Press Release
- Date:
- Thursday, December 20, 2001
- Contact:
- David Peikin
- Phone:
- (301) 918-0818
- Email:
- G1@schwartz-pr.com
Group 1 Software Releases SortStream Canada, Providing
Significant Savings Through Postal Discounts
Enhanced Solution Supports January 14, 2002 Canadian Postal Rate Increase and Offers U.S. Marketers Expedited Delivery of Advertising Mailings and Periodicals to Canada
Lanham, MD — Group 1 Software (Nasdaq: GSOF), a leading provider of customer relationship management (CRM)-enabling software solutions, today announced Canada Post Corporation's (CPC) regulatory approval of Group 1's enhanced SortStream Canada postal presort solution. SortStream Canada has been recognized by CPC's Software Evaluation Recognition Program (SERP) and supports the January 14, 2002 Canadian postal rate increase. As a most significant enhancement, SortStream Canada now meets the requirements of the United States Postal Service (USPS) Global Direct Canada Admail program. This program, offered in alliance with CPC, provides U.S. direct marketers more convenient, cost-effective and timely delivery of marketing materials and periodicals into Canada.
SortStream Canada presorts mailings according to CPC regulations and provides substantial postal savings to direct marketers at every level and category of postal service. With prior versions marketed as Mail Canada Plus, SortStream Canada has been renamed to comply with CPC naming guidelines. With its easy setup and execution, the product runs on every major platform, including Windows NT, MVS, VSE, AS/400, DEC, Unix (including Linux), and Windows 2000.
"SortStream Canada offers the industry's most powerful, efficient presort capabilities for Canadian direct marketing," said Bob Bowen, CEO of Group 1 Software. "By offering a robust, user-friendly presort solution, Group 1 is demonstrating its continued commitment to the company's global direct marketing customers."
Group 1's industry-leading direct marketing applications dramatically reduce organizations' mailing costs. These solutions enable businesses to maximize postal discounts by standardizing addresses, validating postal codes, and presorting mailings for significant savings from the USPS and CPC.
Group 1 Software (Nasdaq: GSOF) is a leading provider of customer relationship management (CRM)-enabling software solutions for data quality, marketing automation, customer communications management 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, MCI WorldCom, Wal-Mart and Wells Fargo. For more information about Group 1, visit the company's Web site at http://www.g1.com.