DAMA/Meta-Data Conference

SPONSORS & EXHIBITORS

To book exhibit space, sponsorships, or program guide advertising please contact Rick Froton at 603-305-0660 or rick@wilshireconferences.com
	PLATINUM SPONSORS
	Since 1976, Computer Associates (CA) has focused on providing superior, mission-critical solutions that run businesses. CA offers outstanding data warehousing, knowledge discovery, and metadata management technologies combined with our information visualization, Neugents™, infrastructure management technologies and CA Services, to create the worlds most powerful, complete solution for end-to-end eBusiness needs. CA’s DecisionBase suite allows you to quickly build and deploy data marts and warehouses, with a powerful combination of data transformation and movement technology and an industry-leading repository. CA’s PLATINUMâ Repository provides a comprehensive heterogeneous road map of the enterprise data warehouse and eBusiness information assets. Don't miss our In Perspectives presentation, Wed. March 7, 4:00-4:30pm
	Ascential Software is the market leader in Information Asset Management, helping companies turn data and content into reliable, reusable information assets so they can make better business decisions and operate more efficiently. Ascential’s unique framework for Information Asset Management is based on experiences with over 1500 customers worldwide. Ascential offers infrastructure solutions and services that are open, scalable and able to manage the wide variety and volume of information assets that complex organizations rely on. Don't miss our In Perspectives presentation, Wed. March 7, 4:45-5:15pm
	GOLD SPONSORS
	DataMirror software empowers customers to integrate their data for competitive insight and e-Business resiliency. DataMirror's comprehensive product family includes advanced real-time capture, transform and flow (CTF) technology that gives customers the instant access, integration and availability they demand today across all computers in their business. Open metadata management allows users to view their entire replication network in a single snapshot and export metadata in industry standard formats directly into front-end tools or CRM applications without custom coding. Don't miss our In Perspectives presentation, Wed. March 7, 4:45-5:15pm
	Evoke Software helps companies develop a thorough understanding of their corporate systems prior to undertaking critical eBusiness initiatives. The Evoke Axio product suite provides a thorough, automated analysis of the content, structure and quality of data, and accelerates and improves the quality of eBusiness, CRM and data warehousing initiatives. Don't miss our In Perspectives presentation, Wed. March 7, 5:30-6:00pm
	Informatica is a market-leading provider of complete analytic solutions that enable many of the world's largest companies to integrate data from across their global enterprises--including e-business servers, Web logs, ERP and mainframe systems--in order to analyze and grow their business. More than 640 major companies across the world in key industries rely on Informatica's analytical solutions, including Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch, CNET, Inktomi, 3Com, Chevron, Sprint, MCI WorldCom, Polo Ralph Lauren and Universal Studios. Don't miss our In Perspectives presentation, Wed. March 7, 4:00-4:30pm
	Knightsbridge Solutions is a systems integrator solving “big data” problems through high-performance data solutions that include scalable data warehousing and e-business infrastructures. We specialize in applying parallel and scalable technologies that help clients manage massive data volumes, while reducing run times by factors of 10, 20, 30, or more. Our solutions provide customers with data infrastructures that can handle: » massive throughput » large-scale storage » flexible access to reliable data » high performance Don't miss our In Perspectives presentation, Wed. March 7, 5:30-6:00pm
	SILVER SPONSORS
	Embarcadero Technologies, Inc. has achieved its reputation by building intuitive and powerful database support and development solutions. Led by the success of DBArtisan, the award-winning database administration environment, Embarcadero now carries the same usable approach to database design with ER/Studio and SQL development with RapidSQL. San Francisco based Embarcadero Technologies is committed to ensuring Customer success by increasing system availability , performance, reducing project risk, and shortening learning curves for new database technology.
	Financial Technologies International (FTI) is one of the leading providers of real-time business information platforms and solutions. FTI's rules-based products process and standardize transactions and all market data to seamlessly deliver timely, accurate and consolidated information – on demand – for any business need, to and from any department or source: front-, mid- or back-office systems, multiple in-house or external data sources. FTI’s solutions significantly increase financial information management capabilities while supporting departmental or enterprise-wide reporting requirements.
	InConcept uses a variety of tools and techniques to help you design database systems according to your business requirements. We are experts in data modeling and database systems, from analysis to implementation. We have experience developing all types of data systems in virtually all business domains including operational data stores, data warehouses, data marts, and transactional (OLTP) systems. Our services include consulting, requirements analysis, project management, vendor selection and gap analysis, and training.
	MIS AG is recognized as an emerging global player in the development and application of management planning and analysis systems. The company provides innovative software for business-to-business management, professional management consultancy and comprehensive customer support/training. With over 500 employees worldwide and US offices in NJ and California, the MIS AG DecisionWare and DecisionServices supports over 15,000 decision makers in companies including DaimlerChrysler, Hewlett-Packard, Samsung and Bayer.
	Trillium Software, a Harte-Hanks division, is a leader in the data quality space providing real solutions for e-business, data warehousing, CRM and ASP implementations. The Trillium Software System® is a complete data quality software solution that provides investigation, reengineering, cleansing and customer relationship matching functionality to a wide range of global organizations. Trillium helps companies to standardize data and to provide a consistent, united view of customers, products and services.
	EXHIBITORS
	Adaptive Ltd. As the leading UREP™ reseller, Adaptive is at the forefront of providing solutions for the management of Enterprise Meta-Data and Architectures and works closely with numerous major organizations - including some of the most prominent retail and investment banks, telecommunications and global information companies. This has allowed us to develop a highly cost-effective, practical and pragmatic suite of products, model components and professional services, to help similar organisations best develop, understand, leverage and change their key assets.
	Addison-Wesley Professional develops and publishes works by the world's leading authorities in the field of computer science. Part of the Pearson Education family of companies, our imprint offers the most respected resources available today! Visit our booth to see the latest books written by Sid Adelman, Michael Brackett, Jill Dyche, Larissa Terpeluk Moss, and Terry Quatrani among others. Special show discount is available during the exhibition hours.
	Allen Systems Group Data warehouse and data mart projects have sprung up in virtually all major companies and government agencies to provide decision support for end users. As data becomes further removed from IT control, however, so does the ability to fully understand its origin, location and relationships. ASG's repository product, Rochade, can provide centralized management of all meta data within a data warehousing environment. Don't miss our In Perspectives presentation, Wed. March 7, 4:45 - 5:15pm
	CASEwise is a leading provider of enterprise modeling solutions. Corporate Modeler, the flagship product, utilizes a central repository to support a workgroup-to-enterprise level, team-based approach towards process improvement. Automated documentation publishing and simulation capabilities enable end users to perform decision support analysis, as well as full documentation in either HTML or hard copy format. CASEwise has recently introduced e²-modeler, an easy-to-use process-diagramming solution that provides the ideal starting point for any e-business initiative.
	Core Integration Partners, Inc. is a project-based, full-service provider of software and consulting solutions for data movement, integration and warehousing; business intelligence and enterprise reporting; enterprise analytics and e-CRM; enterprise information portals; and e-business development. Core Integration’s solutions incorporate highly experienced teams of consultants and the company’s proprietary, breakthrough methodology, The Matrix Methodology. Core is also a top reseller of industry-leading reporting and analytic tools from Informatica Corporation. and Brio Technology. Core Integration Partners, Inc., founded in 1999, is based in Denver.
	Data Advantage Group Data Advantage Group (DAG) specializes in software development and decision support consulting services. In today’s 24/7 business world, companies able to sift through voluminous amounts of data can extract valuable information and execute strategic decisions about their business, their competitors, and how to best meet customers’ evolving needs. DAG’s flagship product, MetaCenter™, is a new metadata management platform that enables companies to capture, manage, analyze, and use metadata how and when they need it.
	Database Design Solutions, Inc. is the premier vendor-neutral consultancy that takes today's corporate data and makes it accessible and accurate for immediate business decisions. Focusing on the Fortune 200, various industry vertical markets, and imposed "Privacy Compliance Legislation", our experienced staff analyzes existing corporate data and then re-designs, consolidates, and provides metadata-based gateways to the renewed environment without adding redundancy or conflict.
	Firstlogic's i.d.Centric data quality suite is a leading brand of software that makes customer-focused database information more reliable and accurate. The i.d.Centric suite offers several sophisticated solutions to help users build customer data quality into their CRM, ERP, BI, e-business, and data warehousing applications. The software intelligently parses (identifies) individual components of data; standardizes, corrects, and enhances it using empirical data sources; locates matches within and across databases; and consolidates matching data.
	High Tower Software is the world pioneer in proactive data discovery solutions for business intelligence, e-business infrastructure, and other data analysis-intensive applications. Our TowerView product provides solutions for companies who need to convert massive amounts of rapidly changing business data into clear, manageable knowledge and results. By automatically analyzing data and detecting trends that require immediate attention, TowerView accelerates business intelligence and enables companies to react in real-time, prevent costly problems, and capitalize on opportunities.
	Innovative Systems serves world markets with data quality and customer linking software - and advanced customer-centric databases. We help clients identify and link true customers ... reduce duplicate-related costs ... and quickly combine dissimilar data sets. Powered by the industry's largest "Knowledge Engine," ISI solutions have provided industry-leading speed of implementation and premium quality in thousands of applications worldwide. ISI serves major corporations in the financial services, telecommunications, hospitality, insurance, retail and health care industries.
	Intelli-Mine. Business power comes not from data but from knowledge. Designed to deliver unsurpassed time-to-results value, Intelli-Mine provides analytical solutions that assist organizations improve the quality of their daily decisions - those that affect the overall competitiveness, efficiency and profitability of a business. Intelli-Mine’s highly affordable solutions allow small and mid-sized companies to implement business intelligence platforms previously available only to their largest competitors. Now, businesses can empower their users to make smart decisions, and that’s smart business.
	Mailers Software -- Data Quality Tools enable you to verify, correct, and enhance any US address or phone number in real-time, at point-of-entry or in batch. Use COM Objects to add powerful lookup and verification routines to PC and Web applications, or take advantage of easy XML interface to use with the platform of your choice. Addresses are matched to USPS National File for accuracy. Saves time on data entry, protects against fraud, increases data accuracy and productivity.
	Metagenix, Inc. specializes in tools that simplify and ease the movement of data between E-commerce, CRM, ERP, DW/BI systems. Metagenix's flagship product, MetaRecon, provides an understanding of the underlying data by reverse engineering the meta data, relationships, and optimal data model of raw data. This reverse engineering dramatically reduces project risk, development costs, and calendar time. MetaRecon automatically generates applications for data migration, including ETL of relational databases and OLAP services.
	MetaMatrix is the provider of the first scalable, 100% EJB-compliant software for managing and integrating information across the enterprise. MetaMatrix software uniquely empowers its customers to extract value, lower costs, and decrease programming and development time while managing and integrating diverse internal and external databases and data sources. Headquartered in New York City, with offices in Dallas, St. Louis and London, MetaMatrix is privately held.
	Morgan Kaufmann has published the finest technical information resources for computer science and engineering professionals. We publish texts and reference books for the database researcher and student, including graduate and undergraduate level texts, monographs, and collected works; books for database professionals about new technology, products and their optimum use, and system design processes and methods; selected books related to standards. Many of these titles are published in the Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data Management Systems, Jim Gray, Series Editor.
	Popkin Software & Systems Integrate your corporate data model into the full enterprise picture with Popkin’s award winning System Architect 2001. In addition to full Business Process and UML support, System Architect contains advanced data modeling support including models, subject areas and views all within in one shared repository
	Rational Software Corporation (Nasdaq: RATL), the e-development company, helps organizations develop and deploy software through a combination of software engineering best practices, team unifying tools, and services. Developer of the world's leading visual modeling tool (Rational Rose) and creator of the Unified Modeling Language (UML), Rational solutions allow business analysts, developers, DBAs and data modelers to work together as one team, communicating with one language, using one toolset. By mapping object and data models, Rational tools track changes across business, application, and data models in a way that traditional data modeling tools cannot.
	SCOPELAND Software Inc. develops and markets highly practical, flexible, scalable, and easy-to-use software that enables IT professionals and corporate power end users to build simple or complex applications that are critical to the competitive success of their companies – without the need for programming. Founded in 1991, SCOPELAND Software operates development, sales and professional services offices in San Francisco, Berlin, Paris, Sydney and Sofia. Two additional offices are planned for the second quarter of 2000 in London and São Paulo.
	SQL Server Magazine is the single information source for SQL Server developers, database administrators or anyone working with SQL Server. The magazine delivers practical and timely information on SQL Server performance, interoperability, and migration. SQL Server Magazine provides advice from industry experts on OLAP, XML and many other related technologies. The magazine also offers an extensive online resource at www.sqlmag.com. The web site includes a library of past articles, an interactive forum, and web exclusives.
	Visible Systems Corporation (www.visible.com) develops and markets comprehensive but affordable integrated software development tools for enterprise architecture, application/database/data warehouse engineering and configuration management. Visible’s tools are designed for information technology professionals who need to develop and manage mission-critical quality software. To ensure client success, Visible provides skill transfer training and on-site consulting. Visible’s products and services are used in all major industries and government agencies. Engineering the Enterprise for Excellence®.
	J.Wiley Founded in 1807, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. is an independent, global publisher of print and electronic products. Wiley specializes in scientific and technical books, journals, textbooks and education materials for colleges and universities, and professional and consumer books and subscription services. Wiley's Internet Site can be accessed at www.wiley.com
	SUPPORTING SPONSORS
	DM Review is rated the #1 business intelligence and data warehousing magazine in the United States. DM Review, published by Faulkner & Gray, provides a wealth of knowledge through columns by top industry experts, informative and timely articles, data warehouse success stories, third-party product reviews, and executive interviews.
	Intelligent Enterprise magazine focuses on enterprise solutions for business intelligence. Each issue is published for IT and business leaders who develop, manage, and purchase business intelligence solutions and related technologies for competitive advantage. The Intelligent Enterprise Web portal offers instant access to information and expertise relating to business intelligence. Solutions covered include decision support, data warehousing, CRM (customer relationship management), and e-commerce. Qualified subscriptions are available at: http://www.iemagazine.com/subs.shtml.
	Object Management Group (OMG) Home Page Data Warehousing, CWM and MOF Resource Page CORBA, XML and XMI Resource Page
	The Data Administration Newsletter is an electronic newsletter that focuses on the exchange of ideas between individuals related to data administration. Every article focuses on tips, techniques, and strategies on how to manage corporate data as a valued asset.
To book exhibit space, sponsorships, or program guide advertising please contact Rick Froton at 603-305-0660 or rick@wilshireconferences.com

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