(EMAILWIRE.COM, November 18, 2002 ) QAS, the global leader in address verification systems, has upgraded its popular QuickAddress Pro software to help organizations correct their customer address data and save thousands of dollars in labor and mailing costs for the busiest mailing season of the year.

QuickAddress Pro v3.0 will showcase at COMDEX in Las Vegas, November 18-22, 2002, booth # 8135.

QuickAddress Pro v3.0 ensures faster and more accurate addressing, an especially important feature during the busiest mailing period of the year, to ensure items arrive on time and at the right destination. The United States Postal Service (USPS) estimates 5.4 billion items never reach their destination from inaccuracies, 23.6% have errors and 17% are delayed.

"QuickAddress Pro significantly reduces addressing errors typically made by both customer service representatives and by the customers themselves," said Jonathan Hulford-Funnell, COO of QAS. "With more than 8,500 companies worldwide using our software now, they are leaping ahead of their competition and delivering on customer satisfaction."

While batch tool technologies attempt to clean up address data after it has been entered, they can fix only a small portion of incorrect information. However, QuickAddress prevents address inaccuracies and speeds up the data entry process.

QuickAddress Pro v3.0 offers improved "picklist" functionality, in the form of a drop-down list of address options used throughout the address retrieval and verification process. QuickAddress Pro delivers the user increased flexibility when refining these options, resulting in more significant savings from rapid address retrieval and increased efficiency. Informational prompts have been added to bring the correct address quickly to the user.

QuickAddress Pro is designed to meet the address verification requirements of organizations that need to capture, clean, enhance and maintain their address data effectively. It is based on licensed address data from the USPS, ensuring that all addresses entered are verified against USPS data. QuickAddress Pro v3.0 is available for Windows 95/98, Windows NT/2000, Client Server and Unix platforms.

To learn more about QAS and its QuickAddress range of products, please visit www.qas.com/us.

About QAS

Established in 1990, QAS is a pioneer in address verification systems. The company's QuickAddress products capture, clean, maintain and enhance address records within any organization. The products are based on data secured from national postal authorities, including the United States Postal Service. QAS has up to 9,000 customers worldwide in the finance, insurance, retail, travel, healthcare, education, telecommunications, and media sectors. In addition, there are a wide range of QAS Business Partners in different market sectors who sell QuickAddress software within their own applications. These include organizations such as Oracle Corp., Siebel Systems, Inc., PeopleSoft and J.D. Edwards. The Group's headquarters are based in the in the United Kingdom, QAS' US headquarters are in Boston, MA. The company has offices throughout the US, Europe and Australia. For more information, please visit www.qas.com/us.

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Contact:

Cecilia Hellman
QAS
617-899-1975
cecilia.hellman@qas.com

Steve Capoccia/Rachel Kim
LEWIS PR
617-454-1100
stevec@lewispr.com
rachelk@lewispr.com

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