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Web Seminar Featuring Dr. Claudia Imhoff

Firstlogic Inc, a global provider of enterprise information quality solutions, announced it will sponsor a Web seminar entitled "Quality in the Corporate Information Factory Architecture" that will feature Dr. Claudia Imhoff, one of the world's leading authorities on business intelligence solutions and customer relationship management. The free Web seminar will be held Tuesday, February 12 at 11:00 am Central standard time.

Dr. Imhoff, president of Intelligent Solutions Inc, a leading provider of data management consulting, education and seminars, will share her views on where, when, and, how companies should implement data quality processes within the Corporate Information Factory (CIF), a framework for managing information systems which Dr. Imhoff co-developed with data warehousing pioneer Bill Inmon. Specifically, Dr. Imhoff will focus on data quality within the data acquisition and data delivery processes as well as the processes used to enter data into the operational systems. Following her discussion will be a practical discussion of how Firstlogic's Information Quality Suite can help organizations achieve the goal of high quality information.

"The CIF is a well-founded strategic and technological roadmap for developing and managing business intelligence and analytical CRM applications in all enterprises," Dr. Imhoff said. "However, the best architecture in the world cannot make up for poor or low quality data entering this environment. A data quality process -- such as that provided by Firstlogic -- is paramount in all data-intensive CRM and business intelligence environments to ensure success."

Free Registration

To register for the free Claudia Imhoff Web seminar, "Quality in the Corporate Information Factory Architecture," which will be broadcast Tuesday, February 12, 2002 at 11:00 a.m. Central Standard Time, please visit www.firstlogic.com/seminars/imhoff.asp.

About Firstlogic

Firstlogic specializes in enterprise-wide information quality solutions and services for e-business, data warehousing, and print and mail applications. Historically known for its popular software brands, Firstlogic is recognized as the leading global provider of information quality tools that enhance and match business-critical information anywhere it is touched, stored, or moved across the enterprise. In addition to developing commercial solutions, Firstlogic partners with many systems integrators, consultants, and original equipment manufacturers to provide its unique technology to their end-user customers. Founded in 1984, Firstlogic today serves thousands of customers worldwide, including Fortune 1000 companies in the e-business, financial, insurance, healthcare, direct marketing, higher education, and telecommunications markets. For more information, visit the company's Web site at www.firstlogic.com. Firstlogic Inc, 100 Harborview Plaza, La Crosse, Wis., 54601, 608-782-5000.

Homer Neal to Lead Alliance External Advisory Council

Homer A. Neal, a high energy physicist at the University of Michigan (UM), will chair the National Computational Science Alliance (Alliance) External Advisory Council (EAC), as the Alliance heads into a new phase in its efforts to create a computational and information infrastructure to advance scientific discovery.

Neal, a UM faculty member since 1987 and a member of the Alliance EAC since its inception in 1997, is director of the UM-ATLAS Collaboratory and the Samuel A. Goudsmit professor of physics. ATLAS is one of two major particle detectors that will be installed inside the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the world's most powerful particle accelerator now under construction at CERN, the European Laboratory for Particle Physics. Neal directs UM's involvement with CERN and the LHC, and is currently conducting high-energy experiments there. He also participates in the DZERO collaboration that in 1995 announced the discovery of the top quark. He is the former UM vice president for research and has been vice president for academic affairs and provost at the State University of New York at Stony Brook and dean for research and graduate development at Indiana University.

Neal served on the National Science Board for six years and is a fellow of the American Physical Society, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

"Dr. Neal brings a wealth of experience as a physicist and a university administrator, and the Alliance can only benefit from his intellect and his leadership," said Dan Reed, director of the Alliance and the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the center that leads the Alliance. "His work in large-scale, high-energy physics experiments is especially relevant as the Alliance moves to support large-scale scientific projects and as NCSA and its partners make more large-scale projects possible through development of the TeraGrid."

The Alliance External Advisory Council is comprised of national leaders in science, public policy, telecommunications, and computer science and advises the Alliance on strategies related to government, science, industry, and education. Neal replaces Philip M. Smith, a partner in the science policy consulting firm of McGeary and Smith, as EAC chair. Smith, who has been chair since the Alliance began, will continue as an EAC member through 2002.

The National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is a leader in developing and deploying cutting-edge high-performance computing, networking, and information technologies. NCSA is a senior partner in the TeraGrid project, a National Science Foundation initiative to build and deploy the world's largest, fastest, most comprehensive, distributed infrastructure for open scientific research. NCSA also leads the National Computational Science Alliance (Alliance), a partnership to prototype an advanced computational infrastructure for the 21st century that includes more than 50 academic, government, and industry research partners. The NSF Partnerships for Advanced Computational Infrastructure (PACI) program funds the Alliance. In addition to the NSF, NCSA receives support from the state of Illinois, the University of Illinois, private sector partners, and other federal agencies. For more information, see www.ncsa.uiuc.edu.

Contact Karen Green, Assistant Director for Communications National Center for Supercomputing Applications, 605 E. Springfield Ave. Champaign, IL 61820, kareng@ncsa.uiuc.edu, 217-265-0748.

DoubleTwist Announces New Customers, Realigned Mgmt Team

DoubleTwist announced that Robert Williamson, formerly president and Chief Operating Officer, has been appointed president and Chief Executive Officer and member of the Board of Directors. John Couch, formerly Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, will remain Chairman of the Board. Simon Tomlinson, formerly vice president European Sales and General Manager Europe, has been appointed vice president of Worldwide Sales. In addition, Gregory Thayer, formerly vice president of Corporate Development and General Counsel, has been appointed Chief Financial Officer and General Counsel.

"We are delighted that market acceptance for our annotated genomic data continues to accelerate and that we now have more than 10 customers for our latest offering, the GenomeZone online service," said Mr. Williamson. "Further, we are pleased to announce that Chiron, the first customer for our annotated human genome database, has renewed its subscription and purchased additional software to maximize its investment in our products. We welcome these new customers that have helped us achieve a record year of revenues in 2001, giving all of us here at DoubleTwist a tremendous sense of accomplishment in this challenging economic environment."

"Through its DATAS technology, ExonHit identifies genes that are deregulated in pathologies during the RNA splicing process. The Prophecy suite provides a safe, behind the firewall solution to integrate and mine our libraries with genomic data and annotations in a synthetic and user-friendly manner," said Laurent Bracco, executive vice president, Research, ExonHit Therapeutics.

"DoubleTwist has recently implemented a number of restructuring measures to enhance our competitive position in the marketplace," said Couch. "Robert Williamson has been instrumental in leading these operational improvements, and I am pleased to turn over the Chief Executive role to him to lead this new era for the company. The Board and investors are fully behind the management realignment and we look forward to achieving our goals in 2002."

DoubleTwist Inc, www.doubletwist.com, is an innovator in the application of information technology to the life sciences. The Company provides genomic databases and bioinformatics software for drug discovery and related life science disciplines. DoubleTwist's strategy is to continue to develop its proprietary technology platform and new products aimed at facilitating a systems approach to biological research.

Contact DoubleTwist Inc, Nicole Litchfield, 415-793-6468, nicolel@doubletwist.com.