Kalido Declares 'Master Data Management Comes of Age' at Fifth Annual User Group.BURLINGTON, Mass.& LONDON -- Kalido User Group to Focus on Technology Developments and Best Practices in Master Data Management for Leading-Edge Enterprise Data Warehousing See data warehouse. data warehousing - data warehouse Kalido, the leading adaptive enterprise data warehousing software provider, will host its fifth annual Kalido User Group (KUG KUG Known Unto God KUG Key User Group ) September 18-21, 2005, at the Victoria Park Plaza Hotel The Plaza Hotel in New York City is a landmark 19-story luxury hotel with a height of 250 feet (76 m) and length of 400 feet that (122 m) occupies the west side of Grand Army Plaza, from which it derives its name, and extends along Central Park South in Manhattan. , London. Headlined "Master Data Management Comes of Age," the conference will provide a dynamic, open exchange of information on technology developments and best practices in master data management (MDM (Modular Digital Multitrack) An audio recorder that mixes and records multiple tracks of digital audio. The two major MDM technologies are ADAT and DTRS. See ADAT and DTRS. ) and enterprise data warehousing through workshops, seminars and plenary addresses. In the opening keynote address keynote address n. An opening address, as at a political convention, that outlines the issues to be considered. Also called keynote speech. Noun 1. , Geoff Squire, chairman of The Innovation Group, former Veritas vice chairman and founder of Oracle UK, will discuss technology innovation and the ingredients to a successful organization. Gartner, Inc. vice president Ted Friedman will end the conference with a keynote speech keynote speech n. See keynote address. Noun 1. keynote speech - a speech setting forth the keynote keynote address keynote - the principal theme in a speech or literary work discussing the role of master data management in managing information as a corporate asset. In addition, speakers from BP, ING, and Merial will highlight how Kalido's adaptive enterprise data warehousing and master data management software has helped them derive tangible business benefits, including increased sales, improved business insight and operational cost savings. One of the conference's major themes will be how companies can now effectively manage their master data as part of their enterprise data warehouse implementations and data governance Data governance encompasses the people, processes and procedures required to create a consistent, enterprise view of an organisation's data in order to:
Through a series of daily sessions across three educational tracks - "Business," "Implementation" and "Product" - Kalido experts will also explain how to maximize the company's unique software for both master data management and enterprise data warehousing to drive business value throughout organizational change. Presentations include "Turbo-charging KALIDO" and "Modeling your business for the real world." The KUG will be chaired for the fifth consecutive year by Dr. David Waddington David Waddington may refer to:
"The interest from both existing customers and prospects around master data management is snowballing. In addition, our flagship product A primary product of a company, which is typically why the company was founded and/or what made it well known. For example, MS-DOS, Windows and the Microsoft Office suite have been flagship products of Microsoft. CorelDRAW is a flagship product of Corel Corporation. for enterprise data warehousing continues to rapidly gain wider acceptance in the Global 2000 community, with major new implementations," added Andy Hayler Andy Hayler, data warehousing innovator, entrepreneur, writer, and food critic, is known for leading the creation of the dynamic data warehousing architecture within Royal Dutch Shell that he later commercialized as the KALIDO Active Information Management software product of , Kalido's founder and chief strategist. "Our KALIDO software applications have developed significantly through the input of our customers through on-going dialogue and our user group forum, and we're pleased once again to be able to showcase our latest technology benefits and customer successes at this year's event." The KUG is supported by Gold Sponsors Ascential Software (an IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) Company), Business Objects and Knightsbridge Solutions, as well as Silver Sponsors MindTree Consulting and SAIC SAIC - http://saic.com. . These sponsors will also be speaking to customers at the Kalido Partner Pavilion about how they work with Kalido to develop end-to-end business intelligence solutions. Registrations details for the event can be found on: http://www.kalido.com/usergroup/index.asp About Kalido Kalido provides adaptive enterprise data warehousing and master data management software to Global 2000 companies. The KALIDO(R) application suite (KALIDO) delivers consolidated views of enterprise performance and can rapidly adapt them to major changes in the business such as mergers and acquisitions, market consolidation, or new regulatory requirements. This improves the speed and accuracy of management and financial reporting without the cost and delay of operational system standardization. Kalido customers who have measured the business benefits of their projects have typically found they have derived annual savings of millions, and in some cases tens of millions, of dollars through improved management of their company performance and reduction of IT costs. With KALIDO, companies can rapidly create and manage adaptive data warehouses and master data management projects throughout their lifecycle, benefiting from the software's strategic flexibility, low cost and speed of deployment. An independently audited study shows that KALIDO saves at least 55 percent in ownership costs compared to custom-built approaches, a figure surpassed by real-life customer experiences. The average KALIDO data warehouse implementation takes less than 6 months, as opposed to 16 months for conventional approaches. Kalido customers include some of the largest companies in the world, such as BP, Cadbury Schweppes Cadbury Schweppes plc is a confectionery and beverage company with its headquarters in Berkeley Square, London, England, UK. Cadbury Schweppes is currently the only major international confectionery manufacturer to produce Fairtrade or organic products, which it sells through its , HBOS HBOS Halifax Bank of Scotland plc, Intelsat, Labatt Breweries of Canada, Merial, Owens Corning, Philips, Royal Dutch/Shell Group of Companies (Shell) and Unilever. These companies and many others use Kalido's award-winning software in over 100 countries for their enterprise-wide data warehousing and master data management projects. A privately-held company, Kalido is headquartered in Burlington, Mass. and London, UK. More information about Kalido can be found at: http://www.kalido.com. |
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