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Contact: DCI Media Relations
(508) 470-3870

Release Date: March 13, 1997

DCI's Data Warehouse World in San Jose Will Take Orlando Show to Next Level

New User Stories, Debates, Data Mining Forum Enhance Industry's Prime Event

Andover, MA -- By any measure, the recent DCI Data Warehouse Conference in Orlando was considered the premier event in the industry.

Besides featuring over 100 of the top data warehousing companies displaying their latest offerings, the conference offered more than 100 sessions, including 75 new presentations. Sixty of the world's leading data warehousing authorities addressed not only the hottest current topics in the field but the issues that will appear in the next one to five years. Representatives from such high-powered Fortune 500 firms as Wal-Mart, Sears, MCI and NationsBank presented well-attended user-story presentations to over 2,000 high-level business and information executives.

As impressive and successful as the Orlando event was, the West Coast version -- April 8-10, 1997, at the San Jose Convention Center -- will be more impressive. Besides the high-level exhibitors, quality presenters, and cutting-edge tracks, DCI's Data Warehouse World will offer some innovative additions.

Most notable is The Great Data Warehouse Debates, a never-before-seen event pitting industry experts against each other in a high-level discussion of three data warehousing topics: OLAP, Modeling and Repository Strategies. Included among the experts will be such industry "heavyweights" as Ralph Kimball, President of Ralph Kimball Associates, and Richard Finkelstein, President of Performance Computing.

A full-day forum on data mining -- considered by experts to be the next commercially significant "secret weapon" -- will be moderated by Aaron Zornes, META Group Executive Vice President and Data Warehouse Conference Chairperson. In addition, a number of new user stories and case studies will highlight the practical business applications of data warehousing technology.

"The feedback we got from the Orlando show was outstanding," Zornes explained. "The quality of the sessions and the exhibits, as well as the level of attendee, made Orlando an extremely well-received show. With the new elements that we've added in San Jose, we are convinced that anyone even remotely connected to the data warehousing industry has to attend."

Members of the media interested in registering for the show should call Dave Costello at DCI Media Relations, (508) 470-3870. Editors wishing to register via E-Mail can do so at dcostello@dciexpo.com. A brochure outlining all of the show details can be accessed on DCI's World Wide Web site at www.dciexpo.com.

A second DCI Data Warehouse World will be held in New York, July 29-31, 1997.

DCI, located in Andover, Massachusetts, is a world leader in high-technology education, trade shows and management consulting. META Group, Inc., headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, is an independent market assessment company in information technology, and co-sponsor of the event.