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Zoot Enterprises releases test-file builderMortgagePress.comBureau test files, Zoot Enterprises Zoot Enterprises has launched Diakon Automated Test File Builder, which allows users to create and modify test files to accurately and completely evaluate an institution's decisioning logic and audit the performance of credit-scoring applications. Diakon's browser-based architecture lets users build as many custom test files as necessary to thoroughly test and evaluate decisioning logic by using a range of possible data elements and values. Nearly every aspect of a test file can be customized, and once created, test files can be stored in Zoot's Resubmit Database or in a user-specified file to be accessed like standard consumer and business bureau test files. Bozeman, Mont.-based Zoot Enterprises is a provider of credit-decisioning and loan-origination systems for financial institutions. For more information, call (406) 586-5050 or visit www.zootweb.com.