Global Intelligence Blog – Page 4 – Insights and Analysis for the Data-Driven Enterprise

July 17, 2018July 16, 2018 Melissa Team News & Events

Melissa Launches Listware Desktop, Open Source Developer Tool for Rapid Application Development

Flexible Tool Simplifies Cleaning, Enriching, and Deduping People Data Melissa, a leading provider of global contact data quality and identity verification solutions, today announced Listware Desktop, an open source data cleansing tool. Listware Desktop brings all of the data cleansing and data enrichment capabilities of Listware into a flexible, scalable desktop software. Listware Desktop leverages the inherent benefits of open…

July 13, 2018 Melissa Team Uncategorized

CA Unanimously Passes Mini GDPR Law

California lawmakers recently, and unanimously, passed a privacy bill – the first of its kind in the United States – similar to the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The new law won’t go into effect until 2020, but companies may want to start considering now processes for data collection and sharing. The so-called California Consumer Privacy Act of…

July 13, 2018 Melissa Team Big Data, Data Quality, MDM

Product Announcement: UNISON – Achieve Big Data Success

Introduction Around the data steward world, there is a desire for something innovative, fresh, powerful, and most importantly, secure! Large corporations are constantly searching for tools to streamline their workflow – a tool that will make their employees more efficient and reduce the ‘busy work’ of analytics. UNISON will be the platform that will take the world of data by…

July 13, 2018 Melissa Team Identity Resolution

Personator World: Watch lists, Sanctions & PEP Screening

By Kevin Ubay-Ubay Ever since Melissa launched the Personator World web service, we have been excited to hear how it has helped clients with their ID verification needs. We're pleased to share we're taking another step forward and that Personator World now provides watch lists and PEP (politically exposed persons) screening. This makes Personator World an even more attractive fit…

July 13, 2018 Melissa Team E-Mail, Email Verification, IP Location

Whois Data Added to Global Email & Global IP Web Services

Melissa is pleased to announce a new, complimentary addition to Global Email and Global IP web services – Whois records. Whois records offer a quick and easy way for programmers to utilize our API to provide real-time details for more than 2,864 TLDs and 300+ million domains. The service provides the ability to retrieve key data points such as: Registrant…

July 13, 2018 Melissa Team Address Check, Address Correction, Address Quality, Address Standardization, Address Validation, Address Verification, Global Address Verification

Unique U.S. ZIP Codes + SERP-Certified Canadian Addresses Now Support Global Express Entry

Melissa’s address Autocompletion tool, Global Express Entry, has recently been enhanced to include two new features: support for unique ZIP Codes in the U.S.; and, new Canada data supported by Melissa’s Master Address Table. Unique ZIP Codes are the specially designated ZIP Codes assigned to large corporations, hospitals and universities that have their own internal mail delivery. Some unique ZIP…

July 13, 2018 Melissa Team Data Quality Components for SSIS, Quick Tips

Tips & Tricks: Using VMware & SSIS – Best Practices

By Oscar Li Virtualization is a powerful tool to effectively allocate resources and maximize value. One of the popular virtualization tools that Melissa clients use is VMware, which offers many configurable settings for virtual machines. However, these various configurations may lead to unexpected issues or complications when working with different versions of SQL Server. Each year, and each version, of…

July 13, 2018 Melissa Team BusinessCoder

Find the Businesses You’re Looking for

Business Search U.S. – an API to Find the Businesses You’re Looking for Business Search API, the latest update to BusinessCoder, finds and identifies businesses within the US, even in cases where incomplete information is provided. The product also prevents bad business records from infiltrating your database. Search for a particular business using the following input fields: Company Name Address…

June 12, 2018 Melissa Team Big Data, Clinical Data Quality, Data Cleansing, Data Enhancement, Data Enrichment, Data Management, Data Quality, Healthcare Data Management

Melissa Informatics Advances Big Data Promise with Semantics and Machine Reasoning

Free Webinar Features Enterprise Data Curation and Integration to Extract Value from Complex Data Lakes Melissa, a leading provider of global contact data quality and identity verification solutions, today announced its informatics division, Melissa Informatics, is advancing the promise of big data using semantic technologies and machine reasoning. These tools help break through enterprise bottlenecks by enabling targeted data curation, integration,…

June 12, 2018June 1, 2018 Melissa Team Data Quality, FinTech

Melissa and Scanovate Form Strategic Partnership for Mobile Identity Management

Dynamic Platform Integrates Melissa’s Real-Time Data Quality to Validate Customer Data for KYC, AML Compliance Ramat-Gan, ISRAEL and Rancho Santa Margarita, CALIF – June 12, 2018 – Melissa, a leading provider of global contact data quality and identity verification solutions, today announced its strategic partnership with Scanovate, a digital identity management platform bringing dynamic, real-time tools to compliance initiatives. Scanovate empowers…