Pitney Bowes Group 1 Software


Press Release

Date:
Thursday, January 08, 2004
Contact:
David Peikin
Phone:
(301) 918-0818
Email:
G1@schwartz-pr.com

Group 1 Software and ONE-ANS Italy Partner to
Offer Robust Enterprise Information Integration (EII) Technology


Leading Italian Systems Integrator To Utilize Group 1's Sagent Data Flow Solution To Enhance Its Clients' Business Intelligence Initiatives

Lanham, MD and Vimodrone (Milan) — Group 1 Software (Nasdaq: GSOF) and ONE-ANS, a leading Italian solutions integrator, today announced a partnership under which ONE-ANS will market, resell and deploy Group 1's Sagent Data Flow technology. Group 1's Sagent Data Flow technology will serve as the cornerstone of ONE-ANS clients' Enterprise Information Integration (EII) initiatives.

EII facilitates the integration of structured data from any relevant source, enabling users to obtain an intelligent, real-time view of the business. In today's competitive landscape, businesses need to generate value from the growing amount of disparate data scattered across applications. EII provides tremendous value where crucial information is stored in different types of databases in incompatible formats.

Sagent Data Flow provides rapid integration of data from multiple sources and transforms that data into useful information for analysis. With Group 1's technology, data can be extracted, cleansed, transformed, and transported to a variety of destination databases and file formats through a fully visual, user-friendly interface. Sagent Data Flow's unique architecture allows it to accommodate high volume data transfer as well as the rapid query-based extracts, analysis, and reporting provided by EII.

“With Group 1's Sagent Data Flow, projects are delivered more quickly, with increased customer satisfaction and decreased development risks,” said Fabio Orfanini, CEO of ONE-ANS. “EII complements a vast majority of enterprise applications and reduces our clients' maintenance costs. With Sagent Data Flow as a backbone, we can provide our customers an end-to-end data integration solution that enhances organizational business intelligence.”

“We are pleased to be partnering with ONE-ANS, one of the leading solution integrators in Italy,” said Alan Slater, president of Group 1's DOC1 Division. “Sagent solutions will enable the skilled professionals at ONE-ANS to access, aggregate, and analyze data from a wide variety of sources for its clients' EII programs.”

About ONE-ANS ONE-ANS, a major player in the system integration field, is a leading provider of mission critical solutions for global contact center, business intelligence, data warehouse, service level management, service delivery, enterprise risk management, ERP - SAP, EAI and eBusiness solutions. ONE-ANS extensive know how embraces the delivery of solutions and services for the ICT infrastructure - from network plan and design, streaming solutions and corporate TV capabilities, to the delivery of IT infrastructure management outsourcing/insourcing services. Service excellence is not only guaranteed by a strong quality policy, but also powered by ISO-9001 certifying all company's processes and by a deep knowledge of software process improvement. Cisco Systems Inc is ONE-ANS' shareholder and strategic partner. ONE-ANS is based in Milan and Rome. Visit us at www.one-ans.it

About Group 1 Software Group 1 Software (Nasdaq: GSOF ) is a leading provider of solutions that help over 3,000 organizations worldwide maximize the value of their customer and other data. Group 1 provides industry-leading technologies that allow businesses to cleanse and enrich their corporate data, generate personalized customer communications and integrate and deliver data across the enterprise. These technologies are essential components of enterprise applications including customer relationship management (CRM), enterprise resource planning (ERP) and business intelligence systems. Founded in 1982 and headquartered in Lanham, Maryland, Group 1 offers solutions utilized by leaders in the financial services, banking, GIS/mapping, retail, telecommunications, utilities, insurance and other industries. The company's customer base includes such recognized names as Entergy, GEICO, L.L. Bean, MapQuest, QVC, Siemens, Wal-Mart and Wells Fargo. For more information about Group 1, visit the company's Web site at http://www.g1.com.

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