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Firstlogic/Informatica Sponsor Pieter Mimno's DW Bootcamps

Firstlogic Inc, a global provider of enterprise information quality solutions, has announced that it will co-sponsor Pieter Mimno's highly acclaimed Data Warehousing Bootcamp events with Informatica Corporation, a leading provider of business analytics software. The complimentary workshops will provide attendees with the essential tools required to create and maintain a real-time, next-generation data warehouse and the analytic solutions that turn data into valuable information.

Mimno is an internationally renowned lecturer and consultant, with over 40 years of experience in the computer software and information technology sectors. His areas of expertise include data warehouse architectures, selection of components and development of data warehouse analytic applications for ERP, eBusiness, and enterprise-wide deployment. Mimno has consulted extensively on subjects related to computers and information technology, with direct technical responsibility for design, management, and enterprise-wide deployment of projects in fields as diverse as data warehousing, space systems, financial management systems, and eGovernment initiatives within federal and state governments.

In the Data Warehousing Bootcamps, Mimno takes attendees through a full day of sessions in which they learn how to avoid the common pitfalls of data warehouse initiatives. Attendees will also gain an understanding of the specific architectures, components and tools that can be used to build successful data warehouses and analytical applications. He also describes how to build data marts within a 90 day "timebox," at low cost and low risk, using a bottom up development methodology. Mimno will also cover new real-time data integration technologies for comprehensive business analytics and business performance management.

"Populating data warehouses and analytic solutions with 'dirty' source data containing missing, inconsistent and erroneous data values is a common source of why they fail," Mimno said. "It is essential that a data quality solution—such as those provided by Firstlogic—be an integral part of any data warehousing initiative to help ensure its success."

Added Firstlogic president Eric Lieberman, "We are pleased to join Informatica in sponsoring Pieter Mimno's Data Warehousing Bootcamps. These workshops have gained an outstanding reputation for their real-world application of advanced technologies that enables organizations to build end-to-end enterprise data warehousing solutions."

BootCamp Schedule

Pieter Mimno's Data Warehousing Bootcamps are scheduled for October 22 in Des Moines, IA; October 23 in Denver, CO; October 24 in San Francisco, CA; December 2 in New York, NY; December 3 in Parsippany, NJ; December 4 in Raleigh, NC and December 5 in Columbus, OH. To register for a Bootcamp, please call 800-970-1179, or via the Web site at www.informatica.com/in fo/bootcamp3.

About Firstlogic

Firstlogic specializes in enterprise-wide information quality solutions and services for e-business, data warehousing, and print and mail applications. Firstlogic's information quality tools 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.