Leading Business Database Company Selects Asentinel™ for Telecom Expense Management

MEMPHIS, Tennessee (September 1, 2008) - The nation's leading provider of business and consumer information products, database marketing and processing services has selected Asentinel's patented software, Asentinel 5.0, for Telecom Expense Management.

With data management at the core of this business, this customer needed a solution that could handle a dynamic telecom system that stretches across offices and departments. "The nature of data management makes keeping control of telecom difficult for the average company," said David C. Perdue, Asentinel CEO. "Asentinel, since it is completely automated, can keep track of spending and provide detailed reports so that every location is utilizing and budgeting from the same system at the same time that it is keeping a constant watch for billing overages."

A central repository allows the entire telecom picture to be available in real-time. Customers have numerous configurability options to make the software work for their company. In addition, the reporting, asset and inventory management, provisioning, and business intelligence functionality of the software allows customers to keep complete control of their telecom environment.

"With Asentinel, enterprises maintain control of their telecom spend, without the hassle of having to manually manage thousands of telecom invoices," said Perdue. "The whole picture is accessible 24 hours a day in real-time."

In addition to it core software, Asentinel offers its customers TouchFree TEM™ and Contract Control™. TouchFree TEM™ allows customers to have their telecom invoices sent directly to Asentinel, where Asentinel professionals upload the invoices into the system. Asentinel's own OIR™ (Optical Invoice Recognition) technology intelligently reads paper invoices down to the lowest level of detail, accurately scanning them into the Asentinel 5.0 system.

The Contract Control feature gives customers the option to have Asentinel professionals upload telecom contracts into the Asentinel 5.0 system. This saves time on the customer's end, and also insures all contract codes and specifics are uploaded correctly to achieve maximum savings.

Recognizing its leadership in the industry, Asentinel holds the only A to Z United States patent (#7340422) for telecom expense management. Its groundbreaking software, Asentinel 5.0, has saved its customers millions of dollars since its inception in 2002. Asentinel continues to grow its list of Fortune 1000 companies and government entities that realize the power of telecom expense management. For more information, please visit www.asentinel.com