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Copient Technologies

Copient Technologies is part of NCR Corporation and specializes in retail marketing technologies. Founded in 1999 by Eric Davis, Mark McGregor, and Bret Besecker, it was headquartered in the Purdue Research Park in West Lafayette, Indiana, and was an independent company until its acquisition in April 2003 by Atlanta-based NCR. The West Lafayette office closed on 1 October 2013. Copient's main software product was Logix, an offer-management application for high-volume retailers that's now part of NCR's Advanced Marketing Solution.

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Copient Technologies is part of NCR Corporation and specializes in retail marketing technologies. Founded in 1999 by Eric Davis, Mark McGregor, and Bret Besecker, it was headquartered in the Purdue Research Park in West Lafayette, Indiana, and was an independent company until its acquisition in April 2003 by Atlanta-based NCR. The West Lafayette office closed on 1 October 2013. Copient's main software product was Logix, an offer-management application for high-volume retailers that's now part of NCR's Advanced Marketing Solution.

Key claims

  1. date of foundation: 1999 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the date of foundation is "1999". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  4. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371172835

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