RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- Jul 11, 2011 -- Melissa Data Corp, a developer of high performance data quality and address management solutions, today announced the release of its new Contact Verification plug-in designed for Pentaho Data Integration (formerly Kettle). Using a visually-driven user interface, and powered by Melissa Data's Contact Verification engine, the integrated component will parse, validate, correct and standardize U.S. and Canadian addresses, phone numbers, email addresses and full names. The powerful new tool will also geocode addresses to provide latitude/longitude coordinates in addition to other geographic information.

"Creating a plug-in for Pentaho's is a natural fit because such data integration platforms are the natural place for users to perform data quality operations during the ETL process," said Greg Brown, director of marketing for Melissa Data.

Once deployed, the plug-in allows business users and database administrators to standardize, clean and improve the overall quality of data during migration.

For more information on the Pentaho Contact Verification Plug-in, or other Melissa Data other address verification solutions, visit http://www.melissadata.com/dqt or call Melissa Data at: 1-800-MELISSA (800-635-4772).

ABOUT MELISSA DATA
Since 1985, Melissa Data has been a leading provider of contact data quality and enrichment solutions, with an emphasis on address and phone verification, postal encoding and data enhancements. Their product line includes mailing and shipping software, Web Services, and a variety of databases that empower customers to achieve quality U.S., Canadian, and international contact information for their point-of-entry or batch applications. For more information or free product trials, visit www.MelissaData.com or call 1-800-MELISSA (635-4772).

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www.rms-biz.com (for Melissa Data)
949.579.9569 x 802/801

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