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Welcome!
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TOOLS

INDEX

BUSINESS
OBJECTS
(NOW SAP) Welcome to SearchDataManagement.com’s Data Quality Management Software
DATACTICS
Product Directory. This directory is designed to be a valuable resource for those
getting started with research or evaluating vendors in the data quality market.
DATAFLUX

DATALEVER Inside, you’ll find basic information about the major vendors in the data quality
DATA MENTORS market and the products they sell. Each listing is accompanied by a short descrip-
INC.
tion and a long description including limited information about functionality and
DATANOMIC product use. You’ll find products for businesses of all sizes as well as products
EPRENTISE that can be deployed on-demand and on-premise. Use this list to get started
FUZZY! with the evaluation process. For more information about any of the products
INFORMATIC
(NOW SAP)
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website.
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ORACLE CORP

PERVASIVE
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GROUP 1

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Data quality management and
DATA QUALITY
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choosing data quality tools: A primer
TOOLS

A
INDEX

BUSINESS
OBJECTS
(NOW SAP) s more business analysts recognize the relationship between high-
DATACTICS
quality data and the success of the business, there is a growing inter-
est in integrating data quality management within the organization.
DATAFLUX
And while the lion’s share of the effort involves putting good data
DATALEVER
management practices in place and establishing data governance,
DATA MENTORS there will always be a requirement for technology to support
INC.
data quality maturity.
DATANOMIC
That being said, until relatively recently, most people equated the phrases “data
EPRENTISE quality” and “data cleansing” with the expectation that data quality tools were
FUZZY! intended only to help identify data errors and then correct those errors. In reality,
INFORMATIC
(NOW SAP)
there are many techniques applied within the context of a data quality management
program, with different types of tools used to support those techniques.
HARTE-HANKS
TRILLIUM Data quality management incorporates a “virtuous cycle,” shown in FIGURE 1,
SOFTWARE
essentially consisting of two phases: analysis and assessment, followed by monitor-
HUMAN ing and improvement.
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IBM

INFORMATICA
FIGURE 1: The virtuous cycle of data quality management.
INNOVATIVE
SYSTEMS INC.

NETRICS
Identify and
ORACLE CORP q measure how
poor data
DATA ANALYSIS
/ASSESSMENT

PERVASIVE
SOFTWARE
quality
Monitor results of impedes Define
PITNEY BOWES improvement methods business business-related data
GROUP 1 against targets objectives quality rules
STALWORTH INC.

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Design quality
IMPROVEMENT
MONITORING/

Data cleansing
ZOOMIX (NOW Implement improvement processes
MICROSOFT) and
quality and set performance
enhancement
improvement targets
methods and
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Data quality tools and technology are necessary to support both the analysis and
assessment phases. Data profiling tools are used for data analysis and identification
DATA QUALITY
MANAGEMENT of potential anomalies, while parsing and standardization tools are employed for rec-
AND CHOOSING
DATA QUALITY
ognizing errors, normalizing representations and values, and some degree of data
TOOLS correction. These tools can be used to define data quality rules that assert validity
INDEX of data and are used to flag non-conformant values and to aid the correction process.
A commonly used technology for cus-
tomer and business name correction is
BUSINESS
OBJECTS
(NOW SAP)
identity resolution, which helps in linking “Data quality tools
and resolving variant representations of
DATACTICS the same entities. After normalization and
and technology are
DATAFLUX identity resolution have been performed, necessary to support
data enhancements such as address stan-
DATALEVER
dardization and enhancement and geo-
both the analysis and
DATA MENTORS
INC. coding are applied. Lastly, the data quality assessment phases.”
DATANOMIC
rules can be integrated within a data quali- —DAVID LOSHIN
ty auditing tool that measures compliance
EPRENTISE
with defined data quality expectations. The
FUZZY!
INFORMATIC
results of these measurements can be fed into a data quality metrics scorecard, and
(NOW SAP) if the metrics are defined in relation to the business impacts incurred by violating the
HARTE-HANKS expectations, that scorecard will provide an accurate gauge of how improving data
TRILLIUM
SOFTWARE
quality goes straight to the bottom line.
HUMAN
INFERENCE

IBM DATA PROFILING

The initial attempts to evaluate data quality are processes of analysis and discovery,
INFORMATICA
and this analysis is predicated on an objective review of the actual data values. The
INNOVATIVE
SYSTEMS INC. values populating the data sets under review are assessed through quantitative
measures and analyst review. While a data analyst may not necessarily be able to
NETRICS
pinpoint all instances of flawed data, the ability to document situations where there
ORACLE CORP
may be anomalies provides a means to communicate these instances with subject-
PERVASIVE matter experts whose business knowledge can confirm the existence of data prob-
SOFTWARE
lems.
PITNEY BOWES
GROUP 1 Data profiling is a set of algorithms for statistical analysis and assessment of the
quality of data values within a data set, as well as exploring relationships that exist
STALWORTH INC.
between value collections both within and across data sets. For each column in a
TALEND
table, a data profiling tool will provide a frequency distribution of the different values,
UNISERV providing insight into the type and use of each column. Cross-column analysis can
ZOOMIX (NOW expose embedded value dependencies, while inter-table analysis explores overlap-
MICROSOFT)
ping value sets that may represent foreign key relationships between entities, and it
is in this way that profiling can be used for anomaly analysis and assessment.
ABOUT The data profiling process often sheds light on business rules inherent to each
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 DATA PARSING AND STANDARDIZATION
INTRO
In any data set, slight variations in representation of data values easily lead to situa-
DATA QUALITY
MANAGEMENT tions of confusion or ambiguity for both individuals and other applications. For exam-
AND CHOOSING ple, consider these different character strings:
DATA QUALITY
TOOLS

INDEX q 301-754-6350
q (301) 754-6350
q 301.754.6350
BUSINESS
OBJECTS q 866-BIZRULE
(NOW SAP)

DATACTICS All of these formats use digits, some have alphabetic characters, and all use differ-
DATAFLUX ent special characters for separation, but to the human eye they are all recognized as
reasonable telephone number formats. To determine whether these numbers are
DATALEVER
accurate or to investigate whether duplicate telephone numbers exist, the values
DATA MENTORS
INC. must be parsed into their component segments (area code, exchange and line) and
then transformed into a standard format.
DATANOMIC
When analysts are able to describe the different component and format patterns
EPRENTISE
used to represent a data object (person's name, product description, etc.), data qual-
FUZZY! ity tools can parse data values that conform to any of those patterns and even trans-
INFORMATIC
(NOW SAP) form them into a single, standardized form that feeds the assessment, matching and
HARTE-HANKS cleansing processes. Pattern-based parsing can automate the recognition and subse-
TRILLIUM quent standardization of meaningful value components.
SOFTWARE
In general, parsing uses defined patterns managed within a rules engine used to
HUMAN
INFERENCE distinguish between valid and invalid data values. When patterns are recognized,
other rules and actions can be triggered, either to standardize the representation
IBM
(presuming a valid representation) or to correct the values (should known errors be
INFORMATICA
identified).
INNOVATIVE
SYSTEMS INC.

NETRICS
IDENTITY RESOLUTION:
ORACLE CORP
SIMILARITY, LINKAGE AND MATCHING
PERVASIVE A common requirement for data quality management involves two sides of the same
SOFTWARE
coin: when multiple data instances actually refer to the same real-world entity, as
PITNEY BOWES
GROUP 1
opposed to the perception that a record does not exist for a real-world entity when in
fact it really does. Both of these problems indicate the need for techniques to help
STALWORTH INC.
identify approximate matches to determine similarity between different records. In
TALEND
the first situation, similar, yet slightly variant representations in data values may
UNISERV have been inadvertently introduced into the system, while in the second situation, a
ZOOMIX (NOW slight variation in representation prevents the identification of an exact match of the
MICROSOFT)
existing record in the data set.
Both of these issues are addressed through a process called identity resolution, in
ABOUT which the degree of similarity between any two records is scored, most often based
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on weighted approximate matching between a set of attribute values between the
.COM two records. If the score is above a specific threshold, the two records are deemed to
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be a match and are presented to the end client as most likely to represent the same
entity. Identity resolution is used to recognize when only slight variations suggest
DATA QUALITY
MANAGEMENT that different records are connected and where values may be cleansed.
AND CHOOSING
DATA QUALITY
Attempting to compare each record against all the others to provide a similarity
TOOLS score is not only ambitious but also time-consuming and computationally intensive.
INDEX Most data quality tool suites use advanced algorithms for blocking records that are
most likely to contain matches into smaller sets, whereupon different approaches
are taken to measure similarity. In addition, there are different approaches to match-
BUSINESS
OBJECTS ing—a deterministic approach relies on a broad knowledge base for matching, while
(NOW SAP)
probabilistic approaches employ statistical techniques to contribute to the similarity
DATACTICS scoring process. Identifying similar records within the same data set probably means
DATAFLUX that the records are most likely duplicated
DATALEVER
and may be subjected to cleansing and/or
DATA MENTORS
elimination. Identifying similar records in dif- “Consider whether
INC. ferent sets may indicate a link across the
DATANOMIC
data sets, which helps facilitate cleansing, or not a specific tool
EPRENTISE
knowledge discovery, reverse engineering offering necessitates
and master data aggregation.
FUZZY!
INFORMATIC
purchasing a suite
(NOW SAP)
of products.”
HARTE-HANKS DATA CLEANSING AND ENHANCEMENT
TRILLIUM —DAVID LOSHIN
SOFTWARE Data cleansing incorporates techniques such
as data imputation, address correction, elim-
HUMAN
INFERENCE ination of extraneous data, and duplicate
IBM elimination, as well as pattern-based transformations. Data cleansing complements
(and relies on) parsing and standardization as well as identity resolution and record
INFORMATICA
linkage. Data enhancement is a data improvement process that relies on record link-
INNOVATIVE
SYSTEMS INC. age, along with value-added improvement from third-party data sets (such as
address correction, geo-demographic/psychographic imports, list appends). This is
NETRICS
often performed by partnering with data providers, using their aggregated data as a
ORACLE CORP
“source of truth” against which records are matched and then enhanced.
PERVASIVE
SOFTWARE

PITNEY BOWES
GROUP 1 DATA AUDITING AND MONITORING
STALWORTH INC.
The same types of data quality rules exposed through conversations with subject-
matter experts and profiling can be used to describe end-user data quality expecta-
TALEND
tions. Monitoring defined data quality rules and auditing the results provides a proac-
UNISERV tive assessment of compliance with expectations, and the results of these audits can
ZOOMIX (NOW feed data quality metrics populating management dashboards and scorecards.
MICROSOFT)
Data profiling tools, as well as standalone auditing utilities, often provide capabili-
ties for proactively validating data against a set of defined (or discovered) business
ABOUT rules. In this way, the analysts can distinguish those records that conform to defined
SEARCHDATA-
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 WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN DATA QUALITY TOOLS AND VENDORS
INTRO
There are two interesting notions to keep in mind when considering data quality
DATA QUALITY
MANAGEMENT tools. First, every organization’s needs are different, depending on the type of com-
AND CHOOSING pany, industry and business processes and their corresponding dependence on the
DATA QUALITY
TOOLS use of high-quality data. Second, while the needs may be different, the ways that
INDEX those can be addressed are often very similar, although different vendors may
address those issues with greater degrees of accuracy and precision (and, naturally,
cost). Weighing both of these notions together, the conclusion is that what will dis-
BUSINESS
OBJECTS tinguish the suitability of one product over the others is more than just functionality,
(NOW SAP) especially as data quality technology becomes more of a commodity capability.
DATACTICS Along with functionality, consider cost, installed base, vendor stability, training
DATAFLUX and support capabilities, as well as the pool of talent that can be tapped to help inte-
grate the tools within a governed data quality program. In addition, because there
DATALEVER
have been many corporate acquisitions within the data quality market, consider
DATA MENTORS
INC. whether or not a specific tool offering necessitates purchasing a full-blown suite of
products. Alternatively, one must consider the level of comfort of purchasing one
DATANOMIC
component of a vendor’s tools suite with the expectation that it will integrate well
EPRENTISE
with other tools already in use within the environment.
FUZZY!
INFORMATIC
(NOW SAP)

HARTE-HANKS BUSINESS NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND DATA QUALITY TOOL REQUIREMENTS

TRILLIUM
SOFTWARE
The desire to acquire data quality tools should be tempered by the assessment
process—too often, the technology is purchased long before the specific business
HUMAN
INFERENCE needs have been determined. Therefore, it is worthwhile to perform a high-level data
IBM
quality assessment with these specific objectives:
INFORMATICA
q Identify business processes that are affected by data quality issues.
INNOVATIVE
SYSTEMS INC.
q Identify the data elements that are critical to the successful execution of
those business processes.
NETRICS
q Evaluate the types of errors and data flaws that can occur.
ORACLE CORP q Quantify business impacts associated with each of those errors.
PERVASIVE q Prioritize issues based on potential business impacts.
SOFTWARE
q Consider the data quality improvements that can be applied to alleviate the
PITNEY BOWES
GROUP 1
business impacts.
STALWORTH INC.
While this process is presented simply above, there are many subtleties that may
TALEND require additional expertise. To expedite this assessment, you may consider partner-
UNISERV ing with expert consultants that can perform the rapid assessment while simultane-
ZOOMIX (NOW ously training your staff to replicate the process on other data sets.
MICROSOFT) General requirements for data quality tools
As a result of this process, companies should arrive at a prioritized list of improve-
ABOUT ments, which should frame the discussion of requirements analysis, both from the
SEARCHDATA-
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data quality standpoint and from the systemic and environmental aspects. For exam-
.COM ple, determining that duplicated customer records lead to business risks would sug-
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gest that duplicate elimination is advisable. This requires tools for determining when
there are duplicates (identity resolution) and for cleansing (parsing and standardiza-
DATA QUALITY
MANAGEMENT tion, enhancement).
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DATA QUALITY
There are also degrees of precision, however. If your company is a mail-order ven-
TOOLS dor sending out duplicate catalogs, the risk is increased costs and lowered response,
INDEX but 100% de-duplication may not be a requirement. But attempting to identify ter-
rorists at the airport security gate may pose a significant risk in terms of passenger
safety, necessitating much greater precision in identity resolution. Increased preci-
BUSINESS
OBJECTS sion is likely to correspond to increased costs, and this is another consideration.
(NOW SAP)
In terms of environmental and systemic aspects, one must consider how well
DATACTICS different products can integrate within the organization’s system architecture. Hard
DATAFLUX requirements such as platform compliance are relatively easy to specify. Architec-
DATALEVER
tural expectations are too, such as the different deployment options such as whether
the tools support real-time operations, whether they only execute in batch, or can
DATA MENTORS
INC. they be integrated “in-line” are also relevant questions. In addition, as more organi-
DATANOMIC
zations migrate toward services-oriented architectures (SOAs), determining
whether the tools support services also becomes a requirement. From the business
EPRENTISE
side, one must consider the license, support, training, and ongoing maintenance
FUZZY!
INFORMATIC
costs, as well as the internal staffing requirements to manage and use the products.
(NOW SAP) Because many vendors provide tools that may (or may not) address the organiza-
HARTE-HANKS tion’s issues, it is worthwhile to carefully delineate your business needs and technol-
TRILLIUM
SOFTWARE
ogy requirements within a request for proposal (RFP). Providing an RFP provides two
clear benefits. First, it clarifies your needs to the vendors so they can more effectively
HUMAN
INFERENCE determine if their product will meet them. Second, it provides a framework for com-
IBM
paring vendor tools, scoring their relative suitability and narrowing the field. It is a
good idea to include specific metrics associated with the quality of the data that can
INFORMATICA
be used to compare and measure effectiveness of the products.
INNOVATIVE
SYSTEMS INC.

NETRICS
NARROWING DATA QUALITY VENDORS
ORACLE CORP
Reviewing the RFP responses will help filter out those vendors that make the grade
PERVASIVE from those whose products are not entirely appropriate to address the business
SOFTWARE
needs. But to narrow the remaining vendors to a short list, set up meetings for the
PITNEY BOWES
GROUP 1 vendors to present their technology along with a proposal for how their products will
be used to address the business needs. Again, it may be worthwhile to engage indi-
STALWORTH INC.
viduals with experience in data quality tools and techniques to clarify the distinc-
TALEND
tions among the vendor products, translate any “tech-talk” into terms that are
UNISERV understood, and to ask the tough questions to ensure that the vendors are properly
ZOOMIX (NOW representing what their products can and cannot do.
MICROSOFT)
By this time, your team should be able to whittle down the field to at most three
competitors. The final test is to try out the tools yourself—arrange for the installation
ABOUT of an evaluation version of the product and run it over your own data sets. Having
SEARCHDATA-
MANAGEMENT specified a benchmark data set for comparison, one can compare not just how well
.COM the products perform but also the ease of use and adoption by internal staff.
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 SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS
INTRO
The full details of what can be expected from the data quality tools described is
DATA QUALITY
MANAGEMENT beyond the scope of this article, but this table provides some high-level, “no-miss”
AND CHOOSING capabilities for each of the tools described.
DATA QUALITY
TOOLS

INDEX

TECHNOLOGY CORE CAPABILITIES

BUSINESS
OBJECTS
(NOW SAP)
Data profiling ■ Column value frequency analysis and related statistics
DATACTICS (number of distinct values, null counts, maximum, minimum,
DATAFLUX
mean, standard deviation)
■ Table structure analysis

DATALEVER ■ Cross-table redundancy analysis

■ Data mapping analysis

DATA MENTORS
INC. ■ Metadata capture

■ DDL generation
DATANOMIC
■ Business rule documentation and validation

EPRENTISE

FUZZY!
INFORMATIC Parsing and ■ Flexible definition of patterns and rules for parsing
(NOW SAP) standardization ■ Flexible definition of rules for transformation
■ Knowledge base of known patterns
HARTE-HANKS
TRILLIUM ■ Ability to support multiple data concepts

SOFTWARE
(individual, business, product, etc.)
■ Manageable transformation actions
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Identity ■ Entity identification
INFORMATICA resolution ■ Record matching
■ Record linkage
INNOVATIVE
SYSTEMS INC. ■ Record merging and consolidation

■ Flexible definition of business rules

NETRICS
■ Knowledge base of rules and patterns

ORACLE CORP ■ Integration with parsing and standardization tools

■ Advanced algorithms for deterministic or probabilistic matching

PERVASIVE
SOFTWARE

PITNEY BOWES
GROUP 1 Cleansing and ■ Flexible definition of cleansing rules
enhancement ■ Knowledge base of common patterns (for cleansing)
STALWORTH INC. ■ Knowledge base of enhancements (e.g., address cleansing,

TALEND geocoding)
UNISERV

ZOOMIX (NOW Auditing and ■ Data validation

MICROSOFT) monitoring ■ Data controls
■ Services-oriented

■ Rule management
ABOUT ■ Rule-based monitoring
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CONCLUSION
DATA QUALITY
MANAGEMENT Even though many of the more established data quality tool vendors have been
AND CHOOSING
DATA QUALITY acquired by even bigger fish, there are still companies emerging with better
TOOLS approaches to fill the void. Whether better algorithms packaged in a different way,
INDEX improvements in performance, better suitability to SOA, or even an open source
offering, there is a wide range of vendors, products and tools to fit almost any organi-
zation’s needs. Even armed with the knowledge of what you should look for in data
BUSINESS
OBJECTS quality tools, there is one last caveat: If your organization has an opportunity for data
(NOW SAP)
quality improvement, make sure that you have done your homework in business
DATACTICS needs assessment and development of a reasonable RFP before evaluating and pur-
DATAFLUX chasing tools.
DATALEVER

DATA MENTORS
INC.

DATANOMIC

EPRENTISE

FUZZY!
INFORMATIC
(NOW SAP)

HARTE-HANKS
TRILLIUM
SOFTWARE

HUMAN
INFERENCE

IBM

INFORMATICA

INNOVATIVE
SYSTEMS INC.

NETRICS

ORACLE CORP

PERVASIVE
SOFTWARE

PITNEY BOWES
GROUP 1

STALWORTH INC.

TALEND

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ZOOMIX (NOW ABOUT THE AUTHOR

MICROSOFT)
David Loshin, president of Knowledge Integrity, Inc, is a recognized thought leader and expert consultant
in the areas of data governance, data quality methods, tools, and techniques, master data management,
and business intelligence. David is a prolific author regarding BI best practices, either via his B-Eye Net-
ABOUT
SEARCHDATA-
work expert channel and numerous books on BI and data quality. His book, Master Data Management, has
MANAGEMENT been endorsed by data management industry leaders, and his valuable MDM insights can be reviewed at
.COM www.mdmbook.com. David can be reached at loshin@knowledge-integrity.com, or 301-754-6350.

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 INTRO Index at a Glance
DATA QUALITY Click on the product name at left to jump to a longer description.
MANAGEMENT
AND CHOOSING
DATA QUALITY SAAS OR ON
TOOLS PAGE VENDOR PRODUCTS SERVICES PREMISE SW

INDEX
12 Business Objects BusinessObjects Data Quality, s
(now SAP) Universal Data Cleanse, BusinessObjects
Data Quality for SAP, BusinessObjects
BUSINESS
Data Quality for Oracle’s Siebel CRM,
OBJECTS BusinessObjects Data Insight
(NOW SAP)
12 Datactics DataTrawler s
DATACTICS 13 DataFlux DataFlux Data Quality Integration s
DATAFLUX Platform
13 DataLever DataLever Enterprise Suite s
DATALEVER
14 Data Mentors Inc. DataFuse 1 s
DATA MENTORS
INC. 14 Datanomic dn:Director s
DATANOMIC
15 eprentise eprentise Data Quality s
15 Fuzzy! Informatik Fuzzy! Dime, Fuzzy! Analyzer, Fuzzy! s
EPRENTISE
(now SAP) Double, Fuzzy! Move, Fuzzy!
FUZZY! Bank, Fuzzy! Umzug
INFORMATIC
(NOW SAP) 16 Harte-Hanks Trillium Trillium Software System: 1 s
Software TS Insight, TS Discovery, TS Quality,
HARTE-HANKS TS Enrichment
TRILLIUM
SOFTWARE 16 Human Inference HIquality Suite 1 s
HUMAN 17 IBM IBM Information Server WebSphere s
INFERENCE QualityStage
IBM 17 Informatica Informatica Data Quality s
INFORMATICA 18 Innovative Systems Inc. i/Lytics Enterprise Data Quality Suite: 1 s
i/Lytics Data Profiler, i/Lytics Data
INNOVATIVE Quality, i/Lytics GLOBAL
SYSTEMS INC.
18 Netrics Netrics Matching Platform s
NETRICS
19 Oracle Corp Data Quality for Oracle Data Integrator s
ORACLE CORP
19 Pervasive Software Pervasive Data Profiler s
PERVASIVE 20 Pitney Bowes Group 1 Customer Data Quality Platform, CDQ 1 s
SOFTWARE
On Demand, Global Sentry, CDQ Platform
PITNEY BOWES for Microsoft Dynamics CRM, CDQ
GROUP 1 Platform for Salesforce.com, CDQ Platform
STALWORTH INC.
for SAP and CDQ Platform for Siebel
20 Stalworth Inc. DQ*Plus, DQ*Plus Batch and 1 s
TALEND
Persistent, DQ*Plus Interactive
UNISERV 21 Talend Talend Open Profiler s
ZOOMIX (NOW 21 Uniserv Data Quality Batch Suite 1 s
MICROSOFT)
22 Zoomix (now Microsoft) Zoomix Accelerator s

ABOUT
SEARCHDATA- Vendor: Vendor/developer of product at directory press time; 1 SaaS or services indicates technology available as
MANAGEMENT SaaS, hosted, on-demand, ASP and web services; s On-premise SW indicates software or systems on premise;
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2 Description was written by the SearchDataManagement.com editorial team based on information gathered from
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BUSINESS OBJECTS, AN SAP CO. DATACTICS
DATA QUALITY
MANAGEMENT
AND CHOOSING
• BusinessObjects Data Quality DataTrawler
DATA QUALITY • Universal Data Cleanse
TOOLS
• BusinessObjects Data Quality Datactics DataTrawler is data quality
INDEX for SAP software with grid technology for large
• BusinessObjects Data Quality data volumes. s
BUSINESS for Oracle’s Siebel CRM
OBJECTS
(NOW SAP)
• BusinessObjects Data Insight COMPANY WEBSITE: www.datactics.com
FOUNDED: 1999
DATACTICS
Business Objects has multiple products SUMMARY: DataTrawler combines data
DATAFLUX for data quality monitoring, analyzing, processing techniques with the latest
DATALEVER standardizing and reporting. s generation of data management tech-
DATA MENTORS nologies. It is based on “fuzzy” technol-
INC. COMPANY WEBSITE: www.businessobjects. ogy, namely the tolerance of errors per
DATANOMIC com length of any given string of data, and
EPRENTISE FOUNDED : 1990 provides users with dials to adjust the
SUMMARY : BusinessObjects Data Quality level of errors that they’re prepared to
FUZZY!
INFORMATIC standardizes, corrects, enhances and tolerate. DataTrawler uses next-genera-
(NOW SAP)
unifies data from various sources. Uni- tion grid technology to call on available
HARTE-HANKS
TRILLIUM
versal Data Cleanse parses, standardiz- computing power and allow processes
SOFTWARE es and identifies non-customer and to be shared across many computers.
HUMAN region-specific data. BusinessObjects Datactics also has a “data management
INFERENCE Data Quality for SAP is embedded with- methodology” with three phases: ana-
IBM in SAP for global address correction and lyze, re-engineer and match—and three
INFORMATICA verification. BusinessObjects Data management elements: report, inte-
INNOVATIVE
Quality for Oracle’s Siebel CRM is simi- grate and manage.
SYSTEMS INC. larly embedded within the Siebel CRM.
NETRICS BusinessObjects Data Insight supports PRICING: Declined to provide pricing.
ORACLE CORP
monitoring, analyzing and reporting
data quality in a relational database or a
PERVASIVE
SOFTWARE flat file in an open system or mainframe
PITNEY BOWES
environment. 2
GROUP 1

STALWORTH INC. PRICING: Declined to provide pricing.

TALEND

UNISERV

ZOOMIX (NOW
MICROSOFT)

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DATAFLUX CORP. DATALEVER
DATA QUALITY
MANAGEMENT
AND CHOOSING
DataFlux Data Quality DataLever Enterprise Suite
DATA QUALITY Integration Platform
TOOLS
DataLever Enterprise Suite is a
INDEX DataFlux has multiple products support- visual process designer for creating
ing different data quality processes, and running high-performance data-
BUSINESS all based on a single platform. s transformation and data quality
OBJECTS
(NOW SAP)
processes. s
COMPANY WEBSITE: www.dataflux.com
DATACTICS
FOUNDED: 1997 COMPANY WEBSITE: www.datalever.com
DATAFLUX SUMMARY: DataFlux data quality inte- FOUNDED: 1998
DATALEVER gration products have functions for SUMMARY: DataLever Enterprise Suite

DATA MENTORS organizations to: plan and prioritize is a visual process designer allowing
INC. data-correction programs; parse data organizations to create and run high-
DATANOMIC into components to help identify and performance data-transformation
EPRENTISE resolve problematic data; standardize, processes. Using a modular approach,
FUZZY!
correct and normalize data to create a components are selected from a
INFORMATIC unified view of corporate information; palette. Components perform special-
(NOW SAP)
verify and validate data accuracy to ized operations. By connecting the com-
HARTE-HANKS
TRILLIUM
improve the overall accuracy of cus- ponents, custom data processing
SOFTWARE tomer records, product data and other engines, which resemble flow charts,
HUMAN information; and apply business rules can be created. The results of the job
INFERENCE across the enterprise to ensure that all can be stored in a database, viewed in a
IBM corporate data reflects business needs. spreadsheet or written to a report. The
INFORMATICA All DataFlux products are built from the DataLever framework encompasses a
INNOVATIVE
same core technology and code base. 2 broad range of functionality, including
SYSTEMS INC. comprehensive data re-engineering and
NETRICS PRICING: data profiling. 2
ORACLE CORP
DataFlux dfPower Studio is available on
a per user basis, while the DataFlux PRICING: Depending on database size,
PERVASIVE
SOFTWARE Integration Server utilizes a per server pricing begins at $8,000 per month
PITNEY BOWES
model. The pricing of the DataFlux Data for ASP-delivered functions.
GROUP 1 Quality Integration Platform starts at
STALWORTH INC. $50,000 and varies according to the
TALEND
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DATAMENTORS, INC. DATANOMIC
DATA QUALITY
MANAGEMENT
AND CHOOSING
DataFuse dn:Director
DATA QUALITY
TOOLS
DataFuse is a modular database dn:Director is a multi-function
INDEX preparation and integration system data quality platform. s
that cleanses, organizes, standardizes,
BUSINESS matches and prepares data. 1 s COMPANY WEBSITE: www.datanomic.com
OBJECTS
(NOW SAP)
FOUNDED: 2001
COMPANY WEBSITE: www.datamentors.com SUMMARY: Datanomic’s dn:Director is
DATACTICS
FOUNDED: 1998 a multi-function data quality platform,
DATAFLUX SUMMARY: DataMentors provides data- providing a range of data quality
DATALEVER base preparation and maintenance mar- processors for profiling, checking, trans-
DATA MENTORS keting systems featuring DataFuse forming, parsing, matching, enhancing,
INC. (which cleanses, organizes, standardiz- merging and reporting on data from
DATANOMIC es, matches and prepares data), ValiDa- disparate systems, languages and stan-
EPRENTISE ta and PinPoint. These may be used dards, accessible from a single inter-
FUZZY!
individually or as an integrated end-to- face. dn:Director supports a data-led
INFORMATIC end turnkey database system for a discovery methodology where data
(NOW SAP)
clean, granular and complete view of sources are examined for their content
HARTE-HANKS
TRILLIUM
the customer through data validation, and inherent business rules. Deploy-
SOFTWARE transformation, standardization and ments might include data migrations,
HUMAN householding. Offered as either a cus- linking records across disparate
INFERENCE tomer-premise installation or ASP- sources, single view or master data cre-
IBM delivered system, DataMentors sup- ation and compliance solutions.
INFORMATICA ports proprietary data discovery, dn:Director is an all-Java application.
INNOVATIVE
reporting and analysis, campaign man-
SYSTEMS INC. agement, data mining, and modeling PRICING: Datanomic’s dn:Director offers
NETRICS practices. a flexible pricing model for different
ORACLE CORP
deployments, with list prices starting
PRICING: The pricing structure is based on at $20,000. Modules of the product
PERVASIVE
SOFTWARE several factors including, but not limited (e.g., profiling, audit, transformation,
PITNEY BOWES
to: number of licenses, database size, text analysis, matching) may be pur-
GROUP 1 length of term, specific client product chased separately. Licenses may also
STALWORTH INC. customization and client support crite- be priced by data volume, hardware,
TALEND
ria. Information as of Q1 2009. Declined users or software purpose.
to provide additional information.
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EPRENTISE FUZZY! INFORMATIK, AN SAP CO.
DATA QUALITY
MANAGEMENT
AND CHOOSING
eprentise Data Quality Fuzzy! Dime, Fuzzy! Analyzer,
DATA QUALITY Fuzzy! Double, Fuzzy! Move,
TOOLS
eprentise Data Quality is software Fuzzy! Bank, Fuzzy! Umzug
INDEX that standardizes, locates and resolves
duplicate data. s Fuzzy! Informatik, an SAP Co., has
BUSINESS data quality products primarily for
OBJECTS
(NOW SAP)
COMPANY WEBSITE: www.eprentise.com international business partner data. s
FOUNDED: 2006
DATACTICS
SUMMARY: eprentise Data Quality soft- COMPANY WEBSITE: www.fazi.de/index.
DATAFLUX ware applies standard abbreviations php?en
DATALEVER and naming conventions to enterprise FOUNDED: 1994
DATA MENTORS data with find-and-replace rules – SUMMARY: Fuzzy! products, available
INC. which can be used to change punctua- worldwide, are designed for internation-
DATANOMIC tion and abbreviations or make global al business partner data management.
EPRENTISE text replacements. User-defined criteria Data quality products include: Fuzzy!
FUZZY!
and complex Boolean rule structures Dime (monitoring and measuring data
INFORMATIC identify candidate duplicates and oper- quality); Fuzzy! Analyzer (structuring
(NOW SAP)
ate across tables. The software com- and analyzing information); Fuzzy!
HARTE-HANKS
TRILLIUM
pares records and identifies candidate Double (preventing duplicates and
SOFTWARE duplicates based on matches to these fault-tolerant searches); Fuzzy! Post
HUMAN criteria. Matches are assembled into (qualifying addresses); Fuzzy! Move
INFERENCE duplicate sets for the user to verify and (searching for customers who have
IBM resolve. Software is currently available moved to unknown destinations);
INFORMATICA on Oracle e-Business Suites. Fuzzy! Bank (checking and correcting
INNOVATIVE
bank details); Fuzzy! Tel (finding current
SYSTEMS INC. PRICING: eprentise
Data Quality software telephone numbers); and Fuzzy! Umzug
NETRICS starts at $150,000. (updating customer databases with
ORACLE CORP
addresses of customers who have
moved). 2
PERVASIVE
SOFTWARE
PRICING: Declined to provide pricing.
PITNEY BOWES
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HARTE-HANKS TRILLIUM SOFTWARE HUMAN INFERENCE
DATA QUALITY
MANAGEMENT
AND CHOOSING
Trillium Software System: HIquality Suite
DATA QUALITY TS Insight, TS Discovery, TS Quality,
TOOLS
TS Enrichment HIquality Suite is a data quality
INDEX management platform based on
Trillium Software System is an natural language processing. 1s
BUSINESS integrated global data quality
OBJECTS
(NOW SAP)
management software suite. 1s COMPANY WEBSITE:
www.humaninference.com
DATACTICS
COMPANY WEBSITE: FOUNDED: 1986
DATAFLUX www.trilliumsoftware.com SUMMARY: Human Inference’s open data
DATALEVER FOUNDED: 1993 quality software aims to help organiza-
DATA MENTORS SUMMARY: Trillium Software System: tions optimize customer databases for
INC. Integrated suite of four data quality increased revenue, reduced cost,
DATANOMIC products, providing data quality detec- improved decision-making and regula-
EPRENTISE tion, construction, repair and mainte- tory compliance. The HIquality Product
FUZZY!
nance. TS Insight is a browser-based Suite is applied in call center solutions,
INFORMATIC window into data and a data quality data warehouses, customer relationship
(NOW SAP)
dashboard for business users/IT pro- management (CRM), and sales and
HARTE-HANKS
TRILLIUM
fessionals to manage data. TS Discov- marketing systems. It is used in de-
SOFTWARE ery is an automated data profiling tool duplication and matching processes,
HUMAN that analyzes data to reveal weaknesses and for fraud detection and centralizing
INFERENCE and gaps. TS Quality cleanses data from relationship databases. Human Infer-
IBM different sources. TS Enrichment sup- ence has data quality products available
INFORMATICA plements business/corporate data with as on-premise software or, via partner-
INNOVATIVE
demographic and geographic informa- ships, as SaaS (may have limited avail-
SYSTEMS INC. tion to improve postal performance and ability). 2
NETRICS more. Some products available as on-
premise software or on-demand. PRICING: License
fees are subject to
ORACLE CORP
number of records in customer data-
PERVASIVE
SOFTWARE PRICING: Declined to provide pricing. base(s). The average starting price of
PITNEY BOWES
the products is approximately ¤30,000
GROUP 1 (approximately $38,361 USD at press
STALWORTH INC. time).
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IBM INFORMATICA
DATA QUALITY
MANAGEMENT
AND CHOOSING
IBM Information Server Informatica Data Quality
DATA QUALITY WebSphere QualityStage
TOOLS
Informatica Data Quality has data
INDEX IBM Information Server WebSphere analysis, cleansing, matching, reporting
QualityStage provides data quality and monitoring capabilities to imple-
BUSINESS management for customer and business ment and manage enterprise-wide data
OBJECTS
(NOW SAP)
partner address information. s quality initiatives. s
DATACTICS
COMPANY WEBSITE: www.ibm.com/us COMPANY WEBSITE: www.informatica.
DATAFLUX FOUNDED: 1924 com/Pages/index.aspx
DATALEVER SUMMARY: IBM Information Server FOUNDED: 1993

DATA MENTORS WebSphere QualityStage modules are SUMMARY: Informatica Data Quality
INC. designed to support data quality man- has data analysis, cleansing, matching,
DATANOMIC agement for customer and business reporting and monitoring capabilities. It
EPRENTISE partner address information, with: addresses master data types, including
FUZZY!
address verification and enrichment customer, product, financial, materials,
INFORMATIC modules; address certification, includ- pricing, order and asset. Features
(NOW SAP)
ing the US Postal Service, Coding Accu- include a data quality workbench
HARTE-HANKS
TRILLIUM
racy Support Systems (CASS) and (design, build and manage data quality
SOFTWARE more, which supports verification and programs, create reports and dash-
HUMAN enrichment of addresses; Geospatial boards, deploy data quality rules in real
INFERENCE information to pinpoint locations and time), data quality assistant (edit,
IBM establish spatial; and certified data review low-quality records, track
INFORMATICA quality integration for the SAP Business changes for auditing), data quality pro-
INNOVATIVE
Address Services DES, which provides filing, data cleansing and parsing, data
SYSTEMS INC. extensible search and match capabili- matching, scalable deployment and a
NETRICS ties to SAP customers. 2 global component software develop-
ORACLE CORP
ment toolkit and more. 2
PRICING: IBMWebSphere QualityStage
PERVASIVE
SOFTWARE for EIM 50 Concurrent Users License, PRICING: Declined to provide pricing.
PITNEY BOWES
plus software subscription and support
GROUP 1 for 12 months (D59B1LL), is $25,000
STALWORTH INC. (According to IBM’s website as of Q2
TALEND
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INNOVATIVE SYSTEMS INC. NETRICS
DATA QUALITY
MANAGEMENT
AND CHOOSING
i/Lytics Enterprise Data Quality Suite: Netrics Matching Platform,
DATA QUALITY i/Lytics Data Profiler, i/Lytics Data Netrics Matching Engine, Netrics
TOOLS
Quality, i/Lytics GLOBAL Decision Engine, Netrics Reporting
INDEX Engine, Netrics N-Mend Data
i/Lytics Enterprise Data Quality Suite is Reconciliation Tool
BUSINESS a data quality platform with functions
OBJECTS
(NOW SAP)
for data profiling and analysis, data Netrics Matching Platform is designed
quality and address validation. 1s for finding and linking data. s
DATACTICS

DATAFLUX COMPANY WEBSITE: COMPANY WEBSITE: www.netrics.com

DATALEVER www.innovativesystems.com FOUNDED: 2000
DATA MENTORS FOUNDED: 1968 SUMMARY: Netrics Matching Platform
INC. SUMMARY: Innovative Systems’ i/Lytics includes: Netrics Matching Engine,
DATANOMIC Enterprise Data Quality Suite includes: which matches data with error toler-
EPRENTISE i/Lytics Data Profiler for data profiling ance that approximates human percep-
FUZZY!
and analysis; i/Lytics Data Quality for tion; and Netrics Decision Engine,
INFORMATIC data cleansing, data linking and change which creates automated decision-
(NOW SAP)
management; and i/Lytics GLOBAL, a models for detecting duplicates, linking
HARTE-HANKS
TRILLIUM
CASS-certified address validation and records, resolving entities and more.
SOFTWARE Geocoding product. The i/Lytics Enter- Netrics creates custom models for the
HUMAN prise Data Quality Suite offers multiple specific datasets, market conditions
INFERENCE deployment styles, available as licensed and business requirements of an appli-
IBM software in both real-time and batch cation. Netrics Reporting Engine gives
INFORMATICA mode, as a hosted ASP solution or on a details on the state of data, in a data-
INNOVATIVE
service bureau basis. Innovative Sys- quality reporting tool. Netrics N-Mend
SYSTEMS INC. tems has data quality products and Data Reconciliation Tool is a Web-
NETRICS services available as on-premise soft- based tool that locates/eliminates
ORACLE CORP
ware or on-demand. duplicates from databases and more.
PERVASIVE
SOFTWARE PRICING: Declined to provide pricing. PRICING: The
Netrics Matching Platform
PITNEY BOWES
and the Netrics Decision Engine each
GROUP 1 cost approximately $25,000 per CPU-
STALWORTH INC. core.
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ORACLE CORP. PERVASIVE SOFTWARE
DATA QUALITY
MANAGEMENT
AND CHOOSING
Data Quality for Pervasive Data Profiler
DATA QUALITY Oracle Data Integrator
TOOLS
Pervasive Data Profiler automates the
INDEX Oracle Data Quality for Oracle Data testing, quality control and regulatory
Integrator includes multiple tools for compliance of critical data. s
BUSINESS data quality and data governance. s
OBJECTS
(NOW SAP)
COMPANY WEBSITE: www.pervasive.com
COMPANY WEBSITE: www.oracle.com FOUNDED: 1994
DATACTICS
FOUNDED: 1997 SUMMARY: Pervasive Data Profiler helps
DATAFLUX SUMMARY: Oracle Data Quality for Oracle ensure data quality by enabling users to
DATALEVER Data Integrator is a data quality plat- audit various types of data and auto-
DATA MENTORS form that covers various data quality mate testing against changing business
INC. needs. Its rule-based engine and scala- needs and compliance regulations.
DATANOMIC ble architecture support data quality Users can assess data across multiple
EPRENTISE and name and address cleansing. Ora- data platforms and quarantine ques-
FUZZY!
cle Data Quality enables global data tionable data until it can be cleansed.
INFORMATIC quality support, name and address Pervasive Data Profiler also supports
(NOW SAP)
cleansing, parsing and standardization, the testing of large amounts of transac-
HARTE-HANKS
TRILLIUM
customer data validation with postal tional data.
SOFTWARE directory or third-party information,
HUMAN automatic process duplication identity, PRICING: Pricing starts at $5,000.
INFERENCE user-customizable rules, customizable
IBM data quality process and rules, built-in
INFORMATICA name and address standardization vali-
INNOVATIVE
dation, and enrichment.
SYSTEMS INC.

NETRICS PRICING: DataQuality for Data Integrator

ORACLE CORP
(up to a maximum of 100 million
records), Processor License: $60,000;
PERVASIVE
SOFTWARE Software Update License and Support:
PITNEY BOWES
$13,200. Data Quality Rules for Data
GROUP 1 Integrator (per rule set): License Price:
STALWORTH INC. $20,000; Software Update License and
TALEND
Support: $4,400 (According to Oracle’s
website as of Q2 2008).
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PITNEY BOWES GROUP 1 SOFTWARE STALWORTH INC.
DATA QUALITY
MANAGEMENT
AND CHOOSING
• Customer Data Quality Platform DQ*Plus
DATA QUALITY • CDQ On Demand
TOOLS
• CDQ Global Sentry DQ*Plus is a data quality platform
INDEX • CDQ Platform for Microsoft with functions for data cleansing
Dynamics CRM and consolidation for databases
BUSINESS • CDQ Platform for Salesforce.com and enterprise applications. 1s
OBJECTS
(NOW SAP)
• CDQ Platform for SAP
• CDQ Platform for Siebel COMPANY WEBSITE: www.stalworth.com
DATACTICS
FOUNDED: 1998
DATAFLUX Pitney Bowes Group 1 is a provider SUMMARY: Stalworth Inc. and Melissa
DATALEVER of customer data quality and data Data formed a strategic partnership to
DATA MENTORS profiling software. 1s deliver DQ*Plus.. DQ*Plus Batch and
INC. Persistent cleans data automatically,
DATANOMIC COMPANY WEBSITE: www.g1.com while DQ*Plus Interactive works with
EPRENTISE FOUNDED: 1982 users inside their applications. DQ*Plus
SUMMARY: Pitney Bowes Group 1 data has a service-oriented architecture
FUZZY!
INFORMATIC quality software creates a view of cus- (SOA) and a web services API that sup-
(NOW SAP)
tomer relationships to support target- ports interoperability with legacy and
HARTE-HANKS
TRILLIUM
ing, generate communications and third-party applications. Application-
SOFTWARE more. The vendor features a customer aware connectors, packaged rules, a
HUMAN data quality suite -- Customer Data point-and-click interface and DQ*Plus
INFERENCE Quality Platform, CDQ On Demand, SIMULATOR enable businesses to
IBM Global Sentry, CDQ Platform for deploy DQ*Plus and enable business
INFORMATICA Microsoft Dynamics CRM, CDQ Plat- users to configure data quality rules.
INNOVATIVE
form for Salesforce.com, CDQ Platform Stalworth has data quality products and
SYSTEMS INC. for SAP and CDQ Platform for Siebel -- services available as on-premise soft-
NETRICS as well as various standalone applica- ware or as web services. 2
ORACLE CORP
tions (Merge/Purge Plus, Business
Merge/Purge Plus, Dispatcher 4, Gen- PRICING: Pricing for the DQ*Plus Enter-
PERVASIVE
SOFTWARE eralized Selection Plus, List Conversion prise Suite begins at $50,000.
PITNEY BOWES
Plus and EZ-Case Plus). The vendor has
GROUP 1 data quality products and services
STALWORTH INC. available as on-premise software or
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TALEND UNISERV, GMBH
DATA QUALITY
MANAGEMENT
AND CHOOSING
Talend Open Profiler • Data Quality Batch Suite
DATA QUALITY
TOOLS
Talend Open Profiler is an open Uniserv provides data quality soft-
INDEX source data profiler. s ware and services for customer data,
particularly for business intelligence
BUSINESS COMPANY WEBSITE: www.talend.com and customer relationship management
OBJECTS
(NOW SAP)
FOUNDED: 2006 applications. 1s
SUMMARY: Talend Open Profiler, an open
DATACTICS
source data profiler, enables companies COMPANY WEBSITE: www.uniserv.com
DATAFLUX to assess the quality of data and decide FOUNDED: 1969
DATALEVER which actions must be taken to correct SUMMARY: Uniserv, GmbH is a German

DATA MENTORS “dirty data” can negatively affect an supplier of data quality software and
INC. organization. Talend Open Profiler's fea- services for the quality assurance of
DATANOMIC tures include: metadata discovery, customer data in the areas of business
EPRENTISE which identifies the structure of the intelligence (BI), customer relationship
FUZZY!
databases that need to be analyzed; management (CRM) applications, data
INFORMATIC statistics definition, which defines the warehousing, eBusiness and direct and
(NOW SAP)
statistics and metrics that need to be database marketing. Uniserv’s data
HARTE-HANKS
TRILLIUM
measured on each data item; and quality products feature: address analy-
SOFTWARE results and graphs, which make it easy sis and formatting; merge, purge and
HUMAN to view the results and assess the level duplicate check; intelligent search and
INFERENCE of quality of the data. duplicate check; postal address check;
IBM geo- and micromarketing; postage and
INFORMATICA PRICING: TalendOpen Profiler is open mailing optimization; relocation
INNOVATIVE
source, available at no cost under a addresses; direct marketing suite; bank-
SYSTEMS INC. GPL license at www.talend.com. ing data finder; and telephone number
NETRICS finder. 2
ORACLE CORP
PRICING: Declined to provide pricing.
PERVASIVE
SOFTWARE

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ZOOMIX (MICROSOFT SUBSIDIARY)
DATA QUALITY
MANAGEMENT
AND CHOOSING
Zoomix Accelerator
DATA QUALITY
TOOLS
Zoomix Accelerator is a data
INDEX processing server designed to solve
data inconsistencies in-line with
BUSINESS business processes. s
OBJECTS
(NOW SAP)
COMPANY WEBSITE: www.zoomix.com
DATACTICS
FOUNDED: 1999
DATAFLUX SUMMARY: Zoomix, a Microsoft Sub-
DATALEVER sidiary, develops and markets software
DATA MENTORS to support the implementation of mas-
INC. ter data management (MDM) systems.
DATANOMIC The company’s technology combines
EPRENTISE semantic analysis with machine learn-
FUZZY!
ing to classify, match and standardize
INFORMATIC corporate master data (including semi-
(NOW SAP)
structured, highly variable product data
HARTE-HANKS
TRILLIUM
and financial data). Zoomix Accelerator
SOFTWARE aims to help organizations resolve
HUMAN inconsistencies in data at the source
INFERENCE and in-line with routine business
IBM workflows. 2
INFORMATICA
PRICING: Declined to provide pricing.
INNOVATIVE
SYSTEMS INC.

NETRICS

ORACLE CORP

PERVASIVE
SOFTWARE

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GROUP 1

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