Business Intelligence Seminar: Use Data to Drive Decisions & Create Value.

Knightsbridge Solutions:

WHAT:     Turning Data into Decisions: Overcoming Federal BI and
          Reporting Challenges
          An educational seminar that presents effective, actionable
          items to get participants started on the path to creating
          successful business intelligence solutions within their
          federal agencies. Co-sponsored by Knightsbridge Solutions
          and Business Objects.
          www.knightsbridge.com www.businessobjects.com

WHEN:     Thursday, May 19, 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

WHERE:    Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center

WHO:

--  Chris Adamson, best-selling author of Data Warehouse Design
    Solutions, who will address "Architect and Design for BI
    Success"

--  Greg Jones, former DM Review columnist and leader of the
    Knightsbridge Federal BI implementation practice, who will
    address "A Proven Methodology for BI Success"

--  Business Objects, who will address "The BI Standard: Serving
    Every Decision-Maker's Needs"

WHY:      The President's Management Agenda mandates that agencies
          must do more with less. With mounting information reporting
          requirements, ever-changing internal processes, imperfect
          legacy systems, contracting issues and a complex combination
          of technologies, agencies are dedicating significant
          resources yet are struggling to leverage them efficiently.

Turning Data into Decisions: Overcoming Federal BI and Reporting
Challenges focuses specifically on federal issues. Led by industry
experts who have implemented hundreds of BI and data warehousing
solutions for the federal government, this hands-on educational
session delivers a no-nonsense approach to the planning, design and
implementation of business intelligence solutions. Attendees will
learn about:

--  Unique federal challenges and why commercial best practices
    often fall short

--  Reducing BI risks and increasing results

--  Avoiding common pitfalls that extend the length and cost of BI
    implementations

--  Preventing data quality problems from dooming your BI projects

--  Maximizing your chance of BI success--the most important first
    step

--  Using star schema design to address unknown future
    requirements

--  Scaling a data mart into an enterprise data warehouse

--  Achieving rapid results through incremental design using live
    data

Who should attend: Federal agency technical staff who have pressures
on them to solve data-centric issues, including CIOs, CFOs, Deputy
CIOs, Deputy CFOs, IT directors, project managers.

COST:     Free of charge. Attendees also can sign up for a free
          mini-assessment that examines their agency's data-centric
          issues, complete with solutions roadmap.

CONTACT:  For media inquiries or to register, contact Mary Mourousias,
          Knightsbridge Solutions, 312.577.5256,
          [e-mail]