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Systems Consulting Services, Inc.(SCSI) was incorporated in Maryland in December, 1986 by Kenneth L. Wayman and Anne D. Ostrom. The company is currently headquartered in Ellicott City, Maryland. SCSI was originally established as a consulting firm and, from its inception and throughout most of 1988, continued to operate solely as a consulting business (adding such clients as Coca-Cola Enterprises, Martin Marietta, and Dun & Bradstreet.) In late 1988 however, the principals recognized that consulting revenues tend to fluctuate and began to shift the company's strategy to focus on software development, offering unique software products in niche markets. Expanding its relationship with Dun & Bradstreet(D&B), the company developed its flagship software product: Business Information Analysis System(BIAS). BIAS was originally produced to allow mainframe and minicomputer access to D&B's information sources. For the first time, subscribers to D&B's services could electronically access D&B data from their office workstations. BIAS has since been modified to incorporate access to Experian(formerly TRW) Commercial and Consumer, TransUnion, Equifax, ChoicePoint, and ISO as well as other information sources. Moreover, BIAS has evolved into a complete automated solution. BIAS users can now file retrieved bureau reports in a BIAS database, add outside financial information to the database, and analyze information employing user defined parameters. BIAS has become SCSI's main source of revenue and is currently being simplified to provide an "off the shelf" model to market to smaller businesses. In 1996 SCSI entered into a strategic relationship with ChoicePoint in an effort to expand marketing and awareness of SCSI and BIAS. The relationship positions BIAS as the recommended on-line, customer resident software solution for access and management of data provided by ChoicePoint to insurance companies. In this activity, ChoicePoint controls approximately 80% of the market and is recognized as the premier source of underwriting data. SCSI is committed to providing both software products and professional services to corporations that need access to various information sources for risk evaluation. The company is led by the uniqueness of its products and its understanding of how to integrate information into the customer's back office functions. SCSI has installed BIAS at more than 20 locations with over 11,000 licensed users. |