'Transforming Information into Opportunity' is Guiding Principle of ShowCase Corporation Sixth Annual International User Conference.Business & Technology Editors CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 6, 2000 COMPASS 2000 to Feature Keynote Presentations From Industry Experts Thomas Koulopoulos and William McKnight
William McKnight ShowCase Corporation (Nasdaq: SHWC SHWC St. Helena Wine Center (California) SHWC Student Health and Wellness Center SHWC Senior Health and Wellness Center SHWC Solar Hot Water Centers SHWC supervised home work classes SHWC Stigler Health and Wellness Center ), the leading provider of Enterprise Intelligence solutions, will host its sixth annual user conference, COMPASS 2000, Oct. 8-11 at Disney's Contemporary Resort Disney's Contemporary Resort is located at Walt Disney World Resort near Orlando, Florida. It is owned and operated by The Walt Disney Company, first opened October 1, 1971, at which time it featured state-of-the-art facilities. in Orlando, Fla. This year's conference theme, "Transforming Information into Opportunity," reflects ShowCase's commitment to enhancing and extending its solutions to provide customers with a competitive edge. Many of the sessions at this year's conference will highlight the latest release of ShowCase STRATEGY, the leading Enterprise Intelligence solution for business users and AS/400 and NT IT professionals. Attendees will learn about enhancements including new multi-platform technology, Web publishing Creating a Web site and placing it on the Web server. A Web site is a collection of HTML pages with the home page typically named INDEX.HTML. Web sites are designed using Web authoring software which provides a graphical layout capability or by hand coding in HTML or both. , Dynamic Query and Reporting over the Web and reporting from Essbase/400. In addition, ShowCase's new Enterprise Information Portal See corporate portal. solution, which blends STRATEGY with ShowCase Xpedio Web Content Management, will be featured. This best-in-class Web content management solution has been integrated with STRATEGY, providing a complete solution for managing enterprise data assets to facilitate better and faster strategic decision-making. More than 400 people are expected to attend COMPASS 2000. Attendees will have access to informative and insightful presentations, lectures, case studies and workshops, as well as networking opportunities. Keynote Speakers Thomas Koulopoulos, an influential industry consultant with Delphi Group, will share his vision of the role technology will play in helping businesses transform information into opportunity. Koulopoulos is founder and president of the Delphi Group, a leading consulting firm Noun 1. consulting firm - a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee consulting company business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a focused on e-business, content management and knowledge management. His work was recently recognized by InformationWeek magazine, which named him one the IT industry's six most influential consultants. Koulopoulos is also an accomplished writer whose articles and market insights appear frequently in national and international print and broadcast media. He has also authored five books, including Smart Things to Know About Knowledge Management; Corporate Instinct: Building a Knowing Enterprise for the 21st Century; Smart Companies, Smart Tools; The Workflow Imperative; and Electronic Document Management Systems: A Portable Consultant. Koulopoulos also lectures at the Boston College Boston College, main campus at Chestnut Hill, Mass.; coeducational; Jesuit; est. and opened 1863. Actually a university, the school's Chestnut Hill campus comprises colleges of arts and sciences and business administration, the graduate school, and schools of nursing Wallace Carroll Graduate School of Management. In addition, William McKnight, founder and president of McKnight Associates, Inc., a consulting company Noun 1. consulting company - a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee consulting firm business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a specializing in data warehousing See data warehouse. data warehousing - data warehouse and Customer Relationship Management (CRM (Customer Relationship Management) An integrated information system that is used to plan, schedule and control the presales and postsales activities in an organization. ), will address the latest trends in today's dynamic business environment. McKnight is an internationally known expert in data warehousing and CRM, with more than 15 years of experience architecting and managing information and technology services for Global 2000 organizations. He has taught at the masters level for Silicon Valley universities and authors "The CRM-Ready Data Warehouse" column in Data Management Review. McKnight is also a regular contributor to the Data Warehousing Institute's Flashpoint publication and is a regularly featured expert on data warehousing at major conferences. Conference Sessions COMPASS 2000 attendees may choose from more than 75 conference sessions categorized cat·e·go·rize tr.v. cat·e·go·rized, cat·e·go·riz·ing, cat·e·go·riz·es To put into a category or categories; classify. cat in four educational tracks including Data Warehousing Concepts, Enterprise Information Access, Analytic Tools & Applications, and general interest topics. The extensive curriculum also features session subtracks that address customer solutions, ShowCase products, best practices and hands-on workshops. "This year's program is designed not only to educate attendees about how to realize the full business potential of ShowCase STRATEGY, but how to leverage information for optimal advantage," said Ken Holec, ShowCase President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . "Every element of COMPASS 2000 reflects our company's emphasis on providing not just business intelligence solutions, but Enterprise Intelligence solutions, those that help build, maintain and deliver a flexible information architecture that includes both structured and unstructured information assets." For more information about COMPASS 2001, please call 1-800-351-0232 or 612-333-0744. About ShowCase STRATEGY ShowCase STRATEGY provides business users and AS/400 IT professionals with a complete solution for Enterprise Intelligence. From extraction and transformation of data from AS/400 operational systems, such as e-commerce applications and ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) An integrated information system that serves all departments within an enterprise. Evolving out of the manufacturing industry, ERP implies the use of packaged software rather than proprietary software written by or for one customer. systems - through loading data into the warehouse and keeping it refreshed through automated scheduling - STRATEGY provides IT professionals with an integrated suite of data warehousing tools. For business users, STRATEGY provides an integrated suite of ad hoc query A non-standard inquiry. An ad hoc query is created to obtain information as the need arises. Contrast with a query that is predefined and routinely performed. See query and ad hoc. and reporting tools, Web-based enterprise reporting With the dramatic expansion of information technology, and the desire for increased competitiveness in corporations, there has been an increase in the use of computing power to produce unified reports which join different views of the enterprise in one place. , and OLAP-based analytic application solutions. About ShowCase EIP (1) (Enterprise Information Portal) See corporate portal. (2) (Extended Instruction Pointer) The program counter on x86 CPUs. The ShowCase EIP solution enables users to make better business decisions by providing Web-based personalized access to key information, without regard to its source. The portal combines the technology and processes found in data warehousing, business intelligence and content management. Companies storing data on the AS/400 are able to seamlessly capture, manage and deliver virtually any type of information content through a personalized Web-based gateway. The product tightly integrates ShowCase's STRATEGY data warehousing and business intelligence suite with IntraNet(R) Solutions, Inc.'s Xpedio Web Content Management system to provide a true EIP solution. About ShowCase(R) Corporation ShowCase Corporation provides Enterprise Intelligence solutions to help companies discover and seize business opportunities in an evolving global marketplace. ShowCase offers the first integrated Web content management and business intelligence solution to help companies solve their strategic business information needs. Through a worldwide team, ShowCase offers reporting and analytic solutions in areas such as financial management and customer relationship management (CRM). The ShowCase Website can be found at www.showcasecorp.com. ShowCase and ShowCase STRATEGY are registered trademarks of ShowCase Corporation. All other products and brand names are trademarks and registered trademarks of their respective companies. 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