Press Release
- Date:
- Wednesday, June 30, 2004
- Contact:
- David Peikin
- Phone:
- (301) 918-0818
- Email:
- G1@schwartz-pr.com
Group 1 Software Partners with eScholar, Leading Educational Data Warehouse Provider
Alliance Targeting The State Education Market Created By the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2001
Lanham, MD and White Plains, NY — Group 1 Software (Nasdaq: GSOF) and eScholar LLC today announced an OEM relationship under which eScholar will integrate into its product offerings and resell Group 1's data integration, data quality and business geographics technologies. The two organizations have worked together for nearly five years, with eScholar having implemented Group 1's data integration technology numerous times in school districts nationwide. eScholar markets the leading data warehouse, decision support, analysis and reporting solution for K-12 education, which is licensed by state education agencies and school districts nationwide.
eScholar's flagship Complete Data Warehouse solution incorporates Group 1's Data Flow technology for data integration, cleansing and Web-based analytics. With today's announcement, eScholar is now integrating a broader array of Group 1's solutions to strengthen the Complete Data Warehouse. eScholar is utilizing Group 1's data quality technology to ensure correct addresses, a critical first step in assigning accurate latitude/longitude to address records. Group 1's business geographics technology enables school systems to analyze school districts and specific education programs by geography to enhance district effectiveness.
Using technology from eScholar and Group 1, state education agencies can implement statewide accountability systems as stipulated by the federal governments' No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. Together, the companies deliver the tools and processes necessary to integrate, cleanse and standardize data within a powerful, flexible data warehouse. State education administrators have the ability to monitor over 30 categories of data and can track attendance, standardized test results, assessment scores, course grades and other educational performance measures on a per-student basis. State education agencies can also track the performance of districts and schools utilizing a wide variety of metrics.
“Integrating Group 1's Data Flow has provided us a comprehensive array of data transformation capabilities, a rapid and efficient deployment and a high performance solution that can be easily upgraded,” said Shawn Bay, CEO and Founder of eScholar. “We are very excited to integrate Group 1's data quality and business geographics software solutions into our Complete Data Warehouse for utilization by our current and prospective customers.”
“We are pleased to expand our longstanding relationship with eScholar, with whom we have worked successfully on a number of engagements,” said Bob Bowen, CEO of Group 1 Software. “We look forward to working with eScholar to supply state education agencies with software solutions to help them meet NCLB Act reporting requirements.”
About Group 1:
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.
About eScholar
eScholar is the leading data warehouse, decision support system, analysis and reporting solution for K-12 education. Founded in 1997, eScholar now serves more school districts throughout the country than any other data warehousing system. The eScholar Complete Data Warehouse is now licensed to over 800 school districts across the country. Providing the market leading data warehouse solution for K-12 is eScholar's only business. Since 1997, eScholar has evolved into the data warehousing platform upon which districts and 3rd party vendors have built thousands of analytical applications and reports. The emergence of eScholar as the only broadly implemented standard has also supported the development of a vibrant user community that shares both experiences and applications. This combination of a proven product, broad adoption and support makes eScholar the most flexible and customizable solution possible for data driven decision-making in K-12 education.
Additional Contact Information:
Shawn Bay
914.989.2900
sbay@escholar.com