About Experian QAS

Experian QAS is a highly successful, fast growing and innovative technology company. Since Experian QAS was founded in 1990, it has become the world-leading supplier of address management solutions with its range of QAS software.

QAS brings real business benefits to organisations by building and maintaining their most important asset - their customer database. Our software helps organisations to capture accurate address data and then store it consistently in an underlying application. The demand for these solutions is demonstrated through how prominent QAS has become in the marketplace.

As global expansion continues Experian QAS now has offices throughout Europe, US, Asia Pacific, and the UK. In addition Experian QAS continues to grow by bringing technically superior and innovative software solutions to the international marketplace.

Throughout the world, Experian QAS is committed to using address data from a recognised primary source, typically the national postal authority of any given country, such as data supplied by Singapore Post. This ensures that our customers have data that is complete, regularly updated and properly licensed. Furthermore, QAS products provide simple access to a wide range of address related information that adds real value to customer data.

While undergoing rapid growth, Experian QAS has maintained the highest standards of customer service and has invested heavily in a technical support facility that provides our customers with the highest level of service. Experian QAS continues to improve the support offered to its customers by embracing new technologies, maintaining and improving these levels of customer service.

The QAS suite of products is designed to capture and correct addresses quickly and accurately. The front-end products, including QAS Pro and Pro Web which verify postal addresses instantly during data entry in the call center, at point-of-sale or over the Web.

The back-end product, QAS Batch, automatically verifies and corrects addresses stored in the database. The QAS suite enables companies to have and maintain a clean, accurate address database and ensure data integrity over time.

QAS works together with software vendors and system integrators to deliver QAS to users of the leading front-office and back-office applications, including:

• Microsoft
• Peoplesoft
• SAP
• Oracle
• Siebel

Experian plc is a global leader in providing information, analytical and marketing services to organisations and consumers to help manage the risk and reward of commercial and financial decisions.

Combining its unique information tools and deep understanding of individuals, markets and economies, Experian partners with organisations around the world to establish and strengthen customer relationships and provide their businesses with competitive advantage.

For consumers, Experian delivers critical information that enables them to make financial and purchasing decisions with greater control and confidence. Clients include organisations from financial services, retail and catalogue, telecommunications, utilities, media, insurance, automotive, leisure, e-commerce, manufacturing, property and government sectors.

Experian plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange (EXPN) and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 index. It has corporate headquarters in Dublin, Ireland, and operational headquarters in Costa Mesa, California and Nottingham, UK. Experian employs approximately 15,500 people in 38 countries worldwide, supporting clients in over 65 countries around the world. Continuing sales for the year ended 31 March 2008 were $4,059m (£2,020m / €2,858m)