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Firstlogic Postal Automation Development Department Earns CMMI(R) Level 2 Appraisal

Advanced Level of Software Development Planning Demonstrates Excellence From Project Management to Software Delivery

Firstlogic, Inc., a global provider of enterprise-wide postal automation and data quality solutions, today honored the company's Postal Automation development division, the software team responsible for architecting premiere Firstlogic high-performance postal address management solutions. The team has been rated by the Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute (SEI) (http://www.sei.cmu.edu) as performing at a Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI)® Level 2 maturity level. This appraisal demonstrates a commitment to excellence in project management, software development and delivery. CMMI Level 2 appraisal for Postal Automation software development means Firstlogic customers, including government-related organizations, can meet organizational requirements to select products that have had an outside audit of a software product's lifecycle, from conception to delivery.

"This achievement demonstrates our commitment to continuously improve our processes and provides recognition of the dedication to excellence that exists within our development teams," said Jeff Hay, the development department manager for Firstlogic Postal Automation.

Firstlogic's postal automation solutions offer global address identification and assignment for leading Postal Services and courier organizations worldwide. With proven addressing expertise and robust optical character reader (OCR) assignment technologies, customers worldwide can ensure the accurate and timely movement of letters, packages, and parcels around the globe. Several Postal Services already depend on Firstlogic's variety of offerings for flexible, tunable address management, including address learning, directory lookup, video coding and data assessment.

"Firstlogic is very proud to successfully earn CMMI Level 2 appraisal for our Postal Automation software development program. SEI's CMMI is the de facto standard of excellence in software engineering," said William Green, assistant vice president and general manager of Firstlogic's Postal Automation division. "Firstlogic Postal Automation customers benefit from our demonstrated commitment to the continuous improvement of our processes including a higher level of our trademark dedication to quality and faster delivery of intelligent software solutions."

About SEI and CMMI

The Software Engineering Institute (SEI) (www.sei.cmu.edu) is a federally funded research and development center sponsored by the U.S. Department of Defense through the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics [OUSD (AT&L)]. The SEI's core purpose is to help others make measured improvements in their software engineering capabilities. The SEI continues to advocate the adoption of CMMI models as the best process improvement models available for product and service development and maintenance.

About Firstlogic

Firstlogic is the recognized market leader for enterprise-wide information quality and print and mail solutions. In addition to developing commercial solutions, Firstlogic partners with many systems integrators, consultants, and original equipment manufacturers to provide its unique technology to their end-user customers. Founded in 1984, Firstlogic today serves thousands of customers worldwide, including Global 2000 companies across a broad spectrum of industries. For more information, visit the company's Web site at www.firstlogic.com.

Firstlogic, Inc., 100 Harborview Plaza, La Crosse, Wis., 54601. Phone: 608-782-5000, Fax: 608-788-1188. http://www.firstlogic.com/

Carnegie Mellon® is a registered trademark and Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI)® is a registered trademark of Carnegie Mellon University. Firstlogic is a registered trademark of Firstlogic, Inc.

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