Pitney Bowes Group 1 Software


Press Release

Date:
Tuesday, July 09, 2002
Contact:
David Peikin
Phone:
(301) 918-0818
Email:
G1@schwartz-pr.com

Group 1 Software Introduces DataSight RT
to Support Data Quality Processes
Within Real-Time Applications


Chicago, IL — From its 21st Annual User's Conference, Group 1 Software (Nasdaq: GSOF), a leading provider of customer relationship management (CRM)-enabling software solutions, today announced the release of DataSight RT. This real-time component of its flagship DataSight solution enables enterprises to integrate quickly and easily data correction, parsing, standardization, validation, duplicate identification and enhancement into real-time applications.

DataSight RT enables companies to incorporate transactional and real-time data, thereby improving the accuracy of their ability to develop an accurate single customer view. The solution supports data quality processes for name and address as well as non-name and address data. Businesses can also ensure the accuracy of data as it enters the enterprise from a variety of real-time operational sources, including Web servers, call centers, and order entry systems. In addition, DataSight RT's real-time component-based architecture provides both flexibility and scalability for parallel processing applications.

“Our two decades of experience and ongoing data quality initiatives with today's leading businesses lead us to believe that enterprises will increasingly require seamless integration of real-time data quality functionality,” said Bob Bowen, CEO of Group 1 Software. “With DataSight RT, we are in the best position to develop, deliver and support real-time data quality technology for the enterprise.”

DataSight 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. The solution can also be fully integrated with Informatica Corporation's leading data integration technology.

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.

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.

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