Pitney Bowes Group 1 Software


Press Release

Date:
Thursday, April 13, 2000
Contact:
David Peikin
Phone:
(301) 918-0818
Email:
G1@schwartz-pr.com

Internet Pictures Corporation (iPIX.com) Selects Group 1 for Real-Time Customer Data Quality


Lanham, MD — Group 1 Software (Nasdaq: GSOF) announced today that Internet Pictures Corporation (iPIX.com) has purchased Group 1's industry-leading CODE-1 family of address matching products for real-time verification of customer data. iPIX provides global visual content and infrastructure for leading e-commerce and new media Web sites.

"As a leading information economy business, ensuring the accuracy of customer addresses in real-time is an operational imperative," said Chad Markle, Director of Business Systems for i.PIX. "The CODE-1 family of products will enable us to ensure the highest possible level of customer data quality across all our vertical industries."

"We are pleased that iPIX has chosen Group 1's CODE-1 products for this important application," said Bob Bowen, CEO of Group 1. "The tremendous growth of e-business presents a significant opportunity for Group 1's industry-leading customer data quality tools like CODE-1. You can expect further announcements in coming months as we expand our participation in the e-commerce market space."

Group 1's address suite of address verification products, CODE-1 Plus, CODE-1 Plus International, and Canadian CODE-1 Plus, represent the most efficient and accurate address matching system available today. For any address in the United States, Canada, or over 200 countries, these applications can guarantee the highest possible level of accuracy.

Group 1 Software is a leading provider of software for data quality, database marketing, electronic document composition applications, and direct marketing and mailing efficiency applications. Group 1 supports MVS, VSE, AS/400, UNIX (including Linux), Windows NT and other operating systems and various computers. Group 1 has offices throughout the United States and in Canada, the United Kingdom, and Continental

iPIX (Nasdaq: iPIX) provides end-to-end rich media services for Web sites dependent on visual communications. The global rich media infrastructure of iPIX manages all capture, processing, and delivery of professional and user-supplied media. A broad array of industries including real estate, e-retail, automotive, travel, publishing, and entertainment are capitalizing on iPIXTM Visual Content to give viewers more information, more interaction, and a richer online experience. iPIX is headquartered in Oak Ridge, Tennessee with co-headquarters in Palo Alto, California.

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