AddressDoctor Delivers Irish Address Verification and Certification by New Zealand Post

11/26/2012 4:00 AM EST

AddressDoctor GmbH
Press release

AddressDoctor Delivers Irish Address Verification and Certification by New
Zealand Post

Latest AddressDoctor Release 5.3.0 Delivers Great Value for Customers Globally

MAXDORF, Germany and REDWOOD CITY, Calif., 2012-11-26 10:00 CET (GLOBE
NEWSWIRE) -- AddressDoctor, the leading provider of global address validation
and correction solutions, today announced the release and availability of its
latest Software Library - AddressDoctor Software Library Version 5.3.0.; the
validation and correction software ensuring speedy postal delivery around the
globe. The latest release includes address validation for Ireland and is
"SendRight(TM)" certified by New Zealand Post. 

Irish Postal Address Verification

Due to popular customer demand, AddressDoctor now provides postal address
validation and correction for Ireland. Ireland has not yet introduced a
post-code system, therefore an Irish address currently, consists of the county,
nearest post town and the town-land (rural addresses), city or town name,
street name, house number and apartment or flat number (urban addresses).
AddressDoctor's new address validation software for Ireland is able to verify
and correct those addresses built on a database containing almost 59,000
locality names and more than one million addresses. This enhancement will help
customers ensure that mailings and shipments are correctly addressed in order
to reach their destination in Ireland. 

"For Irish address validation, AddressDoctor uses high quality and detailed
reference data in Ireland, providing building level coverage for more than 98%
of the country," says Steffen Niehues, vice president and general manager,
AddressDoctor. "With the new Irish address data, customers can profit from
superior accuracy when it comes to their Irish address validation." 

Inaccurately addressed mail can cost organizations millions of dollars a year
due to non-deliverable mail or delayed shipments. 

New Zealand Postal Certification

Since 2008, the New Zealand postal authority offers a certification program to
decrease the number of incorrectly addressed pieces of mail through the
SendRight™ Address Accuracy Program. This program requires bulk mail customers
to validate their postal addresses against New Zealand Post's Postal Address
File (PAF), and obtain a Statement of Accuracy (SOA). To obtain the
certification, which allows for a postal discount, an SOA percentage of 85%
must be achieved. The portion of mail pieces with inaccurate addresses below
this percentage will be charged at the full standard mail rate. SendRight™
certification provides a process for address validation software to be tested
for accuracy and quality address standards, and recognized as suitable to issue
SOAs. AddressDoctor's Software Library Version 5.3.0 has passed the
certification program and was approved by New Zealand Post. 

Niehues continued, "With SendRight™ certification in New Zealand, AddressDoctor
is now certified by five postal certification programs worldwide, including
CASS by USPS, SERP by Canada Post, AMAS by Australia Post and SNA by La Poste
in France. Postal certifications serve as a standard for address data quality
measurement and allow customers to benefit of postage discounts." 

About AddressDoctor

AddressDoctor is the leading provider of solutions for global address
validation and correction, with more than 20 years of experience. In June 2009,
the company was acquired by Informatica, the world's number one independent
provider of data integration software. AddressDoctor cleanses data from over
240 countries and territories, using advanced algorithms and country-specific
local knowledge. Many customers worldwide already use AddressDoctor to enhance
their data quality, including companies such as 1&1 Internet AG, Emerson
Process Management and GSI Commerce. AddressDoctor is headquartered in Maxdorf,
Germany. 

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