CDYNE has added two new methods to the Postal Address Verification API to allow users to get zip codes within a radius, as well as searching for zip codes within a county with FIPS county code data. With the GetZipCodesWithinDistance operation, CDYNE Postal Address Verification users can add a zip code radius search, or proximity search to their websites.

     The second operation is GetZipCodesForFips. Federal information processing standards codes (FIPS codes) are a standardized set of numeric or alphabetic codes issued by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to ensure uniform identification of geographic entities through all federal government agencies.

1. GetZipCodesWithinDistance

Add zip code radius search, or proximity search to your website or software with GetZipCodesWithinDistance. You specify the miles and latitude/longitude values, and the method will return all zip codes within the radius given.

Features and Benefits

• Geo target for advertising
• Specify targets within a radius
• Program “dealer locator” or “nearby locations” based on latitude and longitude coordinates

Required Fields

• Latitude
• Longitude
• Radius (0 – 50)
• License key (Click here to get a trial license key)

Returned Fields 

• Return Code
  • 0 – Success
  • 1 – Invalid Input
  • 2 – Invalid License Key
  • 3 – Returned 0 Zip Codes
  • 4 – Outside Of Latitude/Longitude Range
• Zip Codes – returns an array of zip codes within range

2. GetZipCodesForFips

Search zip codes within a county with FIPS county code data.

Federal information processing standards codes (FIPS codes) are a standardized set of numeric or alphabetic codes issued by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to ensure uniform identification of geographic entities through all federal government agencies. The entities covered include: states and statistically equivalent entities, counties and statistically equivalent entities, named populated and related location entities (such as, places and county subdivisions), and American Indian and Alaska Native areas.

Required Fields 

• FIPS value (string)
• License key (Click here to get a trial license key)



Returned Fields

• Return Code
  • 0 – Success
  • 1 – Invalid Input
  • 2 – Invalid License Key
  • 3- Returned 0 Zip Codes
• Zip Codes – returns an array of zip codes related to FIPS

For more information:

WSDL: http://pav3.cdyne.com/PavService.svc?wsdl
Developer Resources: http://wiki.cdyne.com/wiki/index.php?title=Postal_Address_Verification
Product Web Page: http://www.cdyne.com/products/postal-address-verification.aspx

Amazon Web Services (AWS) experienced a massive outage today with their usual 99.95% up-time hosting system. As a Web Service provider that commits to 100% up-time levels, CDYNE knows the impact of an outage of this caliber. “We know our customers count on us to provide services 24/7, that is why most of our company resources are committed to our infrastructure and network,” says Christopher Chenoweth, CIO of CDYNE Corporation.  

With the recent addition of another server center in Richmond, VA, CDYNE currently maintains three major server farms, bringing added redundancy to our networks and additional capacity.  

Infrastructure failures as AWS experienced today weaken the Web Services community as a whole, but the idea that you can have the same power and redundancy as a Fortune 500 company for a fraction of the cost is not so far a dream. A good example is that CDYNE provides programmatic phone calls for thousands of businesses large and small. Most of these companies program our Web Services into their core business processes and require that our systems work flawlessly. If CDYNE services were interrupted for ten minutes, let alone for almost two days, we would threaten the viability of all of our customers. This is why CDYNE manages its servers and networks where they are set up in multiple data centers for redundancy. We maintain complete control over the network providers, latency, and hardware. 

CDYNE has been providing Web services for over 10 years with minimal outages. That is why our clients have learned to count on us. Will CDYNE go with Elastic Computing any time soon? Probably not. But like any animal nurtured from early stages of existence, we are eager to see the continued development of these services and will not consider relying on them until they have matured.

Getting M2M Devices to Market Easier and Faster is the Goal
Chesapeake, VA, San Diego, Calif., September 20, 2010 – CDYNE and M2M DataSmart™ announced the availability of its high-reliability SMS Gateway services coupled with the industry leading M2M airtime pricing for M2M applications for developers and OEMs supplying M2M solutions.

M2M DataSmart is a revolutionary wireless data service provider for the emerging machine-to-machine (M2M) marketplace.  As a M2M Airtime Aggregator in partnership with Sprint Wholesale, M2M DataSmart offers the M2M OEM/Developer a cost effective, wireless pipeline for their M2M devices continues to build its M2M Ecosystem by teaming with CYDNE, a leading provider of SMS Gateway services through their SMS Notify! 2.0 Web Service.

Today many M2M applications/solutions are using SMS messaging and as a result many need the ability to be able to send and receive SMS messages directly to & from their host application server.  To deal with this requirement, an SMS gateway can be set up to handle the connections to the Cellular carrier which sounds easier than it is.

M2M Application developers had two choices, they could implement their own SMS gateway (which required extensive and costly integration efforts) or look to a third party that provided SMS gateway services as well as airtime service (these turned out to be expensive not only on the frontend set-up fees but also on the recurring monthly charges).  This new partnership now allows the M2M Developer to use the most competitive M2M airtime pricing of M2M DataSmart combined with the ease of integration and low usage cost of CDYNE’s SMS Gateway – cheaper and easier M2M deployments, that is what this is all about.

“Our customers are OEMs/Developers bringing machine to machine (M2M) applications to market for commercial deployment on the Sprint network,” said David McCartney, COO for M2M DataSmart.  “Working with our partner CDYNE, we can provide our customers with a single point of contact for deployment of M2M devices on the Sprint CDMA network. Partnerships like these make it easier, faster and more cost-efficient for commercial deployment of M2M.”

“When customers use our SMS Gateway, the SMS text messaging application only needs to know how to connect to the SMS gateway. No change to the source code of the SMS text messaging application is required. The use of our SMS gateway can greatly shorten the SMS text messaging applications development time and reduce the cost of deployment for the M2M developer” said Christopher Chenoweth, CIO of CDYNE Corporation. “Our goal is to make deploying SMS messaging for M2M applications easier and cheaper. To help with that we go beyond the technology to make it happen – we also are looking at the business side – at CDYNE there are no contracts, no startup fees, or no cancellation charges.”

About M2M DataSmart
M2M DataSmart is a wireless data service provider for the emerging machine-to-machine marketplace (M2M).  M2M DataSmart is a privately held company based in Del Mar, California. For more information, visit www.m2mdatasmart.com.
Contact: David McCartney Tel: +1 858.337.0562 Email: david.mccartney@m2mdatasmart.com

About CDYNE Corporation
Since 1999, CDYNE has provided enterprise Data Quality and Communications XML Web Services to solve the business need for real-time communication and data quality verification. Web Services include Phone Notify!, SMS Notify!, Postal Address Verification, Phone Verification, Email Verification, Demographics, CDYNE 411, Death Index, and IP2Geo. CDYNE billing is transaction-based and post-pay. Clients pay for only what is consumed, eliminating overage charges and unused credits. There are no contracts, startup fees, or cancellation charges. For more information, visit www.cdyne.com or call 1-800-984-3710.
Contact: Nicole Fesette Tel: (757) 544-9510 x3103 Email: nfesette@cdyne.com

Chesapeake, VA (August 17, 2010) – CDYNE Corporation, a leading provider of Data Quality and Communication XML Web Services announced today the release of Postal Address Verification 3.0 Web Service to standardize, correct, and validate U.S. addresses without the need for businesses to buy, store, program and maintain the enormous United States Postal Service database.

Postal Address Verification 3.0 is a CASS Certified^™ Web Service that checks U.S. addresses against a continuously updated USPS^® database so businesses can perform point of entry validation.  With Postal Address Verification 3.0, businesses can increase the number of addresses delivered to, ensure fastest possible delivery of materials or inventory, qualify for USPS discounts, and standardize address data for peak data quality management.

Key Postal Address Verification 3.0 Web Service features include a comprehensive DPV (Delivery Point Validation) return code system that confirms the existence of a specific address and whether or not it can be delivered to. Businesses can avoid residential delivery surcharges by verifying delivery type status prior to shipping with Residential Delivery Indicator (RDI). Intelligent Mail Barcode (IMB) and POSTNET barcodes to qualify for automated discounts are also included with Postal Address Verification 3.0.

“CDYNE’s engineering staff put a great deal of effort into the design and implementation of its own postal address verification engine to not only meet USPS standards and requirements but to also address client requests for new features,” said Valentin Ivanov, Chief Software Architect of CDYNE Corporation. “We have achieved CASS certification and are very excited to offer clients this new service.”

In addition to validating deliverable addresses, businesses can tailor additional data returns at no additional cost. Postal Address Verification 3.0 offers optional data returns including proper case formatting, Census data, geo-location data, and Legislative data.

Web Services are a key point of integration for business applications that exist on different platforms, languages, and systems. IT departments can interface with Postal Address Verification 3.0 Web Service using SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) or REST (Representational State Transfer) protocols to build address verification features into existing business applications.

Postal Address Verification 3.0 is backed up with a 100% Service Level Agreement (SLA), protecting clients from unscheduled outages. CDYNE’s data centers are strategically located in different areas across the United States, providing redundancy and location fail-over enabling.

About CDYNE Corporation
Since 1999, CDYNE has provided enterprise Data Quality and Communications XML Web Services to solve the business need for real-time communication and data quality verification. Web Services include Phone Notify!, SMS Notify!, Postal Address Verification, Phone Verification, Email Verification, Demographics, CDYNE 411, Death Index, and IP2Geo. CDYNE billing is transaction-based and post-pay. Clients pay for only what is consumed, eliminating overage charges and unused credits. There are no contracts, startup fees, or cancellation charges. For more information, visit www.cdyne.com or call 1-800-984-3710.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CDYNE Corporation Offers Upgraded Web Service Solution for Simple, Cost-Effective Text Messaging

Chesapeake, VA (May 25, 2010) – CDYNE Corporation, a leading provider of Data Quality and Communication XML Web Services announced today the release of CDYNE SMS Notify! 2.0 Web Service for alert and notification text messaging.

SMS Notify! 2.0 is a 2-way text messaging Web Service that sends and receives text messages through secure SMS gateways. Commonly used messaging features include emergency alerts, automated appointment or payment reminders, product delivery status notifications, and subscriber event messaging. Web Services are a key point of integration for business applications that exist on different platforms, languages, and systems. IT departments can interface with SMS Notify! 2.0 Web Service using SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) or REST (Representational State Transfer) protocols to build these communication features into existing business applications.

A significant upgrade built-in to SMS Notify! 2.0 is the option to obtain exclusively assigned long numbers (i.e. 757-555-1212). This feature is a simple, cost-effective alternative to short codes for companies requiring Mobile Originated (MO) messages from customers or subscribers. Advantages of long numbers include easy and quick set up, no short code fees or premium charges to customers, and the ability to combine voice or IVR (Interactive Voice Response) calls.

“Our new SMS service allows businesses to combine the best of Phone Notify! and SMS Notify! Web Services with their own numbers. A business can request SMS numbers that hook directly into the IVR/Callback system,” said Christopher Chenoweth, CIO of CDYNE Corporation. “So, if an end user gets a text message and calls the number back, it could potentially read the text message or perform other custom IVRs. If a business would like random numbers, CDYNE has a pool of long numbers that we randomly send from. That way, an end user could get multiple messages and respond differently to each one.”

SMS Notify! 2.0 is backed up with a 100% Service Level Agreement (SLA), protecting clients from unscheduled outages. CDYNE’s data centers are engineered with multiple levels of security, uninterruptible power supplies, redundant HVAC systems, fire suppression, and 24 X 7 monitoring and management. CDYNE centers are also strategically located in different areas across the United States, providing redundancy and location fail-over enabling.

About CDYNE Corporation
Since 1999, CDYNE has provided enterprise Data Quality and Communications XML Web Services to solve the business need for real-time communication and data quality verification. Web Services include Phone Notify!, SMS Notify!, Postal Address Verification, Phone Verification, Email Verification, Demographics, CDYNE 411, Death Index, and IP2Geo. CDYNE billing is transaction-based and post-pay. Clients pay for only what is consumed, eliminating overage charges and unused credits. There are no contracts, startup fees, or cancellation charges. For more information, visit www.cdyne.com or call 1-800-984-3710.

Contact: Nicole Fesette
Tel: (757) 544-9510 x3103
Email: nfesette@cdyne.com
www.cdyne.com

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The government knows.  It always knows.  The Social Security Administration has a whole file dedicated to it.  Maybe a little creepy to think about, but be glad this file exists.  For one, if you die and someone pretends to be you, it’s a lot easier to pin down and prosecute for your children’s posterity, so they don’t lose their inheritance. 

It also conveniently works for you while you’re alive, if you run a business. There’s a type of criminal out there that focuses purely on this kind of fraud, called “deceased person identity theft.”  And you could easily be a victim if you don’t have the records to screen for it. 

One of our favorite Web Services, the Death Index API taps right into that SSA file and runs names and Social Security Numbers of your customers and patients against it in real time.  So you can say to the fake customer standing in front of you at the counter, “Wow, you’re looking pretty good for a dead guy!”

Most people’s eyes glaze over when you mention Web Services. So what is a Web service? Why use Web services?

A Web service is merely a way for an organization to communicate over a network with another organization without having any knowledge about how their IT operations work. Web services are not considered to be in any one programming language, therefore it does not matter what language your IT department or outsourcing company programs in – Web Services are ultra-easy to implement. Web services are also well known because they are the new recognized standard for communication in the computer world. CEOs, Marketing Directors, and CIOs everywhere are joining the world of Web services.

So how can this standard way of connecting to other organizations help me?

Web services allow you to share business logic or data with any other business with very little programming. Web services are expandable and easy to implement into any part of a Web application and can perform almost any function you can think of. Web service providers have to take the load of maintaining the hardware and software costs while you pay a low usage fee.

EXAMPLES:

· You can cleanse, standardize or verify your Postal Address database at Point-of-Entry or run your whole database through in batches using a Postal Address Verification Web service.

· You can set up automatic doctor appointment reminders in your hospital CRM application using a phone or text Notification Web service.

Who controls this technology?

Actually, no one owns this technology. It is free for anyone to use.

Relevant LINKS:
CDYNE.com – Collection of data-enhancement and communication Web services
WIKI definition of a Web Service – A detailed technical explanation of what a Web service is.
W3C Web Services Activity – The goal of the W3C Web services Activity is to develop a set of technologies in order to lead Web services to their full potential.

RECAP

A Web service is a standard communication method and can be commanded to perform a task such as making a call, or it can be given a Postal Address and it will return a Standardized Address for you. There are thousands of different types of Web services, so remember that when you see a Web service being offered, don’t let your eyes glaze over. Think of any part of your organization that could use that Web service. More than likely, you will be praised for adding this new possibility with absolutely no maintenance and minimum costs associated.