Introduction

Internationalization is becoming a necessity for more and more businesses. As you expand your customer base, you will increasingly and inevitably start encountering data for clients outside of the United States. The data quality of address information, as most businesses are aware of already, is extremely important in terms of removing duplicates; saving in postal, shipping and product costs; as well as being able to perform effective business intelligence. This white paper will show you how to perform global address data quality with the Melissa Global Verify Component for use in Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS).