LANHAM, MD. September 19, 2006 – Group 1 Software, Inc., a Pitney Bowes Company (NYSE: PBI), today announced it has been named the 2006 “Data Quality Market Leader” by CRM magazine. This is the third consecutive year that Group 1 has received the Market Leader award, which recognizes the top vendors in the data quality market, based on revenue, revenue growth, market share, reputation for customer satisfaction, depth of product functionality, and company direction.

Group 1’s enterprise-class customer data quality platform offers deep domain understanding of format, industry and cultural variations that deliver accurate, consolidated and enriched customer information, helping Group 1 customers understand and connect with their customers. By extending this understanding to customer relationship management (CRM), enterprise resource planning (ERP), and customer data integration (CDI) applications, Group 1 enables its customers to establish the foundation for important business decisions and to protect their investments in their existing customer information management systems.

“At Group 1, we recognize that customer data is among our customers’ most important assets, driving nearly every system and process in their business,” said Chris Baker, president of Group 1 Software. “The fact that we have received the ‘Data Quality Market Leader’ award from CRM magazine for three consecutive years is a testament to our ability to deliver an industry-leading customer data quality platform that delivers accurate, consolidated and enriched customer information and enables our customers to succeed.”

The annual CRM Market Awards honor the individuals and companies that stand above the rest of the industry in CRM as a result of their significant influence, innovation, or accomplishments.

About Group 1 Software
Group 1 Software, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Pitney Bowes, develops software that provides a comprehensive Customer Communication Management (CCM) solution, which helps maximize the value of customer data and help improve the efficiency and effectiveness of customer communications. Group 1 Software’s solutions are an essential component of enterprise applications, serving to consolidate, cleanse and enrich corporate data, and generate personalized business documents for multi-channel delivery, customer care and efficient business processing. The company’s solutions are utilized by over 3,500 organizations worldwide in the utilities, financial services/banking, GIS/mapping, retail, telecommunications, insurance and other industries, including Entergy, L.L. Bean, Microsoft, QVC, Siemens, Wal-Mart and Wells Fargo.

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