Volume 8, Issue 09 December 23, 2005

This NewsCast is being provided to you as part of your Group 1 Software, Inc. ("Group 1") product maintenance and support plan. It is not intended for distribution outside of your Group 1 user base. Group 1 has taken the best security measures possible to protect your identity on this announce-only distribution list.

Inside this Issue of NewsCast:


    1. Technical Services Communication Updates
    2. Technical Services Pending Product Updates
    3. Pitney Bowes Hosts 6th Annual Customer Conference!
    4. Be an Early Bird and Save on Registration!
    5. Walkthrough Provides a Support Site Tutorial
    6. Group 1 University: New Courses for the New Year!

        Archives and Links



Group 1 recently sent the documents listed below to the primary user contacts on a maintenance plan via email, fax, or mail. Primary ship to contacts received release information with the product shipment. You may find these and other documents at http://www.g1.com/support. (You will need your user ID and password). For List Services, visit the Technical Support - List Services area of our Web site to subscribe at http://www.g1.com/support.

On our Web site, customers may NOT have access to all information listed below. It is only accessible if your company licenses the particular product and/or platform addressed by the announcement.

CANADIAN/INT'L PRODUCTS

REF#: cpcExLtr0106 - This one-page letter contains the expiration dates for the January 2006 CPC Reference File.
LOC: Greenbars and Technical Bulletins DIST: Web PLAT: All

CENTRUS PRODUCTS

REF#: KGI110RAC05 - This nine-page letter announces the release of GeoStan International ES 1.1.0 and provides customers with details concerning this release. Media is being shipped to all customers and is also available for download from the Group 1 Support site.
LOC: Customer Communications DIST: In the Box PLAT: All LIST SERVICES: Centrus/Geo Products

CODING PRODUCTS

REF#: 2FL77xTBC05 - Technical Bulletin listing for the December 2005 Finalist database. Details load counts.
LOC: Greenbars and Technical Bulletins DIST: Web PLAT: Mainframe, Unix and Windows

REF#: 2VM300C2A05 - This two-page letter notifies customers of the availability of Product Update C02 for VeriMove 3.0.0 for download from the Group 1 Web site, log in to Support, My Products, VeriMove, Product Updates. The change requests included in C02 are: 1-13765745, 1-13801911, 1-13842290, 1-13842297, 1-14277470, 1-14368996, 1-14382001, and 1-14434330. Details are included in the letter.
LOC: Customer Communications DIST: Email PLAT: All LIST SERVICES: Coding Products

REF#: 2VM310RAC05 - This two-page letter announces the release of VeriMove 3.1.0 and notifies customers of the availability of Technical Notes. The letter also outlines several of the highlights included in the release.
LOC: Customer Communications DIST: In the Box PLAT: All LIST SERVICES: Coding Products

REF#: C1P29GBC - Greenbar listing for the December 2005 US Postal Database Version 2.9.0. Details load counts.
LOC: Greenbars and Technical Bulletins DIST: Web PLAT: Mainframe

OTHER PRODUCTS

REF#: 248622PRC05 - This three-page letter announces the upcoming release of StreamWeaver Visual Engineer 6.2.2. Technical Notes for this release are available for download from the Group 1 Support site.
LOC: Customer Communications DIST: Email PLAT: All LIST SERVICES: N/A

REF#: LES260S4C05 - This two-page letter notifies customers of the availability of Product Update S04 for Enterprise Server 2.6.0. S04 addresses Change Request 1-15040674, which corrects an error on AIX 5.1 and 5.2 when running the batch C sample after installing Product Update S02. This applies to Unix & Linux platforms only and is available from the Group 1 Support site.
LOC: Customer Communications DIST: Email PLAT: Unix & Linux LIST SERVICES: N/A

POSTAL PRODUCTS

REF#: 2MC73036TAPEMAPC05 - Mailer's Choice Tape Map listing for December 2005 Mailer's Choice 7.30.36.
LOC: Greenbars and Technical Bulletins DIST: Web PLAT: Mainframe, Unix and Windows

REF#: 2MC73036TB12 - Technical Bulletin listing for the December 2005 Mailer's Choice database. Details load counts.
LOC: Greenbars and Technical Bulletins DIST: Web PLAT: Mainframe, Unix and Windows

REF#: MSPG700C - Greenbar listing for the December 2005 MailStream Plus 7.0.0 USPS Reference File. Details file names and sizes.
LOC: Greenbars and Technical Bulletins DIST: Web PLAT: Mainframe

REF#: MSPG750C - Greenbar listing for the December 2005 MailStream Plus 7.5.0 USPS Reference File. Details file names and sizes.
LOC: Greenbars and Technical Bulletins DIST: Web PLAT: Mainframe

REF#: MSPG770C - Greenbar listing for the December 2005 MailStream Plus 7.7.0 USPS Reference File. Details file names and sizes.
LOC: Greenbars and Technical Bulletins DIST: Web PLAT: Mainframe

REF#: MUz770RAA05 - This four-page letter announces the release of MailStream Plus 7.7.0. This letter also notifies customers of the availability of Technical Notes for download from the Internet.
LOC: Customer Communications DIST: In the Box PLAT: MVS & VSE LIST SERVICES: Postal Products

REF#: MUz770S1C05 - This one-page letter notifies customers of the availability of Product Update S01 for MailStream Plus 7.7.0. Product Update S01 addresses Change Request 1-15237119.
LOC: Customer Communications DIST: Email PLAT: MVS & VSE LIST SERVICES: Postal Products





The following documents have recently been posted to the Pending Product Updates area of the Group 1 Support site. Once a Product Update becomes available, Group 1 will notify the primary user contact for that product via email. You may find these and other documents at http://www.g1.com/support/. (You will need your user ID and password).

On our Web site, customers may NOT have access to all information listed below. It is only accessible if your company licenses the particular product and/or platform addressed by the announcement.

There are no Pending Product Update Announcements at this time.




Mark your calendars for the 6th Annual Pitney Bowes Customer Conference! Held on March 21-23, 2006, this year’s conference will take place at the luxurious PGA National Resort & Spa in Palm Beach Gardens, FL.

Network with fellow management professionals, attend informative sessions led by today’s business leaders, and be enlightened by customer panels and case studies: the 6th Annual Customer Conference will provide invaluable information on and strategies for developing profitable customer relationships through mail and message efficiency.

The keynote speaker for the 6th Annual Customer Conference will be James C. Miller, Chairman of the Board of Governors of the U.S. Postal Service. Currently a member of the Audit and Finance Committee and Chairman of The CapAnalysis Group, Miller has served as both the Chairman of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and the Director of the U.S. Office of Management and Budget.

Customers who register by January 21, 2006 will receive a FREE iPod Shuffle upon arrival at the conference. The standard registration fee this year is $399 per customer. Please visit the conference Web site, http://www.pbdmt.com/2006conference, for more information or to register for the conference.





Early Bird Special
Register TODAY!
$395

Offer ends January 31, 2006

Take advantage of this great opportunity to save $200! The 25th Anniversary Group 1 Software Users Conference is July 26-28, 2006, in Chicago, IL.

Register online at http://www.g1.com/uconf/registration.asp or call the Conference Registrar, Janice Broadway, at 301-918-0413 and take advantage of this great discount. Don't miss your chance to participate in informative sessions presented by Group 1 associates and leading industry experts on Enterprise Solutions, DOC1, and Sagent/Centrus division products.

While you're at Horizons 2006, stop by our Technical Help Center to speak with technical support representatives, pre-sales, and professional service representatives on hand to help you. Various Group 1 business partners will be in the Solutions Center to demonstrate some of the new technology they have to offer.

For more information about Horizons 2006, visit the Conference Web site at http://www.g1.com/uconf. While online, take a moment and view our photo gallery from Horizons 2005.




Group 1 recently updated the Support Site Walkthrough, a free and instructive way to help you become acquainted with the ins and outs of the Support site. The Support site is your online portal to an array of Technical Services Department offerings, including: eService, product documentation, Special Request Downloads, the Online Discussion Forums, distributed communications, and the Solutions Knowledge Base.

The Support site is extensive; unguided, it could take a while to discover all it has to offer. By highlighting and expanding upon essential areas, the Walkthrough accelerates this process, enabling you to get more from the Support site now. The Walkthrough provides a comprehensive tour, illustrated with numerous screen shots of important pages. Instructions on accessing various tools and a few helpful tips are supplied along the way.

You can access the Walkthrough without even logging into Support. Just browse to the following Web site: http://www.g1.com/Support/Help/Walkthrough/launch.asp.




Group 1 University is offering two new courses in January 2006!

Sagent Solutions - Irvine, CA - Jan 24-26, 2006
This course introduces you to the design, customization, and creation of business intelligence solutions using the Sagent Platform. You will be guided through the individual components that make up the full Sagent Solution using hands-on labs and exercises.

Objectives:
  • Create and optimize Sagent data load plans to access, analyze, and collaborate on data
  • Use Sagent Analysis to summarize results by multiple dimensions
  • Create and optimize graphical, aggregate, and logical views of databases
  • Manage data mart security and administrative environment
  • Extract legacy data from a source database and load a target data warehouse
  • Configure and use WebLink to access the data warehouse over the Internet
Recommended Prerequisites:
  • In-depth understanding of database concepts
  • Working knowledge of network environments and security concepts
  • Working knowledge of the Internet Structured Query Language (SQL) experience
  • Sagent Dimensional Design course

StreamWeaver Development Using Visual Engineer - Lanham, MD - Jan 23-26, 2006
The StreamWeaver Workshop is appropriate for new technical StreamWeaver users or those who attended training prior to the release of StreamWeaver 4.0.

Objectives:
  • Reorder pages within documents
  • Add, delete, or modify barcodes for insertion equipment
  • Create multiple document output
  • Consolidate documents
  • Insert pages into a document
  • Create extract files
Recommended Prerequisites:
  • Knowledge of print stream environments
  • At least one year of programming experience (COBOL, C, PL/1, Fortran, HTML, etc)

For more information on these and other courses, or to register, please visit the Group 1 University Web site - http://www.g1.com/education. Check back often: Group 1 University will be posting information for the mid-January StreamWeaver Visual Engineer 6.2.2 Conversion webinars soon!




Back issues of Newscast are being archived. Click previous issues to go the NewsCast homepage to review any prior issues.

Below are some links that may be of interest to our customers:

The Group 1 Web site - http://www.g1.com. The Group 1 Software Web site provides customers with valuable information concerning different areas of the company. From this Web site, you can access education information, recent press releases, support, and much more useful information.

The USPS® Web site - http://www.usps.com. This Web site allows customers to check out the latest information regarding postage rates and fees, news and events in the postal community, and locations of local post offices. The site provides various other links and there is a place where postal service customers can track the status of a package or access other online mailing forms.

The Business Section of the USPS® Web site - http://www.usps.com/smallbiz

The Canada Post Web site - http://www.canadapost.ca/splash.asp. This is the direct link to the Canada Post Web site. To view a quick and free course in Canadian NDG sorting, follow this link: http://www.canadapost.ca/business/ndg/default-e.asp.

The USPS® Rapid Information Bulletin Board System - http://ribbs.usps.gov. This is the National Customer Support Center for the United States Postal Service. It provides you mail-service updates, current weather conditions, and other interesting facts pertaining to the Postal Service.

The Postal Rate Commission Web site - http://www.prc.gov. The Postal Rate Commission Web site provides information about the organization, its function and procedures, along with postal rates and fees. It also provides a location where you can voice your opinion to the Consumer Advocate.

The Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers Web site - http://www.nonprofitmailers.org. The Alliance is the primary representative of nonprofit mailers before the Postal Rate Commission, at the United States Postal Service's (USPS®) Headquarters, and on Capitol Hill.

The Association for Postal Commerce Web site - http://www.postcom.org. Postcom is the Association for Postal Commerce. Its Web site provides you with up-to-date information regarding what is going on in the "postal world." It includes links to other helpful sites, as well as a place to contact your US Senators or Representatives.




We welcome comments and suggestions regarding NewsCast. Please send them to cim@g1.com. Please be sure to include "NEWSCAST" in your subject line. Please look for your next issue to arrive in your email box on or near January 11, 2006.

NewsCast - Volume 8, Issue 9
Date: December 23, 2005
Editor: Erica Fenstermacher (cim@g1.com) Asst. Editor:Becki Dustin
Phone: 1-800-367-6950

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