| Pitney
Bowes and Group 1 Software
Provide Document Composition Software
For Olympic Data Services
DANBURY,
Conn. and LANHAM, Md., June 17, 2002 -- Pitney Bowes
Inc. (NYSE: PBI) and Group 1 Software (NASDAQ: GSOF) today
announced that Olympic Data Services, Inc. has purchased the
DOC1 software solution. With this document composition software,
Olympic data will create more effective and efficient personalized
statements, bills and invoices for their financial services
and telecommunications customers. Olympic Data produces and
mails approximately 2 million documents per month.
Created
by Group 1 and co-marketed by Pitney Bowes docSense, DOC1
gives businesses control of their documents from content design,
generation and presentment to archive, retrieval and payment.
This marks the first sale of DOC1 by Pitney Bowes docSense
since Pitney Bowes and Group 1 announced a global strategic
alliance in March 2002.
Olympic
Data is a print and mail house that specializes in data processing,
graphic design, digital laser printing, and mailing services
for credit unions, banks, telecommunications, hospitals, and
medical clinics. The principals of the Seattle, Washington-based
service bureau needed a flexible document generation software
solution in order to meet the increased demand for highly
customized documents.
"We
obtained Group 1's DOC1 software from Pitney Bowes docSense
to develop high quality documents that have the customized
look and feel desired by our customers," said James Choi,
President and CEO of Olympic Data Services. ""We trusted the
Pitney Bowes docSense brand to provide us with a cost-effective
way to handle large volumes of documents. Our research indicates
that the DOC1 solution will create highly personalized customer
communications in less than half the time it took with our
previous document composition software."
"Companies like
Olympic Data see value in using a composition tool like DOC1
that can help determine the strategy of a document while providing
a completely integrated print-to-post document workflow environment,"
said Karl Schumacher, president of Pitney Bowes docSense.
"It is a clear validation of our choice to enter a strategic
alliance with Group 1, a relationship that I believe will
prove to be enormously beneficial to our customers and our
organization as time goes on."
"By using DOC1,
Olympic Data will be able to generate personalized, high impact
communications with customers and prospects, the sought-after
end result of all CRM initiatives," said Bob Bowen, CEO of
Group 1 Software. "We look forward to working closely with
Pitney Bowes docSense to meet the document generation and
delivery needs of today's leading global businesses."
Olympic Data Services,
Inc. is a full-service printing and mailing house providing
a multitude of services for our clients including data processing,
graphic design, digital laser printing, and mailing services.
Group
1 Software (Nasdaq: GSOF) is a leading provider of customer
relationship management (CRM)-enabling software solutions
for data quality, marketing automation, customer communications
management and direct marketing applications. Group 1's software
systems and services enable over 2,000 customers worldwide
to market smarter by helping them find, reach and keep customers.
Founded in 1982 and headquartered in Lanham, Maryland, Group
1's solutions are utilized by leaders in the financial services,
banking, retail, telecommunications, utilities, e-commerce,
and insurance industries. The company's customer base includes
such recognized names as Acxiom, AT&T, Charles Schwab, Entergy,
GEICO, L.L. Bean, Wal-Mart and Wells Fargo. For more information
about Group 1, visit the company's Web site at http://www.g1.com.
Pitney Bowes Inc.
is a $4.1 billion global provider of leading edge integrated
mail and document management solutions headquartered in Stamford,
Connecticut. Pitney Bowes docSense is the company's global
provider of premier solutions for the creation and distribution
of efficient and effective documents in paper and digital
form. More information about the integrated document strategy
promoted by Pitney Bowes docSense can be obtained at http://docsense.pb.com.
Media
Contact:
David Peikin
Corporate Communications Manager
Group 1 Software (Nasdaq: GSOF)
301-918-081
pr@g1.com
Scott Gerschwer
Manager, Media Relations
203-739-3163
Scott.Gerschwer@pb.com
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Bowes/Group 1's future plans, events or performance. Such
statements may involve risks and uncertainties, including
risks associated with uncertainties pertaining to customer
orders, demand for products and services, development of
markets for Pitney Bowes/Group 1's products and services
and other risks identified in the company's SEC filings.
Pitney Bowes/Group 1's actual results, events and performance
may differ materially. Readers are cautioned not to place
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