SpatialNews Press Release
Questerra Selects Sagent's Geocoding Technology For Web-Based Visual Decision Support and
Analysis Service; Sagent's Centrus AddressBroker Chosen After Rigorous Testing
www.sagent.com
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Dec 16, 2002 - Sagent (Nasdaq:SGNT), a leading provider of enterprise business intelligence
solutions, today announced that Questerra, a leading provider of web-based business intelligence mapping solutions, has selected Sagent's Centrus
AddressBroker to serve as the geocoding engine in the company's visual decision support and analysis application services. Questerra tested
AddressBroker against other competitive geocoding offerings and found that Sagent fully matched the company's need for accuracy, reliability and
scalability.
"Questerra's visual decision support application services were designed to bring geographic context to enterprise data and facilitate better business
decisions," said Tim von Kaenel, chief technology officer at Questerra. "Highly accurate geocoding is critical to ensure the quality of our service.
Sagent's AddressBroker was chosen by Questerra upon completion of a detailed analysis and extremely consistent testing results."
Questerra's service offers key decision makers in an organization the ability to manage their businesses in new ways by combining enterprise data
from operational systems (CRM, ERP, and other enterprise support systems) with Questerra-provided spatially enabled data. Analysis, visualization
and reporting tools embedded in Questerra's web-based solutions then enable corporations and government agencies to make quicker, better
informed decisions.
Sagent's Centrus Addressbroker is a set of high-level programming interfaces that perform address standardization, geocoding, demographic
enhancement and spatial analysis. The technology is ideal for businesses interested in fast, flexible implementation of Sagent's Centrus libraries --
highly reliable tools for maximizing the accuracy and value of enterprise data.
"AddressBroker was engineered from day one to quickly, easily and flexibly integrate with a myriad of distributed applications," said Steve Walden,
vice president and general manager of Sagent's Centrus product division. "Questerra selected AddressBroker to provide the geocoding functionality
of their core service, and their use is a perfect example of how companies can speed time to market by leveraging the years of development we
have invested in this product."
About Questerra
Questerra is a provider of information technology and services to Global 2000 companies and governments worldwide. Founded in 2000, the
company provides web-based business intelligence mapping, an innovative solution to visual decision support analysis of spatial or location-relevant
datasets. The company integrates enterprise data and a comprehensive range of spatial information into an easy-to-use information interface that
allows users throughout the enterprise to rapidly query, visualize and analyze disparate data to make more insightful decisions. A wholly owned
subsidiary of MeadWestvaco Corporation (NYSE: MWV), Questerra is headquartered in Charlottesville, Va., with their technology office and data
center located in Orange County, Calif., and sales staff across the United States.
About Centrus
Centrus, a division of Sagent Technology, focuses on providing enterprise solutions for Business Geographics, Data Quality and Real Time
Customer Identification and Matching. Centrus solutions are ideal for real-time applications as well as back end processing. Centrus technology is
being used by leaders in the Insurance, Telecommunications and Financial industries. For more information about the complete line of Centrus
products, visit www.centrus.com.
About Sagent
Sagent provides a complete software platform for business intelligence, enabling companies to reduce operational costs, increase profitability, and
improve customer relationships. Sagent employs a unique business intelligence life-cycle process that facilitates the rapid development of custom
analytic solutions and helps bridge the gap between business users and IT. Through its technology, services, and business expertise, Sagent
simplifies business intelligence for more than 1,500 customers worldwide. Sagent customers include: AT&T, Boeing Employees Credit Union, BP
Amoco, Carrefour, Citibank, Diageo, Gensec Bank, Heineken, Kawasaki, Kemper National Insurance, La Poste, Novartis, NTT-DoCoMo, Sara
Lee, Siemens, and Singapore Telecom.
Sagent technology is also embedded in multiple partner solutions that address the needs of specific vertical and functional application areas; key
ISV partners include Advent Software, Hyperion, and HAHT Commerce. Sagent technology has been adopted by leading regional and global
systems integrators, such as Cap Gemini Ernst & Young, Satyam, and Unisys, to address customer needs within their business intelligence
practices. In addition, Sagent has built alliances with numerous technology vendors to cooperatively market solutions; alliance partners include
Microsoft and Sun Microsystems. The company also maintains a business partnership with CDC Software Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary
and software unit of chinadotcom corporation, which includes a strategic investment in Sagent. Sagent is headquartered in Mountain View, Calif.
For more information about Sagent, visit www.sagent.com.
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