Press Release
- Date:
- Monday, March 25, 2002
- Contact:
- David Peikin
- Phone:
- (301) 918-0818
- Email:
- G1@schwartz-pr.com
Group 1 Software Introduces the DataSight System,
Revolutionary Solution for Operational
and Enterprise-Wide Data Quality
DataSight Helps Businesses Maximize the Value of Their Customer Data By Providing Accurate Single Customer View
Lanham, MD — Group 1 Software (Nasdaq: GSOF), a leading provider of customer relationship management (CRM)-enabling software solutions, today announced the release of the DataSight system, its flagship data quality solution. The industry's most comprehensive, scalable and accurate data quality solution, DataSight provides enterprise-wide correction, validation, and enhancement of customer, prospect and supplier data. By consolidating disparate data to achieve an accurate single customer view, DataSight enables companies to increase operational efficiency, make more informed business decisions and maximize customer lifetime value and return on investment from CRM initiatives.
DataSight's sophisticated technology, which can be applied to name and address as well as non-name and address data, provides extraction and acquisition, standardization, parsing, householding, and user-defined consolidation. This advanced functionality, available in both real-time and batch modes, offers businesses an integrated, enterprise-wide view of all customer-focused data. The solution also offers unparalleled global address verification, supporting over 220 countries and dependencies worldwide. DataSight supports a variety of extract, transform, and load solutions for organizations that wish to integrate data quality and data transformation. DataSight can also be packaged with Informatica Corporation's industry-leading data integration technology.
DataSight's component-based architecture provides the greatest degree of scalability to support multi-phase projects that can begin at the departmental level and ultimately scale to support the entire enterprise. The product features a unique set of intuitive user interfaces, designed for both technical experts and business users, to manage all data quality processes. A centralized repository for business rules provides data quality and integration consistency across the enterprise.
"Data quality is of paramount importance to the effectiveness of both operational and analytical systems," said Mike Schiff, vice president of e-business and business intelligence at Current Analysis. "Group 1's DataSight is designed to address data quality issues and thus enhance an organization's decision-making process by improving the quality of the data upon which its decisions are made. DataSight should benefit both end-users and partner organizations that choose to deploy this valuable technology."
“DataSight will be instrumental in helping businesses harness the power of their customer data, an organization's most unique and valuable competitive asset,” said Bob Bowen, CEO of Group 1 Software. “The combination of our comprehensive methodology and implementation expertise, acquired over the past two decades, and our innovative technology provides the foundation for successful customer data integration and data quality initiatives.”
"By combining robust data quality and enterprise data integration, solutions such as DataSight can help businesses effectively harness the power of their customer data," said Diaz Nesamoney, president and COO of Informatica. "Pairing the innovative capabilities of Informatica PowerCenter with DataSight helps provide a foundation of accurate, quality data which is mandatory for successful CRM implementations.”
Group 1's data quality solutions are the cornerstone of successful CRM initiatives. These applications enable businesses to ensure the integrity of customer and prospect data and enhance that information with valuable geographic and demographic intelligence.
About Group 1 Software Group 1 Software (Nasdaq: GSOF) is a leading provider of customer relationship management (CRM)-enabling software solutions for data quality, marketing automation, customer relationship communications and direct marketing applications. Group 1's software systems and services enable 2,500 customers worldwide to market smarter by helping them find, reach and keep customers. Founded in 1982 and headquartered in Lanham, Maryland, Group 1's solutions are utilized by leaders in the financial services, banking, retail, telecommunications, utilities, e-commerce, and insurance industries. The company's customer base includes such recognized names as AT&T, Charles Schwab, Entergy, GEICO, L.L. Bean, and Wal-Mart. For more information about Group 1, visit the company's Web site at http://www.g1.com.