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More Than 30 U.S. Federal Government Organizations Have Deployed
Ascential Software Solutions to Improve Security and Contain Costs
Federal Customers Include Departments of Homeland Security, Justice, Treasury,
and Agriculture
WESTBORO, Mass., Jan. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ascential Software
Corporation (NASDAQ:ASCL), the enterprise data integration leader, is helping
more than 30 U.S. Federal Government organizations -- including The Department
of Homeland Security, The Food and Drug Administration, The Defense Information
Systems Agency, and The Defense Logistics Agency -- improve operational
performance and help reduce program costs by enhancing the accuracy and
timeliness of data critical to security operations.
"The Federal Government is dealing with the most challenging data integration
and analysis requirements that you will find in any environment," said Mark
Forman, EVP of worldwide services at Cassatt (an Ascential Software partner),
and former CIO of the Federal Government. "In order to fulfill Homeland
Security, military, and social services functions, government employees have to
be able to rapidly access and analyze large volumes of high quality
information. We believe Cassatt's partnership with Ascential Software helps
meet these requirements key to federal e-government and IT modernization
efforts."
"On-demand information sharing within and between government organizations is
increasingly important as Federal institutions move to reduce the cost of
government, improve service, and enhance national security," said Bill Smith,
director of Ascential Software's Federal division. "The Ascential Enterprise
Integration Suite(TM) provides the core integration and data quality
capabilities required to address the data management issues facing many
government entities today, as they move forward with mission-critical
information sharing initiatives."
Accurate, real-time information sharing among government agencies is crucial to
generating cost efficiencies and streamlining a broad range of military and
civilian operations. Many government agencies and departments are looking to
Ascential Software to meet the requirements for secure, comprehensive
integration of massive quantities of data in mixed computing environments.
Ascential Software's Federal customers include the:
* Defense Information Systems Agency
* Defense Logistics Agency
* Department of the Air Force
* Department of Agriculture
* Department of the Army
* Department of Homeland Security
* Department of Justice
* Department of the Navy
* Department of the Treasury
* Food and Drug Administration
* General Services Agency
Ascential Software anticipates increasing demand for its enterprise data
integration solutions driven by compelling market dynamics. Forrester Research
wrote in a September 27, 2004 report titled The Evolving Role Of The US Federal
CIO; The Rocky Road To Strategic Partner And Change Agent that, "The imperative
for not only continued improvement in IT management but also for a true
transformation in the Federal government is clear. The 9-11 Commission's
report was damning, reporting 'fault lines within our government' and 'the
pervasive problems of managing and sharing information across a large and
unwieldy government that had been built in a different era to confront
different dangers."
Partnerships
Ascential Software has developed a number of partnerships to expand its
presence in the Federal sector and deliver comprehensive solutions to meet
government agency information requirements. Among these partners are Northrop
Grumman, Cassatt Software, and Claraview.
"Many Federal organizations are looking to powerful data integration solutions
and services, such as those offered by Ascential Software, to help overcome the
IT challenges of uniting the various islands of technology and information
within the government," said Eric Driscoll, Vice President of Professional
Services at Claraview, Inc. "Claraview is working with Ascential Software to
improve the validity and accuracy of data resources for several key government
departments. Our joint projects will help the government respond more quickly
and effectively to a variety of situations ranging from human resources
allocation challenges to mitigating security risks."
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 .
Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995: This release contains forward-looking statements based on current
expectations or beliefs, as well as a number of assumptions about future
events, and these statements are subject to important factors and uncertainties
that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in
the forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements in this release
address a variety of subjects including, for example, the functionality,
characteristics, quality and performance capabilities of Ascential Software's
products and technology; results achievable and benefits attainable through
deployment of Ascential Software's products and provision of services; the
ability of Ascential Software's products to streamline operations, improve
customer support, expedite business transactions, and make better tactical and
strategic decisions on the basis of the best available information; the ability
of Ascential Software's products to meet the requirements for secure,
comprehensive integration of massive quantities of data in mixed computing
environments; increase in demand for Ascential Software's enterprise data
integration solutions driven by compelling market dynamics and improvements in
operational performance and decision-making. The following factors, among
others, could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in
these forward-looking statements: the ability of the company to expand its
market share; growth rates for the enterprise data integration software market;
general business conditions in the software industry, the technology sector,
and in the domestic and international economies; rapid technological change in
the markets served by the company; dependence on international operations;
global and geopolitical instability; compliance costs associated with
regulations to which the company is subject, including the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
of 2002, and the impact of such regulations; and difficulties that the company
may experience integrating technologies, operations and personnel of completed
or future acquisitions. For a detailed discussion of these and other cautionary
statements, please refer to the filings made by Ascential Software with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, including, without limitation, the most
recent Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Ascential Software disclaims any intent
or obligation to update any forward-looking statements made herein to reflect
any change in Ascential Software's expectations with regard thereto or any
change in events, conditions, or circumstances on which such statements are
based. Ascential Software is not responsible for statements attributed to
third parties within this release or in any materials referenced herein.
Partnerships described herein shall be deemed to be strategic alliances only,
and shall not imply the power of either partner to bind the other partner or to
incur obligations on behalf of the other partner.
DATASOURCE: Ascential Software Corporation
CONTACT: Chas Kielt of Ascential Software Corporation, +1-508-599-7256,
; or Kristina LeBlanc of Porter Novelli, +1-617-897-
8233,
Web site: http://www.ascential.com/