PRESS RELEASE
Source: DAMA International and Wilshire
Conferences, Inc.
LOS ANGELES --(BUSINESS
WIRE)--Jan. 15, 2002—DAMA International and Wilshire Conferences, Inc. today
announced they will join forces again to conduct the largest vendor-neutral data
management conference in the world. The
DAMA International Symposium and Wilshire Meta-Data Conference will be
co-located for the sixth straight year in the premier educational forum for data
management professionals. This
year’s conference is expected to be the biggest ever, with over 100 speakers,
90+ educational sessions, 40+ leading-edge product companies, and over 1000
attendees from around the globe.
The 14th Annual DAMA
International Symposium and 6th Annual Wilshire Meta-Data Conference
will take place on April 28 to May 2, 2002 at the San Antonio Convention Center,
in San Antonio, Texas.
“Data management is a high-payoff investment for every
organization,” stated Tony Shaw, Program Chairman for the Meta-Data
Conference. “The key technical
features of good data management are integration, re-use, scalability and
quality. This enables companies to ‘do more with less’, with an enormous
realization of benefits in cost savings, flexibility, quality of decision-making
and speed of deployment.”
“High quality, accurate data pays off in the reliability
of reporting systems and quality of decisions.
Therefore, strength in the data management function helps create higher
credibility for the entire IT organization” said Davida Berger, Vice President
of Conferences for DAMA International. “And
conversely, large-scale application
initiatives like CRM, supply-chain management, and portals are destined to fail
if they are built upon a fundamentally weak data infrastructure.
Since ‘data’ is absolutely critical to almost every strategic
business initiative today, good data management skills should be a core
competency of every IT organization.”
About the DAMA International Symposium and Wilshire Meta-Data Conference
The DAMA International Symposium
and Wilshire Meta-Data Conference are two major data management conferences
which are co-located annually into the single largest vendor-neutral data
management event in the world. This
authoritative industry forum brings together over 1000 data management
professionals from more than 23 countries to exchange ideas, experiences and
lessons learned. The conference approaches various important enterprise data
management questions as they impact the business, including data warehousing,
business intelligence, data quality, architecture, flexibility, knowledge
management and business rules. It
also discusses the impact on data management of new technologies such as XML,
corporate portals, repositories, and web services. Prominent industry authorities who will be speaking include
the “father” of data warehousing, Bill Inmon; prolific writer and software
expert, Ed Yourdon; originator of the Framework for Enterprise Architecture,
John Zachman; and leading data quality expert and author, Larry English.
For more information on this event and to view the complete agenda please visit http://www.wilshireconferences.com/MD2002. For information or complete details on exhibiting or any sponsorship opportunity, please contact Rick Froton at 603-305-0660, or rick@wilshireconferences.com). Registration and other questions please contact Eric Franzon at eric@wilshireconferences.com or 310- 477-4475 ext 101.
About DAMA
DAMA International is a
not-for-profit, vendor-independent association of technical and business
professionals dedicated to advancing the concepts and practices of information
resource management (IRM) and data resource management (DRM).
The association is comprised of local and regional chapters around the
world. DAMA’s mission is to
promote the understanding, development and practice of managing information and
data as key enterprise assets. www.dama.org
About Wilshire Conferences
Wilshire Conferences, Inc.,
headquartered in Los Angeles, CA, sponsors and organizes educational conferences
for information technology professionals, primarily in the areas of data
management and application development. The
Annual Meta-Data Conference is the company’s largest event, attracting over
1000 conference attendees, and making it the largest vendor-nuetral data
management event in the world. Wilshire’s other events include “XML Data
Management” and “EBIC: the E-Business Intelligence Conference.”
Wilshire’s philosophy is that the most effective educational
environment provides for a high degree of interaction and shared experience
between professional peers, industry experts, and product developers.
www.wilshireconferences.com
Contact:
Wilshire Conferences, Inc.
Tony Shaw, 310-477-4475 ext 102
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