Ascential World 2003 to Showcase Enterprise Integration with 'Real Solutions, Real Results and Real Value'
Monday July 7, 9:00 am ET
Ascential Software's Annual Conference in Miami to Feature the Editor-in-Chief of Computerworld, a Web Visionary, and Leading Technology Experts
WESTBORO, Mass., July 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ascential Software Corporation (Nasdaq: ASCLD - News), the enterprise data integration leader, today unveiled highlights of Ascential World 2003, the company's customer and partner conference. Ascential World 2003 will include three days of workshops, panel discussions, presentations, and special events from Oct. 26 - 28 at the Doral Golf Resort & Spa in Miami, Fla. The company expects strong attendance based on early registration by a large cross section of its more than 2,200 customers around the world. Visit www.ascentialworld.com for online registration or information.
Ascential World 2003 will feature presentations from renowned technology journalist Maryfran Johnson, editor-in-chief of Computerworld; David Weinberger, an acclaimed technology author and commentator; industry analysts; and IT professionals who are building tomorrow's enterprise data integration infrastructure today using solutions from Ascential Software. Networking and social activities include an opening night party at Bongos Cuban Cafe, one of Miami's hottest night spots, and the opportunity to golf on five championship courses. Ascential World 2003 sponsors include Brio, Cognos, DataDirect, HP, IBM, Lakeview Technologies, MicroStrategy, and Teradata.
Ascential World 2003 is a valuable forum for developers, IT managers, and line of business executives to acquire skills and information for optimizing enterprise integration. The conference meets a growing need to share best practices, experiences, innovations and successes as customers increasingly address complex enterprise data integration requirements.
Ascential Software experts, partners and customers will lead 27 hands-on tutorials and workshops, and moderate discussions that demonstrate "Real Solutions, Real Results and Real Value." Topics include:
* Emergence of the "real-time" and "right-time" enterprises;
* The impact of data quality on corporate performance;
* ERP integration and instance consolidation;
* Best practice integration, upgrade and optimization strategies;
* Industry-specific enterprise integration solutions; and
* Real-world success stories.
Ascential Software Chairman and CEO Peter Gyenes and President Pete Fiore will host a pre-conference reception on Sunday, Oct. 25, and officially open Ascential World 2003 the next morning with joint welcoming remarks. Gyenes and Fiore will articulate Ascential Software's mission to deliver enterprise integration solutions that help organizations profit from intelligent information, share progress against that goal, and preview future developments. The keynote address will be delivered by Larry Kolesar, information systems chief technology officer for Boeing Commercial Airplanes. Kolesar will explain how Boeing is greatly simplifying the way its customers, employees, and suppliers access the data and information they need, when they need it, from anywhere in the world.
On Tuesday, Dr. David Weinberger, author of "Small Pieces Loosely Joined: A Unified Theory of the Web," hailed as the first book to put the Internet in its deepest context, will address how customers' "impossible and crazy" expectations should drive IT organizations to respond with entirely possible and sane solutions. Weinberger, who holds a doctorate in philosophy, founded several dot-coms and used to write gags for Woody Allen.
Computerworld Editor-in-Chief Maryfran Johnson will moderate the Wednesday closing session panel discussion titled "Towards Becoming a Right-Time Enterprise." Other featured speakers include Nelson Mattos, Ph. D., IBM distinguished engineer and director of information integration at the IBM Silicon Valley Laboratory; Colin White, president, Intelligent Business Strategies, and a member of The Data Warehousing Institute's business intelligence strategies advisory board; Bob Leo, director of data management and administration, Landstar System, Inc.; and Rich Koslica, systems analyst, Dade Behring, Inc.
"Ascential World 2003 is a milestone for the company because it reflects widespread adoption of the Ascential Enterprise Integration Suite and its components just two years after the company's inception as Ascential Software," said Pete Fiore, president, Ascential Software. "Even more important than the escalating number of users is a distinct evolution in how customers use Ascential Software solutions. They're not just building data warehouses, they're using our suite for full-scale enterprise integration and to power the real-time enterprise. They're completely leveraging a broad range of analytic and enterprise applications for the first time, affirming Ascential Software as a strategic technology partner.
"Just as integrating data from varied sources can dramatically enhance corporate performance, convening our diverse customer community together in Miami to share best practices in enterprise integration empowers each individual to return to their companies with ideas that will make a big positive impact on the bottom line," Fiore continued.
Conference registration is free for analysts and credentialed journalists.
About Ascential Software
Ascential Software Corporation is the leading provider of enterprise data integration solutions to organizations worldwide. Customers use the Ascential Enterprise Integration Suite to integrate and leverage data across all strategic analytic and enterprise applications with complete confidence in the accuracy, completeness and timeliness of critical information. Ascential Software's powerful data profiling, data quality, data transformation, parallel processing, meta data and connectivity solutions enables customers to reduce total cost of ownership and increase return on IT investment. Headquartered in Westboro, Mass., Ascential Software has offices worldwide and supports more than 2,200 customers in such industries as financial services, telecommunications, healthcare, life sciences, manufacturing, consumer goods, retail, and government. More information on Ascential Software can be found on the Web at www.ascential.com.
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