Ascential Software Expert Recognized as a 2005 'Pro to Know' by Supply & Demand Chain Executive Magazine

Ascential Software Expert Recognized as a 2005 'Pro to Know' by
Supply & Demand Chain Executive Magazine
Industry Solutions Executive Will Reilly Brings Data Integration Expertise to
Ascential Software's Consumer Packaged Goods, Retail, and Manufacturing
Customers 


WESTBORO, Mass., March 8  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Supply & Demand Chain
Executive magazine has selected Will Reilly, an Industry Solutions Executive
with Ascential Software Corporation (NASDAQ:ASCL), as a 2005 "Pro to Know"
award winner in the Solutions Provider category.  The publication chose "Pro to
Know" award winners based on their contributions in advancing the discipline of
supply chain management (SCM) by equipping SCM professionals with products,
services, and industry expertise that enhances performance. Ascential Software
provides product, methodology and services to create individual solutions that
meet the specific procurement and distribution needs of many industries.  Past
"Pros to Know" include executives from ChevronTexaco, Hewlett-Packard, IBM,
Motorola, Proctor & Gamble, and Pitney Bowes.

"Ascential Software's Will Reilly exemplifies our vision of a supply and demand
chain provider 'Pro to Know,'" said Andrew Reese, editor, Supply & Demand Chain
Executive magazine.  "Reilly and Ascential Software have made substantial
contributions to the management of global supply chains by bringing to market a
broad set of solutions that deliver on its vision for data integration as an
integral part of successfully automating and optimizing the supply chain."

Ascential Software has more than 3,000 customers, including many of the top
names in retail, manufacturing and consumer packaged goods, including Home
Depot, Amazon.com, Anheuser-Busch, the Scotts Company, the Boeing Company,
Owens Corning, and Harley-Davidson.  Data integration delivers essential
underlying capabilities for modern supply chains: managing transactions between
trading partners, enhancing the validity and quality of the data they share,
and delivering that information for use in operational and analytical
environments.  In this way, Ascential Software solutions are used to underpin
data synchronization and RFID programs, help manufacturers operate as
participants in demand driven supply networks, and as an enabler for a variety
of master data initiatives including product information management, vendor
management, margin analysis, and spare parts management.

"Companies need to deploy enterprise data integration solutions to maximize
investments in supply chain management because bringing together information
from myriad sources is critical to optimizing ROI," said Reilly. "With many
collaborative partners, dozens of manufacturing locations and complex
distribution channels, in addition to thousands of part numbers, bills of
material, and sub-assembly IDs, supply chain participants need a single view of
the truth and a means of sharing and acting on information.  I am honored that
Supply & Demand Chain Executive magazine has recognized the key role Ascential
Software's data integration solutions play in providing a consistent view of
supply chain data."

The Ascential Enterprise Integration Suite is a comprehensive data integration
solution that profiles, cleanses, and transforms data from virtually any
application or system regardless of data volume or latency. Ascential
Software's integrated offering is designed to help companies streamline
operations, improve customer support, expedite business transactions, and make
better tactical and strategic decisions on the basis of the best available
information.  The suite provides unlimited scalability through parallel
processing, complete meta data management, and any-to-any data source and
application connectivity, and delivers on-demand data integration seamlessly
within an enterprise's service-oriented architecture.

About Ascential Software

Ascential Software Corporation (NASDAQ:ASCL) is the leader in enterprise data
integration.  Customers and partners worldwide use the Ascential Enterprise
Integration Suite(TM) to confidently transform data into accurate, reliable and
complete business information to improve operational performance and
decision-making across every critical business dimension.  Our comprehensive
end-to-end solutions provide on demand data integration complemented by our
professional services, industry expertise, and methodologies.

Ascential Software is headquartered in Westboro, Mass., and has more than 3,000
customers and partners globally across such industries as financial services
and banking, insurance, healthcare, retail, manufacturing, consumer packaged
goods, telecommunications and government.  For more information call
1-800-966-9875 (or 1-508-366-3888 from outside the U.S. or Canada) or visit the
Ascential Software website at http://www.ascential.com/.

Media and industry analysts, contact Chas Kielt, director of media and analyst
relations, at 1-508-599-7256 or .

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