Rancho Santa Margarita, CA-January 22, 2003-Data quality software
provider Melissa Data today broadened its international address
verification services with the addition of AddressDoctor, a product of
Platon Media Solutions GmbH and Deutsche Post Global Mail.
Developed in association with country-specific postal administrators,
AddressDoctor is the world`s most complete reference database of
global addresses and postal codes.
AddressDoctor appends postal codes, corrects misspellings, parses and
standardizes address elements, and formats addresses for more than 200
countries and territories throughout the world. The product also
matches addresses to detailed street-level directories for more than
40 countries.
"Accurate address information is critical for companies who are
competing in the global economy," said Ray Melissa, president of
Melissa Data. "With hundreds of different address formats and postal
codes, companies that are mailing or shipping from one country to
another need to understand the many variations of how addresses should
be written."
"Address validation is a first step in securing postal discounts
throughout the world," said Sven Schreiber, managing director, Platon
Media Solutions. "Also, people in other countries expect to receive
mail that has a local look including properly formatted addresses."
Multiple interface options, including software for batch processing,
an XML Web service, and components for developers, ensure that
AddressDoctor will meet the needs of any global mailer or e-commerce
business. For desktop users, a global postal reference directory
containing postal data for 188 countries is priced at just $250.
Updated annually, this two-disk set contains six language interfaces.
About Melissa Data
Melissa Data provides data quality solutions with emphasis on address
and phone verification, postal encoding and data enhancements. The
company is a leading provider of easy-to-use and cost-effective
solutions for achieving the highest level of data quality for lifetime
value. A powerful line of software, databases, components and services
afford our customers the flexibility to achieve quality U.S.,
Canadian, and international contact information using almost any
language, platform, and media, for real-time, point-of-entry or batch
processing. Free trial software is available by visiting
www.MelissaData.com or by calling1-800-800-6245.
About Platon Media Solutions
Platon Media Solutions is an information technology company based in
Ludwigshafen, Germany. The company`s leading product, AddressDoctor,
was developed in 1994 with Deutsche Post Global Mail and is sold
throughout the world. With its comprehensive database of postal data
from more than 200 countries and territories, AddressDoctor is an
indispensable tool for maintaining a clean customer database. For more
information, contact Platon Media Solutions at +49 (0) 621-57-229-0,
or fax: +49 (0) 621-57-299-45, or Web: www.AddressDoctor.
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Media Contact
Jack Schember
Melissa Data
800-800-6245 x 130 or 949-589-5200 x 130
jack@melissadata.com
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