Pitney Bowes Group 1 Software


Press Release

Date:
Tuesday, April 01, 2008
Contact:
Keith Giannini or Steve Marquis
Phone:
781-684-0770
Email:
G1@schwartz-pr.com

Pitney Bowes Group 1 Software Releases New Version of Customer Data Quality Platform


Industry Leading Data Quality Solution Now Offers Enhanced Data Steward Experience and Expanded Geo-Enrichment Capabilities to Provide a More Accurate Customer View

LANHAM, MD, (April 1, 2008) — Pitney Bowes Group 1 Software today introduced the newest version of its Customer Data Quality (CDQ) Platform. Combining innovative data quality functions in a single service-oriented orchestration environment, CDQ Platform v5.5 enables end users to easily consolidate data into a single, comprehensive customer record, and integrate that information into business operations to make more informed decisions.

“Enterprises now realize that corporate data and customer information are among their most important assets. The CDQ Platform enables them to maximize the value of these assets,” said Navin Sharma, Pitney Bowes Group 1 Software’s director of product management. “The new release of the CDQ Platform provides enterprises with expanded capabilities through the addition of three new modules — Enterprise Geocoding, Enterprise Tax and Location Intelligence, as well as enhancements to existing modules, that provide a rich ‘out of the box’ experience for end users.”

New Features in the CDQ Platform v5.5 Include
  • Dataflow Templates — business rules to address commonly occurring scenarios are now available out of the box as templates that empower data stewards to enable data quality and enrichment within minutes.
  • Match Analysis — as part of the Advanced Matching Module, provides detailed insight into not only the “what matched,” but also the “why” to help data stewards effectively define the most optimal set of rules for matching and consolidation.
  • Enterprise Geocoding Module — provides point and parcel level precision based geo-coordinates along with elevation and assessors parcel number (APN) information for locations in the United States.
  • Enterprise Tax Module — enables organizations to accurately and automatically assign tax jurisdictions and keep up to date with the ever changing tax boundaries across the United States for the purpose of accurate sales-use, property, payroll and insurance premium tax rate assignment.
  • Location Intelligence Module — allows organizations to assess whether a location is within a specifically defined boundary or identify closest sites to a given location, combing location intelligence with the best of customer data quality for more accurate decision making.

“With Pitney Bowes Group 1 Software’s Customer Data Quality Platform, we have vastly strengthened our target marketing efforts,” said Brian Evans, senior IT business systems analyst for Mentor Graphics. “The high degree of flexibility and control provided by the CDQ Platform’s Enterprise Designer allowed us to implement match rules exactly as we identified them and create a cross-reference table to link marketing and call center contacts.”

About Pitney Bowes Group 1 Software, Inc.

Pitney Bowes is a mailstream technology company that helps organizations manage the flow of information, mail, documents and packages. Our 35,000 employees deliver technology, service and innovation to more than two million customers worldwide. The company was founded in 1920 and annual revenues now total $6.1 billion. More information is available at www.pb.com.

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