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CHICAGO, IL., July 9, 2002 - From its 21st Annual User's Conference, Group 1 Software (Nasdaq: GSOF), a leading provider of customer relationship management (CRM)-enabling software solutions, today announced the release of DataSight RT. This real-time component of its flagship DataSight solution enables enterprises to integrate quickly and easily data correction, parsing, standardization, validation, duplicate identification and enhancement into real-time applications.

DataSight RT enables companies to incorporate transactional and real-time data, thereby improving the accuracy of their ability to develop an accurate single customer view. The solution supports data quality processes for name and address as well as non-name and address data. Businesses can also ensure the accuracy of data as it enters the enterprise from a variety of real-time operational sources, including Web servers, call centers, and order entry systems. In addition, DataSight RT's real-time component-based architecture provides both flexibility and scalability for parallel processing applications.

"Our two decades of experience and ongoing data quality initiatives with today's leading businesses lead us to believe that enterprises will increasingly require seamless integration of real-time data quality functionality," said Bob Bowen, CEO of Group 1 Software. "With DataSight RT, we are in the best position to develop, deliver and support real-time data quality technology for the enterprise."

DataSight also offers unparalleled global address verification, supporting over 220 countries and dependencies worldwide. DataSight supports a variety of extract, transform, and load solutions for organizations that wish to integrate data quality and data transformation. The solution can also be fully integrated with Informatica Corporation's leading data integration technology.

Group 1's data quality solutions are the cornerstone of successful CRM initiatives. These applications enable businesses to ensure the integrity of customer and prospect data and enhance that information with valuable geographic and demographic intelligence.

About Group 1 Software
Group 1 Software is a leading provider of customer relationship management (CRM)-enabling software solutions for data quality, customer communications management, marketing automation 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 www.g1.com.

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