Ardent Software Will Convene Forum to Examine Critical Business Issues in the Internet Economy.Business/Technology Editors WESTBORO, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 31, 2000 E-Business Experts From Arthur Andersen For the U.S. Supreme Court case commonly known as Arthur Andersen, see . Arthur Andersen LLP, based in Chicago, was once one of the "Big Five" accounting firms (the other four are PricewaterhouseCoopers, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, Ernst & Young and KPMG), performing , CIO CIO: see American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations. (Chief Information Officer) The executive officer in charge of information processing in an organization. Magazine, Enterprise Warehousing Solutions, Intelligent Solutions, Knowledge InterSpace interspace /in·ter·space/ (in´ter-spas) a space between similar structures. in·ter·space n. A space between two things; an interval. to Meet at Key Data Warehouse Conference Ardent Software, Inc. (Nasdaq:ARDT ARDT Asset Redeployment Team ARDT After Receipt of Downtime ARDT Age Replacement during Delay Time ), a leading global data management software company, today announced the third in a series of Ardent-sponsored industry expert forums. &uot;E-Business Infrastructure: What's Behind Your E-Business&uot; will be held in conjunction with The Data Warehousing Institute's (TDWI TDWI The Data Warehousing Institute TDWI The Doctor Weighs In (website) ) Fifth Annual Implementation Conference in Anaheim and explore one of the greatest challenges facing organizations competing in today's i.economy - building the infrastructure required to capture, store and analyze Internet data. Participants include Jane Griffin of Arthur Andersen, Chris Koch of CIO Magazine, David Marco of Enterprise Warehouse Solutions, Inc., Claudia Imhoff of Intelligent Solutions, Inc., and John Ladley of Knowledge InterSpace and research fellow at META Group, Inc. They will evaluate the competitive advantages and business issues associated with real-time, clickstream The trail of mouse clicks made by a user performing a particular operation on the computer. It often refers to linking from one page to another on the Web. data. &uot;The Internet has reshaped traditional business models. Businesses must now adapt to contend with new competition and real-time data to compete effectively in today's e-commerce economy,&uot; said Mikael Wipperfeld, vice president of data warehouse marketing at Ardent Software. &uot;The panel will examine issues such as the capturing value of clickstream data, Web-based transactional systems, online data quality issues, the potential advantages of XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. for creating and managing Internet data, and methodologies for successful e-business infrastructure.&uot; &uot;I am pleased to return as a member of Ardent's third industry expert panel event,&uot; said Claudia Imhoff, founder of Intelligent Solutions, Inc. &uot;These forums provide a vendor-neutral setting in which analysts, media, vendors and end-users can take an in-depth look at critical IT issues and provide audience members with a wealth of information that can be applied to their own applications and environments.&uot; The event will be held at 7:00 PM on February 22, 2000 in the Orange County Ballroom at the Anaheim Marriott. Attendees can obtain an invitation to the event by calling Melissa Crowe at (508) 366-3888 x3796 or visiting Ardent at booth #16 at the DWI An abbreviation for driving while intoxicated, which is an offense committed by an individual who operates a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or Drugs and Narcotics. conference. Ardent panel events held at previous DWI conferences in San Diego and Orlando were conducted in front of standing-room-only crowds and focused on the future of data warehousing across the enterprise and meta data management. The Panelists Jane Griffin, Arthur Andersen Jane Griffin directs the Analytical Solutions Practice in Atlanta, Ga., for Arthur Andersen Business Consulting. Griffin has designed and built data warehouses for clients in numerous industries and is responsible for analytical solutions including data warehousing, decision support and data management. She is a published author in leading data warehousing and IT publications and a frequent speaker on data warehouse architectures and related IT processes at principal data warehousing events. Jane earned a Bachelor of Science Noun 1. Bachelor of Science - a bachelor's degree in science BS, SB bachelor's degree, baccalaureate - an academic degree conferred on someone who has successfully completed undergraduate studies degree at Georgia State University History Georgia State University was founded in 1913 as the Georgia School of Technology's "School of Commerce." The school focused on what was called "the new science of business. and has performed graduate work at the university as well. Christopher Koch, CIO Magazine Christopher Koch writes features, columns and short items for CIO. Prior to joining CIO in July 1995, he was manager of writing and communications for CSC Index, a management consulting firm in Cambridge, Mass., where he edited a variety of publications on IS management issues. He was one of the founders and eventually became editor of Bicycle Guide Magazine, a consumer magazine about cycling. He has also worked as a reporter for a daily newspaper and two weeklies in the New York metropolitan area New York–Northern New Jersey–Long Island is the most populous metropolitan area in the United States and the third most populous in the world, after Tokyo and Mexico City. . Koch has a Bachelor of Arts in English and History from the State University of New York (body) State University of New York - (SUNY) The public university system of New York State, USA, with campuses throughout the state. at Albany. David Marco, President, Enterprise Warehousing Solutions, Inc. David Marco is the founder and president of the Chicago-based Enterprise Warehousing Solutions, Inc., a consulting firm providing business intelligence solutions. He has over 12 years of consulting experience as a DSS (1) (Digital Signature Standard) A National Security Administration standard for authenticating an electronic message. See RSA and digital signature. (2) (Digital Satellite S architect, project manager, and meta data manager, and has provided vision and strategy across multiple project teams for numerous successful data warehousing projects. He is the author of &uot;Building and Managing the Meta Data Repository: A Full Life-cycle Guide&uot; due out in March 2000 and is a weekly columnist for DM Review and various trade publications. In addition to his writing, he speaks at 15-20 industry events per year. Claudia Imhoff, 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. , Intelligent Solutions, Inc. Claudia Imhoff is the founder and CEO of Intelligent Solutions, Inc., a data management 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. ) consulting company. To date, her company has successfully completed the design and construction of data warehouses, operational data stores, and data marts across several industries supporting customer-centric applications. Her company offers basic and advanced courses in data warehouse and operational data store design and construction, data modeling, data architecture, and the principles of CRM. She has co-authored three books with Bill Inmon entitled &uot;Building the Operational Data Store,&uot; &uot;The Corporate Information Factory,&uot; and &uot;Exploration Warehouse&uot; and is a regular columnist for DM Review and other trade journals. Dr. Imhoff holds a Doctorate from the University of Tennessee The University of Tennessee (UT), sometimes called the University of Tennessee at Knoxville (UT Knoxville or UTK), is the flagship institution of the statewide land-grant University of Tennessee public university system in the American state of Tennessee. in Oak Ridge and an undergraduate degree from Duke University. John Ladley, President of Knowledge InterSpace, Research Fellow, Meta Group, Inc. John Ladley is an authority on data warehouse and data mart architectures, methodologies and tools, including OLAP (OnLine Analytical Processing) Decision support software that allows the user to quickly analyze information that has been summarized into multidimensional views and hierarchies. OLAP tools are used to perform trend analysis on sales and financial information. , data movement, data extraction and data hygiene. Prior to joining META Group, Ladley was director of technology planning for Alliance Blue Cross of Missouri. His more than 20 years of IT experience also include working as a management consultant with Coopers &Lybrand's IT practice, where he specialized in the healthcare, insurance, defense, and consumer products industries. He is a published author and frequent keynote speaker on data warehouse architectures and related IT processes. Ladley holds an undergraduate degree in Economics and Accounting from Grove City College The school emphasizes a humanities core curriculum, which endorses the Judeo-Christian Western tradition and the free market. While loosely associated with the Presbyterian Church (USA), the college is non-denominational and does not require students to sign a statement of faith, though in Pennsylvania. About Ardent Software Ardent Software is a leading global data management software company. Ardent develops and markets data integration infrastructure software for e-business, data warehousing and analytical applications, and enterprise portals; along with embedded databases and tools for developing and deploying packaged applications. With worldwide sales and service operations, and 1,000 resellers in more than 50 countries, Ardent is one of the top software companies in the world. More than 60,000 customers and 2.2 million users in virtually every aspect of business and government use solutions that are powered by Ardent technology. Ardent is headquartered in Westboro, Massachusetts. The company's common stock trades on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol &uot;ARDT.&uot; For more information, visit Ardent's web site at www.ardent.com. Statements expressing the beliefs and expectations of management regarding future performance are forward-looking and involve risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, quarterly fluctuations in results and other risks. These risks are detailed from time to time in the Company's Securities and Exchange Commission filings, including the Company's Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. for the year ended December 31, 1998. Actual results may differ materially from management's expectations. DataStage, Iterations, RedBack, System Builder, UniData, UniVerse and wIntegrate are registered trademarks of Ardent Software, Inc. Other trademarks and registered trademarks are property of the respective trademark holders. |
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