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EXHIBIT HOURS:

Tuesday 24 April 2012			Wednesday 25 April 2012
	11:00-11:25			10:00-10:30
	13:00-14:20			12:05-13:25
	15:55-16:25			15:00-15:25
	17:10-18:30

PREMIER SPONSORS:

DataFlux www.dataflux.com

DataFlux enables organisations to analyse, improve and control their data through an integrated technology platform. With DataFlux enterprise data quality and data integration products, organisations can more effectively and efficiently build a solid information foundation that delivers a unified view of customers, products, suppliers or any other corporate data assets. A wholly owned subsidiary of SAS (www.sas.com), DataFlux helps customers rapidly assess and improve problematic data, building the foundation for enterprise data governance, compliance and MDM initiatives. To learn more about DataFlux, visit www.dataflux.com.

SAP www.sap.com

Enterprise Information Management solutions from SAP enable you to manage structured and unstructured data and events in operational applications, data warehouses, business intelligence, and analytics. SAP NetWeaver Master Data Management provides a single version of master data for supplier, product, customer, or user-defined data objects in heterogeneous environments. With the right information governance strategy, you can maximise the business value of your enterprise information. By bringing together the right people, processes, policies, and technology, you can deliver consistent and trusted information throughout your organisation – so you can do the following: Empower business users to own and manage data as a strategic asset. Govern data in the business process to optimise operational performance and ensure compliance. Establish trust in structured and unstructured information by ensuring data quality throughout its lifecycle.

PLATINUM SPONSORS:

Cognizant www.cognizant.com

Cognizant’s leading position in the MDM consulting and implementation space is built on best practices experience from 85 MDM implementations, 600 certified MDM and Data Governance resources, a proven onsite/offshore delivery model and strategic alliances with leading MDM platform vendors. We help clients deliver MDM/DG iteratively, quickly and cost-effectively: www.cognizant.com/MDM.

Informatica www.informatica.com/uk

Informatica is the world’s number one independent provider of data integration software. Thousands of organizations rely on Informatica for maximizing return on data to drive their top business imperatives. To maximize return on data, Informatica increases the value of data by delivering relevant, trustworthy, timely, authoritative, actionable, accessible, holistic and secure data. At the same time, Informatica lowers the cost of data by bringing down business costs, labor costs, software costs, hardware costs and storage costs. With the Informatica Platform organizations can fully leverage their information assets residing on-premise, in the Cloud and across social networks.

Harte-HanksTrillium Software  www.trilliumsoftware.com

Harte-Hanks Trillium Software is recognised by industry analysts Bloor, Forrester, Gartner and Information Difference as a leader in data quality. Customers include leading global brands such as Barclays Bank, British Airways, British Telecom, Canon Europe, Fedex, HMRC, HSBC, Marriott, Microsoft, Porsche and Volvo. Trillium Software offers a strategic vision for consolidated, harmonised, persistent integrity of master data as it grows and evolves. The Trillium Software System is architected for business analysts and data stewards to collaborate to discover and correct data quality problems and monitor ongoing data quality standards. The Trillium Software System integrates with MDM, CDI, CRM, DW, ERP, Web-based and legacy applications to ensure accurate, consistent and complete data is delivered throughout the business and maintained to enterprise standards. For more information visit, www.trilliumsoftware.com.

Kalido  www.kalido.com

Kalido is the leading provider of agile information management software. Kalido enables companies to manage data as a shared enterprise asset by supporting the business process of data management. Unlike traditional approaches which treat the symptoms of bad data, Kalido targets the root cause by keeping bad data from infecting the business environment. The outcome is better data to improve business performance. Kalido software has been deployed at more than 300 locations in over 100 countries, including 20 percent of the world’s most profitable companies as determined by Fortune Magazine. More information about Kalido can be found at: http://www.kalido.com.

SILVER SPONSORS:

S.D.M. Information Systems www.sdm-c.com

S.D.M. Information Systems is a niche professional services company in the area of Master Data Management solutions with successful implementations for Fortune 500 customers. If you are in a search of the best-fit MDM solution for your organization, we are here to help you compare and choose. Due diligence for your existing Business Processes, and quantify the potential ROI involved with it. Our professionals can also manage the project and the MDM design until complete implementation is performed. S.D.M. is not just another software selection firm, our professionals focus on MDM and they know the deep inside of the different solutions from a practical point of view. This makes us unique in this business. We believe that we are your best-fit partners.

Capgemini www.capgemini.com

With around 120,000 people in 40 countries and a dedicated MDM professional network of over 1000, Capgemini is one of the world's foremost providers of consulting, technology and outsourcing services. The Group reported 2011 global revenues of EUR 9.7 billion. Capgemini's business focused approach to MDM is focused on ensuring successful business operations, not simply technology delivery. A deeply multicultural organization, Capgemini has developed its own way of working, the Collaborative Business ExperienceTM, and draws on Rightshore ®, its worldwide delivery model. More information is available at www.capgemini.com.

KPMG www.kpmg.com

KPMG Data Insight Services can help you take control of your data in order to gain a critical edge in reducing risk, improving performance and maximising profit. We have been involved in some of the largest data-driven engagements worldwide. Being technology agnostic, we can offer the best solution for your needs. Our technology can be hosted in our purpose built, secure data centre, reducing your time to value. www.kpmg.co.uk/data KPMG, a global network of over 140,000 professionals in 150 countries, continue to be one of the few advisors that have in-depth industry insight and understanding of the global regulatory environment.  Our Technology Risk Consulting practice provides the following services: Information Protection, Technology Risk and Data Insight. www.kpmg.co.uk/technologyriskconsulting.

Talend www.talend.com

Talend is the recognized leader in open source integration solutions, providing a holistic integration platform that addresses data, application and process integration through a unified technology stack and supports organizations in their shift toward the Cloud and Big Data. Talend’s solutions portfolio includes data integration (operational data integration and ETL for Business Intelligence), data quality, master data management (MDM), enterprise service bus (ESB) and business process management (BPM). Unlike proprietary, closed solutions, which can only be afforded by the largest and wealthiest organizations, Talend makes middleware solutions available to organizations of all sizes, for all integration needs.

STANDARD SPONSORS:

Collibra www.collibra.com

Collibra is a leading Data Governance software company bringing Business and IT together to govern data as an enterprise asset. As a best of breed vendor, Collibra provides the data steward organization with a technology platform which supports their key activities. The Collibra Data Governance platform supports key Data Governance functions: business and data definitions, business rules, taxonomies and classifications, reference data management, data stewardship support, cross organizational collaboration and workflow, as well as end to end traceability. Collibra is a Gartner Cool vendor for Enterprise Information Management.

Pervasive www.pervasive.com

Pervasive is a global data innovation leader, delivering software to manage, integrate and analyze data, in the cloud or on-premises, throughout the entire data lifecycle.  Pervasive products deliver value to tens of thousands of customers worldwide with breakthrough performance, flexibility, reliability and return on investment. Customers rely on Pervasive Software for a range of mission-critical applications, from real-time data and application integration to data governance and quality. For additional information, go to www.pervasive.com or contact Anthony Guansing at +44 (0) 207 965 4494 or email anthony.guansing@pervasive.com.

IPL www.ipl.com

IPL helps organisations succeed in today's ever changing world through the creation of innovative, cost-effective business solutions. Whether it's responding to the latest regulatory changes, improving the efficiency of key business processes or unlocking the true potential of information, our clients benefit from IPL's first class consulting services, backed up by three decades of solution development experience and "through-life" support capabilities. From the development of online systems at household names such as Nationwide to the creation of strategic information blueprints at multi-national giants, our breadth of Information Management experience is second to none. But more than anything we keep our promises, forming long term partnerships with our clients based on trust and shared vision. You could call it a "win-win" situation. We call it Intelligent Business.

Orchestra Networks  www.orchestranetworks.com

Orchestra Networks' multidomain Master Data Management (MDM) software solution enables business and technology users to develop, use and enrich their most important asset-data. Through EBX5, the company's model-driven and flexible MDM solution, customers can now achieve specific management and governance of their Master Data using a single product that delivers an end-to-end solution. And, with its simplified business user experience, EBX5 puts companies on the fast track to achieving their strategic initiatives, including: risk compliance, supply-chain management, organizational restructuring, customer satisfaction, sales and marketing channel management and product planning. Orchestra Networks, a pure-play, independent MDM software provider, was founded in 2000. The company was recently featured in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Master Data Management. With operations across EMEA and North America, Orchestra Networks has successfully addressed the MDM needs of its Global 1000 customers in multiple industries, including: Financial Services, Banking, Insurance, Manufacturing, Retail, Consumer Goods, Technology, Pharmaceuticals, Public Utilities, and Global Logistics.

Information Builders www.informationbuilders.co.uk

Information Builders’ software and services transform data into business value for game-changing results. Our solutions for business intelligence and analytics, integration, data integrity and master data management empower people to make smarter decisions, strengthen customer relationships, improve employee performance and drive growth. Our dedication to customer success is unmatched in the industry. That’s why tens of thousands of leading organizations rely on Information Builders solutions to run their business for developing and executing on a world-class information strategy. In addition, we are a major provider to leading technology vendors including HP, IBM, Oracle, SAP, Teradata, Amdocs and many others. Founded in 1975, Information Builders is headquartered in New York, NY, with offices around the world and remains one of the largest independent, privately-held companies in the software industry. Visit us at www.informationbuilders.co.uk, follow us on Twitter at @infobldrs, like us on Facebook and visit our LinkedIn page.

Glue Reply www.gluereply.eu

Glue Reply is an independent IT consultancy in the UK.  Not bound to any technology provider in the market and not afraid to challenge its clients, Glue Reply provides high level, independent advice on the technology solutions that bring clients’ business objectives to life.  Its consultants work with heads of architecture, programme security, CIOs and CTOs across many sectors from retail, telecoms, financial services, utilities and defence to media and entertainment.  Set up in 1999, its clients include: Marks & Spencer, AXA UK, Boots, Cable & Wireless, Sainsbury’s, Ministry of Defence and National Grid. The company employs 60 people in the UK and is part of the Reply S.p.A group of companies. The Group has approximately 3,500 people worldwide and Reply [Rey. MI] is listed on the Star segment of the Italian Stock Exchange.

ORACLE www.oracle.com

Oracle Corporation, an enterprise software company, develops, manufactures, markets, distributes, and services database and middleware software, applications software, and hardware systems worldwide. It licenses of database and middleware software, including database management software, application server software, service-oriented architecture and business process management software, data integration software, business intelligence software, identity and access management software, content management software, portals and user interaction software, development tools, and Java; and applications software comprising enterprise resource planning, customer relationship management, enterprise performance management, supply chain management, business intelligence applications, enterprise portfolio project management, Web commerce, and industry-specific applications software. The company also offers customers with rights to unspecified software product upgrades and maintenance releases; Internet access to technical content; and Internet and telephone access to technical support personnel. In addition, its hardware systems products consist of computer server and hardware-related software, including the Oracle Solaris Operating System; and storage products, such as tape, disk and networking solutions for open systems and mainframe server environments. Its hardware systems support solutions include software updates for the software components. Further, the company offers consulting solutions in business and IT strategy alignment, enterprise architecture planning and design, initial product implementation and integration, and ongoing product enhancements and upgrades; cloud services, including Oracle Cloud Services and Advanced Customer Services; and education solutions comprising instructor-led, media-based, and Internet-based training in the use of its software and hardware products. The company was founded in 1977 and is headquartered in Redwood City, California.

Evaxyx  www.evaxyx.com

Evaxyx is a leading Data Management Consultancy that enables complex business transformations by removing the fundamental information barriers to change. We do this by employing a 5-themed approach that leverages our heritage in Data Governance, Master Data Management (MDM) and Business Intelligence to deliver a sustained improvement in the management and delivery of information. We have encapsulated our knowledge in best practices that enable us to deliver the desired business outcome with greater speed and certainty. As a result, clients in B2B, B2C and large public sector organisations across a wide number of domains see us as their ‘go-to’ resource for their most difficult information challenges.

Embarcadero  www.embarcadero.com

Embarcadero is committed to providing the industry’s broadest and deepest set of software tools for developers, DBAs, and architects. Widely recognized for its award-winning products, Embarcadero enables customers to work more efficiently with the industry’s major database platforms, operating systems, frameworks, and programming languages. Embarcadero’s heterogeneous tools enable customers to design, build, and run their databases and applications in the environments they choose, free from the constraints, costs, and learning curves associated with multiple platform-specific tools. Embarcadero is also dedicated to making software tools much easier to manage. With Embarcadero’s flexible licensing options, unique AppWave technology, and cost-effective All-Access offerings, Embarcadero’s licensing innovations help customers reduce the costs associated with software tools management and deployment. For more than seventeen years Embarcadero’s products have enabled customers to enhance staff productivity, optimize costs, streamline compliance, and accelerate development and innovation.

Ab Initio  www.abinitio.com

Ab Initio Software is a general-purpose data processing platform for enterprise-scale, mission-critical applications, covering the complete range of data processing architectures from batch, to near real-time, through to request-response services.  Ab Initio solves the problems of scalability, development time, performance, business rules, metadata management, and integration. Ab Initio is in production at the world’s largest companies in banking, e-commerce, telecommunications, insurance, retail, government and healthcare; running applications as diverse as web message brokers, billing systems, data warehousing, risk and compliance, marketing analytics, and data integration hubs.

SUPPORTED BY:

DAMA UK www.damauk.org

The drive for the future is to successfully focus on providing quality support to core members whilst guaranteeing sufficient financial income to ensure sustained activity. The four areas which DAMA UK recommends addressing over the next two years are: Academic - to survey UK organisations to understand their Data Management skill set needs and then induce academic institutions to supply them. Data Quality (DQ) - to benchmark data quality standards in the UK and encourage development of business awareness of the importance of DQ and help develop DG metrics. Government regulations versus data - to increase awareness of the legal implications of data management, assist organisations in reducing their legal liabilities and support ETA (and others) lobby for "data clever" legislation. Data Standards - survey requirements then work with other organisations (eg BCS) to develop effective data standards.

BCS www.bcs.org

BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, promotes wider social and economic progress through the advancement of information technology science and practice. We bring together industry, academics, practitioners and government to share knowledge, promote new thinking, inform the design of new curricula, shape public policy and inform the public. We serve over 70,000 members including practitioners, businesses, academics and students, in the UK and internationally.

The Data Governance Institute www.datagovernance.com

The Institute has three arms: Consulting and Training, addressing specific data needs, program design and checkups, the establishment of sustainable information strategies, communications, and proving the value of efforts. The Data Governance and Stewardship Community of Practice, offering peer-to-peer interactions and hundreds of program artifacts, available at www.DataStewardship.com. Information Resources, including the Web's largest collection of free information about Data Governance and Stewardship at the institute's website, www.datagovernance.com, and featuring Guidance by Gwen, from the Institute's founder Gwen Thomas.

IAIDQ iaidq.org

The International Association for Information and Data Quality (IAIDQ) is a not-for-profit, vendor-neutral professional society of people who are interested in promoting and defining information and data quality. IAIDQ is a leading source of credible and unbiased best practices on how to improve information quality to deliver great business results. The mission of IAIDQ is to advance the quality of information around the world by building a community, supporting learning and sharing knowledge for the benefit of the profession and information consumers. Its members hold a wide range of positions, live across the globe, and work in all business-sector industries.

DAMA International www.dama.org

DAMA International is a not-for-profit, vendor-independent association of technical and business professionals dedicated to advancing the concepts and practices for data resource management and enterprise information. The primary purpose of DAMA International is to promote the understanding, development, and practice of managing data and information to support business strategies.   As Data Management becomes more relevant to the business, DAMA is keeping pace with new products and services such as the 2nd edition of the DAMA Data Dictionary, the DAMA BOD (Body of Knowledge) and several new certification exams.  We are participating on the Boards of many academic and standards bodies and sharing our knowledge with other organizations. DAMA International is pleased to announce that a new chapter is forming in Turkey which will join the 8 other European chapters as part of DAMA International.   DAMA International and its affiliated chapters have grown year after year with chapters operating in Australia, China, India, North America, South America, Japan, and South Africa and DAMA is facilitating the formation of new chapters in many other countries. As a DAMA member you receive the benefits of your local or global chapter's activities and all the benefits of DAMA International's products and services. You can network with other professionals to share ideas, trends, problems, and solutions. You receive a discount at DAMA International conferences and seminars, and on associated vendor's products and services. To learn more about DAMA International, local chapters, membership, achievement awards, conferences and training events, subscriptions to DM Review and other publications, discounts, job listings, education and certification, please visit the DAMA International web page at www.dama.org.  Both the DAMA UK chapter and DAMA International will have a meeting during the conference.  We invite interested parties to join this vital and growing organization.  More information can be found at www.dama.org or you can email me at president@dama.org.

EDM Council www.edmcouncil.org

The EDM Council is an industry association specifically focused on facilitating and leveraging Enterprise data as a critical asset to a firm to: increase efficiency, minimize risk, and create competitive advantage. As a business forum the EDM Council enables senior officers responsible for content management to share information on the business strategies and practical implementation realities associated with achieving enterprise-wide control over data content.

MEDIA SPONSORS:

Data Quality PRO www.dataqualitypro.com

Data Quality Pro is your free expert resource providing data quality articles, webinars, forums and tutorials from the world's leading experts, every day.  Industry experts solve your data quality challenges via the unique Ask the Expert feature, our weekly expert webcasts, the Data Quality Pro Journal or our free Data Quality Herald magazine.  Membership is 100% free and provides a broad range of additional content for professionals of all backgrounds and skill levels.

Enterprise Technology Management (ETM) www.globaletm.com/featured_white_papers/Article/risky_business

Enterprise Technology Management (ETM) is a global publication that provides decision makers and end users with the information they need to succeed in the ever-changing field of business technology, from developing strategy to making cost-effective purchase decisions and managing their organization's projects. ETM does this through independent world-leading analysis and vendor thought leadership in the form of original white papers, podcasts, analyst research, and case studies detailing up-to-date industry trends and data.

OilIt.com www.oilit.comm

Oil IIT Journal is a monthly newsletter focusing on oil and gas information technology. Oil IT Journal has a track record of providing clear and impartial analysis of the technical issues behind data management, data modelling and application software. Industry news is covered in a timely manner, including corporate mergers and sales, new software, national data banks and collaborative industry projects. Published monthly since 1996 in print and online, the www.oilit.com website received around 3 million hits in 2010.

ECM Plus www.ecmplus.com

ECM Plus – The Voice of Content, Collaboration & The Cloud (www.ecmplus.com) - enterprise content management...and then some. At ecmplus.com, we are proud to be first to your desk every week with the latest news and developments in content and business information. Our aim is to keep you better informed with professional content of the highest standard. As well as bringing you the top news and features, ECM Plus will give you: insight into the current, hot topics and issues in the wider ECM space thought leaders and leading-edge value-added information so that you can help significantly grow your business – and increase your profits.

Technology Evaluation Centers www.technologyevaluation.com

Technology Evaluation Centers (TEC) helps organizations choose the best enterprise software solutions for their unique needs—quickly and cost effectively. With detailed information on over 1,000 solutions in the world’s largest vendor database, TEC delivers a broad range of evaluation and selection resources to help ensure successful software selection projects. As impartial software evaluators since 1993, TEC’s expert team of analysts and selection professionals are involved in thousands of software selection projects every year. The TEC newsletter goes out to 920,000 subscribers and is available in 4 languages. Visit TEC: www.technologyevaluation.com.  Subscribe to the TEC Newsletter: http://www.technologyevaluation.com/newsletter-subscribe/

TDAN.com www.tdan.com

The Data Administration Newsletter, LLC -- http://www.tdan.com -- is an award winning electronic publication that focuses on the various disciplines of data management. TDAN.com celebrated its 10th Anniversary in July of 2007 and presently attracts close to 100,000 visitors a month. The publication is produced by Robert S. Seiner of KIK Consulting & Educational Services, LLC, a well-known data management specialist that focuses on "Non-Invasive©" Data Governance & Data Stewardship program development.

TechWeek Europe www.techweekeurope.co.uk

TechWeek Europe is the online resource for IT professionals, published by NetMediaEurope. Content on TechWeek Europe is designed to provide an actionable resource for decision-makers. It presents information that IT people need to know with particular strengths in Security, Cloud, Mobile Devices, Government Policy and Open Source.  TechWeek Europe publishes breaking news, in-depth reports and features, comment articles, interviews and product reviews daily. It also offers users a daily newsletter, weekly roundups (Security, Green IT, Mobile & Wireless) and a white paper resource centre.  For more information, please visit: www.techweekeurope.co.uk.

Via Nova Architectura www.via-nova-architectura.org

A number of thought leaders in the area of business - and IT architectures have set up a digital magazine on architecture: Via Nova Architectura. Although started as an initiative within the Netherlands, the magazine should reach all those interested in the area of architecture, where-ever they live. Via Nova Architectura aims to provide an accessible platform for the architecture community. It is meant to be the primary source of information for architects in the field. The scope of Via Nova Architectura is "digital" architecture in the broadest sense of the word: business architecture, solution architecture, software architecture, infrastructure architecture or any other architecture an enterprise may develop to realize its business strategy.