Princeton Softech Supports Educational Testing Service with an Enterprise Data Management Solution

Business Wire, Jan 29, 2007

ETS Chooses Optim[TM] Solution to Support Data Privacy Initiatives

PRINCETON, N.J. -- Princeton Softech, the market leader in enterprise data management, today announced that Educational Testing Service (ETS), an assessment development and research organization, has selected Princeton Softech Optim[TM] Solution to support data privacy across its enterprise business applications. The goal at ETS is to use Optim to proactively de-identify sensitive employee and contractor information in its PeopleSoft[R] Enterprise Human Capital Management application. ETS will also use Optim's proven test data management capabilities to create realistic, "right-sized" test environments.

Protecting the privacy of sensitive data is not only essential, especially in the application development and testing environments, but it is also the law. In order to ensure the security of enterprise information for internal audits and maintain a consistent level of client trust and satisfaction, organizations must comply with data privacy regulations and protect sensitive information across the enterprise.

Princeton Softech Optim offers a single enterprise data management solution that scales across applications, databases and platforms. Optim's test data management capabilities allow companies to subset and migrate data to build realistic, right-sized test databases and eliminate the expense and effort of maintaining multiple database clones. For data privacy compliance, Optim offers a myriad of proven techniques to de-identify confidential information and preserves the integrity of the data so that it can be used effectively for application development and testing.

"More than ever, organizations are realizing the importance of protecting and managing sensitive, enterprise data," states Brian Babineau, Analyst at Enterprise Strategy Group. "Privacy regulations are constantly being expanded and enforced, making it increasingly important for companies to protect privacy at an enterprise level. In order for companies to derive the most business value from their enterprise applications, they need to re-think the way they manage that customer and client information throughout its lifecycle. Enterprise data management strategies can help."

ETS, founded in 1947, is an innovative organization that provides a range of products and services to advance learning worldwide. Its activities and products fall into the five broad areas of research, assessment development, test administration, test scoring and instructional products and services. ETS employs over 2,500 people worldwide. Of these, more than 1,100 of the professional staff have training and expertise in education, psychology, statistics, psychometrics, computer sciences, sociology and the humanities. 600 have advanced degrees and 250 hold doctorates.

Princeton Softech enterprise data management solutions are available for Oracle[R] E-Business Suite, PeopleSoft[R] Enterprise, JD Edwards[R] EnterpriseOne, Siebel[R] Applications and Amdocs[R] CRM, as well as all custom and packaged applications.

About Princeton Softech

Princeton Softech (www.princetonsoftech.com) provides enterprise solutions which align application data management with business objectives. Our industry leading Optim[TM] solution enables organizations to optimize performance, mitigate risks and control costs. Partnered with the market leaders in business technology, we deliver capabilities that scale and support your enterprise - applications, databases and platforms. More than 2,200 companies worldwide - including nearly half of the Fortune 500 - rely on Princeton Softech's proven solutions to maximize the business value of their enterprise applications and databases.