft Partner Program was launched in December 2003 and represents Microsoft's ongoing commitment to the success of partners worldwide. The program offers a single, integrated partnering framework that recognizes partner expertise, rewards the total impact that partners have in the technology marketplace, and delivers more value to help partners' businesses be successful.

About Tier

Tier Technologies, Inc. offers a diversified array of innovative business and financial transaction processing solutions. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, Tier's clients include more than 2,200 federal, state, and local governments, educational institutions, utilities and commercial clients in the U.S. and abroad. Tier provides information technology solutions, and through its Official Payments Corp. subsidiary, delivers payment processing solutions for a wide range of markets. From designing, installing and maintaining cutting-edge public sector software systems, to delivering fast, secure and convenient financial transaction processing solutions, Tier provides integrated information solutions that solve problems while balancing innovation with practicality. For more information, see www.tier.com and www.officialpayments.com.

Statements made in this press release that are not historical facts, including statements regarding expectations for future revenues, earnings, and expenses, are forward-looking statements that are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Tier undertakes no obligation to update any such forward-looking statements. For a discussion of these and other factors which may cause our actual events or results to differ from those projected, please refer to the Company's annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended Sept. 30, 2004, our most recent quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2005, as well as other filings with the SEC.
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