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BILL INMON TO DISCUSS ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN FOR DS

Bill Inmon, world-renowned speaker and author on data warehousing subjects, has announced that he will host a Web seminar on October 22 entitled "Storage Considerations for Data Warehousing." Puneet Pandit, Director of Marketing at Network Appliance, and Winston Hait, Senior Product Manager at Syncsort, will join Bill in a discussion about the strategies of managing and storing large volumes of data in a data warehouse.

"Storage is a critical piece of the IT infrastructure when it comes to supporting data warehouses and business intelligence systems," explained Bill Inmon, founder and CEO of billinmon.com. "Growth is inevitable, so it's how you deal with large volumes of data that can either help or hinder the effectiveness of a data warehouse. The key is to find a technical solution that is flexible, cost-effective and one that allows easy access to data."

Both Network Appliance and Syncsort specialize in handling large amounts of data. Syncsort offers software utilities that sort and merge data to help you manage and reduce data prior to moving it to storage systems. Network Appliance manages large amounts of data on disk storage but also has a migration path to near-line storage. Using a combination of technologies such as these, you have many design choices available to create an enterprise-wide, networked storage solution that meets your technical and price-performance requirements.

"Storage Considerations for Data Warehousing" Web seminar begins at 12:00 pm Mountain Time and ends with a live Q&A.

For more about the Web seminar, visit www.billi nmon.com/seminars/webinars/webinar_frame.html. To register online, go to registration.mshow.com/b illinmon.

About Billinmon.com

Bill Inmon, internationally recognized as the "father of data warehousing," developed billinmon.com as a platform from which he could educate professionals and decision makers about data warehousing and the Corporate Information Factory. His Website, www.billinmon.com, is an easy-to-use resource and portal that contains valuable information about designing, building, using, and maintaining the Corporate Information Factory and data warehouses. It also publishes much of Mr. Inmon's written work and related material, including methodologies, technical white papers, articles, and data models.