Business Objects is Premier Sponsor of DCI's Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing Conference Coming to Boston in September 2004

Andover, MA - April 7, 2004 - DCI announces Business Objects, a market leader in the business intelligence industry, as the premier sponsor of their Business Intelligence & Data Warehousing Conference taking place September 28-30, 2004 in Boston, MA.

The conference will provide attendees with an understanding of business performance management, business intelligence and data warehousing technologies and how they are used to measure and monitor the business activities of an organization. Business Objects is the world's leading business intelligence (BI) software company. Business Objects enables organizations to track, understand and manage enterprise performance. The company's solutions leverage the information that is stored in an array of corporate databases, enterprise resource planning (ERP) and customer relationship management (CRM) systems.

Popular uses of BI include enterprise reporting, management dashboards and scorecards, customer intelligence applications, financial reporting and both customer and partner extranets. These solutions enable companies to gain visibility into their business, acquire and retain profitable customers, reduce costs, optimize the supply chain, increase productivity and improve financial performance.

Conference Chairman, for the premiere of DCI's Business Intelligence & Data Warehousing Conference, is Jonathan Wu, Senior Principal at Knightsbridge Solutions, LLC. Track chairs include Bill Schmarzo, Vice President, Analytics of Business Objects and Craig Schiff, President & CEO of BPM Partners, Inc.

Conference tracks and topics encompass: Business Intelligence: Accessing Information, Data Warehousing: Combining Data from Disparate Information Systems and Business Performance Management: Defining and Creating.

For information on sponsorship and exhibiting at DCI's Business Intelligence & Data Warehousing Conference, contact Mark Wallace, VP of Sales, at 978-470-3870, ext. 316, email mwallace@dci.com.

For information on attending this conference contact DCI Customer Service at 978-470-3880, email ConfReg@dci.com.

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