Ascential Software Launches Federal Division to Meet Data Integration and Information Sharing Requirements of Government Agencies
Monday June 2, 8:59 am ET
Homeland Security and Interagency Collaboration Projects Among Factors Fueling Demand for Enterprise Integration Solutions in $50 Billion Government IT Market
WESTBORO, Mass., June 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Capitalizing on successful partnerships and increasing demand for its enterprise integration solutions generated by information sharing and data integration initiatives in the federal sector, such as those connected with the Department of Homeland Security, Ascential Software Corporation (Nasdaq: ASCL - News), the enterprise data integration leader, today formally launched a Federal Division to expand relationships with federal agencies and the contractors and systems integrators that serve them.
The Ascential Software Corporation Federal Division is based in Reston, Va., and is headed by William Q. Smith, an experienced executive in the government market. Smith has built a dedicated team of business development, alliance management and service professionals with deep public sector experience. Ascential Software is building a growing customer base of federal agencies and branches and has expanding partnerships with contractors serving the federal sector. The Ascential(TM) Enterprise Integration Suite provides government organizations best-in-class products for data profiling, quality and transformation built on a core platform of services that delivers unlimited scalability, end-to-end meta data management, and complete connectivity.
"Federal agencies have immediate requirements for comprehensive data integration in heterogeneous environments - smoothly and rapidly integrating massive quantities of data among disparate and legacy systems," said Derick Masengale, principal in the EDS Federal Customer Relationship Management and Business Intelligence Practice. "The Ascential Enterprise Integration Suite provides many of the essential capabilities required to address the myriad of data integration and management issues facing many agencies today as they move forward with their information sharing initiatives."
According to The National Strategy for Homeland Security, published by the Department of Homeland Security: "Despite spending some $50 billion on information technology per year ... organizations have evolved into islands of technology - distinct networks that obstruct efficient collaboration." Ascential's suite of enterprise integration products will enable these "islands" to share data in real time, whether to improve homeland security, better serve taxpayers or streamline administration.
To help agencies find appropriate information sharing and data integration solutions, Ascential Software is co-sponsoring an event with the Brookings Institution titled, "The Challenges of Information Sharing: Balancing Civil Liberties and National Security in the Post 9/11 Era" on June 5, 2003.
"Our core technology platform, the Ascential Enterprise Integration Suite, was designed to integrate massive volumes of complex, multiple data types and sources, on demand. This is exactly the solution inter- and intra-agency information sharing initiatives require to succeed," said Pete Fiore, president of Ascential Software. "Real-time, accurate information sharing among government agencies at the federal, state and local levels has never been more crucial. Ascential brings an unprecedented level of total enterprise integration experience to help meet these challenges."
Ascential enterprise integration solutions are deployed at these and other federal entities: U.S. Census Bureau, Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, The U.S. Army, The U.S. Navy, Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Department of Justice, Veterans Benefits Administration, and several intelligence agencies. In addition to EDS, Ascential has reseller or partnership agreements with Booz Allen Hamilton and Northrop Grumman, as well as relationships with Lockheed Martin, SAIC and SRA International.
About Ascential
Ascential Software Corporation is the leading provider of enterprise data integration solutions to the Global 2000 and Government Agencies. Customers use the Ascential Enterprise Integration Suite and products to turn vast amounts of disparate, unrefined data into reusable information that drives business success. Ascential's unique, comprehensive data integration suite enables customers to easily collect, validate, organize, administer and deliver information to realize more value from their enterprise data, reduce costs and increase profitability. Headquartered in Westboro, Mass., Ascential has offices worldwide and supports more than 2,200 customers in such industries as financial services, telecommunications, healthcare, life sciences, manufacturing, consumer goods and retail. More information on Ascential can be found on the Web at www.ascential.com.
Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: This release contains forward-looking statements based on current expectations or beliefs, as well as a number of assumptions about future events, and these statements are subject to important factors and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements in this release address a variety of subjects including, for example, Ascential's establishment of a Federal Division to expand relationships with federal agencies and the contractors that serve them; the functionality, characteristics, quality and performance capabilities of Ascential's products and technology; results achievable and benefits attainable through deployment of Ascential's products; and the ability of Ascential's customers to easily collect, validate, organize and integrate information among disparate systems on a real time basis. The following factors, among others, could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in these forward-looking statements: the ability of Ascential to execute on the business plans in this sector; the technology needs of the federal agencies; general business conditions in the software industry and the technology sector; rapid technological change in the markets served by Ascential; dependence on international operations; global and geopolitical instability; and difficulties that Ascential may experience integrating technologies, operations and personnel of completed or future acquisitions. For a detailed discussion of these and other cautionary statements, please refer to the filings made by Ascential with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including, without limitation, the most recent Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Ascential disclaims any intent or obligation to update any forward-looking statements made herein to reflect any change in Ascential's expectations with regard thereto or any change in events, conditions, or circumstances on which such statements are based.
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Chas Kielt Jeff Aubin
Ascential Software Corporation Beaupre & Co. Public Relations, Inc.
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