New features of Initiate Master Data Service Version 8.5 include:

Initiate Inspector™

• Collaborative Data Stewardship - enables organizations to efficiently implement data governance policies based on business priorities. The primary benefit is data quality is improved in the most critical business areas first through more effective targeting of data stewardship resources. Features include:
• Provides a console for data managers to define business rules in order to ÌÌcategorize data issues.
• Allows data managers to distribute complex combinations of categories of data ÌÌissues to individual data stewards or groups of data stewards.
• Allows data stewards to collaborate by moving issues to the appropriate
  ÌÌdata stewards.
• Allows data stewards to work from the context of an inbox, making it simple ÌÌand straightforward to view issues that require resolution.
• Enables data stewards to choose and prioritize issues and move them from the ÌÌgroup’s inbox to their own inbox for resolution.

Master Data Engine

• Geo-code search: Search for records within a geographic radius if geo-code data stored in our data hub.

Enterprise Integrator ToolKit

• Enhances Enterprise Integrator ToolKit such that the product can interact with not only green screen systems (legacy), but also additional vendors of client-software and web-based point of registrations systems.

 Address Standardization Adapter for Group1

• Adapter for the Initiate Master Data Service® to connect to Pitney Bowes Group 1® Software Customer Data Quality Platform (CDQ Platform) for Address Standardization support. Enables the ability to apply Group1 external, standardized formats for the address data in customer records. Group1 appends the address with appropriate delivery identifiers. In addition, geo-code information can be retrieved.