Press Release
- Date:
- Monday, March 03, 2003
- Contact:
- David Peikin
- Phone:
- (301) 918-0818
- Email:
- G1@schwartz-pr.com
Group 1 Software Optimizes Data Quality
With Evoke Software's Data Profiling Technology
Group 1 To Utilize Evoke Axio In Consulting Engagements
Lanham, MD — Group 1 Software (Nasdaq: GSOF) today announced that it has entered into an alliance with Evoke Software to enhance Group 1's Data Quality Assessments, which provide a comprehensive analysis and recommendations to improve enterprise data quality. Headquartered in San Francisco, Evoke Software is the industry leader in data profiling software. With this alliance, Group 1 will utilize Evoke Axio to provide Group 1's customers with insight into the quality, content, and structure of the data in their corporate source systems.
Evoke Axio software provides tremendous insight into existing data sources through a combination of automated discovery and interactive analysis. By automating the analysis process, Evoke Axio saves users substantial time and resources in obtaining actionable information about the condition of corporate data before beginning data quality initiatives. The technology enables businesses to recognize more rapidly data quality issues in corporate databases such as incomplete, inconsistent or invalid data. With a greater understanding of the data residing in corporate systems, organizations can more readily address issues that might limit the effectiveness of data quality initiatives.
Group 1 will be using Evoke Axio as a key component of its customized Data Quality Audits, which provide a review and analysis of the content and format of the data in strategic enterprise systems. The audit process is an optional component of the Group 1 Data Quality Assessment, which provides an overview of customers' hardware and software environments and offers recommendations for the implementation of a data quality solution.
“Data profiling technology can add significant value in helping organizations identify data quality issues," said Ted Friedman, senior analyst at Gartner. "An in-depth analysis of the data is the starting point for determining where and how to focus data quality improvement efforts."
“We are very excited to be offering Evoke Axio to Group 1's customer base of over 2,000 leading organizations,” said Lacy Edwards, Chairman and CEO of Evoke Software. “The powerful combination of technology from Evoke and Group 1 provides businesses a best-of-breed approach for data profiling and data quality.”
“With Evoke Software's leading data profiling technology, Group 1's customers can obtain valuable insight about their corporate data in a timely manner,” said Bob Bowen, CEO of Group 1 Software. “By obtaining detailed knowledge of the data in source systems prior to implementing enterprise data quality solutions, companies can increase the likelihood of success of these strategic initiatives.” About Group 1 Software Group 1 Software (Nasdaq: GSOF) is a leading provider of software solutions for data quality, marketing automation, customer communications management and direct marketing applications. Group 1's software systems and services enable over 2,000 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 Charles Schwab, Entergy, GEICO, L.L. Bean, and Wal-Mart. For more information about Group 1, visit the company's Web site at .
About Evoke Software Evoke Software is the leading provider of data profiling software for Global 5000 enterprises. Data Profiling is a critical process completed during every data migration or quality assessment project. Evoke software provides automation to this analysis process that had always been done manually. Evoke solutions are critical to any corporate IT infrastructure, as the foundation to the deployment of strategic initiatives such as corporate databases and enterprise systems like CRM, Business Intelligence and ERP. Evoke Axio enables companies to identify and subsequently correct inconsistencies, redundancies, and inaccuracies in corporate databases before they cripple applications such as SAP, Siebel, PeopleSoft and others.