CMP Media's 'Intelligent Enterprise' Announces Informix as Key Sponsor Of RealWare Awards Showcase

Advertising Supplement Recognizes 13 Business Intelligence Solutions From 12 Vendors

PRNewswire
SAN MATEO, Calif.
Dec 1, 1999

Today, "Intelligent Enterprise" publisher David M. Kalman announced that Informix Software will act as the key sponsor of the RealWare Awards Showcase, a compendium of IT case studies focused on business intelligence solutions. In addition to Informix's participation, eleven other companies (submitted separately and unaffiliated with Informix's entries) highlight their customer success stories in this annual advertising supplement.

The 2000 RealWare Awards Showcase contains 13 examples of business intelligence solutions that leverage a corporation's information assets for strategic advantage. Based on customer stories entered and inspired by the 7th annual RealWare Awards, the Showcase focuses on the innovation and ROI of each IT project. Solutions include customer relationship management (CRM), decision-support systems (DSS), e-commerce, enterprise application integration (EAI), enterprise resource planning (ERP), and knowledge management.

The RealWare Awards Showcase will appear in the January 1, 2000 issue of "Intelligent Enterprise." Information about this upcoming issue is available online at: http://www.iemagazine.com/99edtcal.shtml. Information about the RealWare Awards is accessible online at: http://www.realwareawards.com/.

About "Intelligent Enterprise"

Intelligent Enterprise focuses on enterprise solutions for business intelligence. Its print edition (published 18x annually) reaches more than 100,000 IT and business leaders who develop, manage, and purchase business intelligence solutions and related technologies for competitive advantage. The Intelligent Enterprise Web portal (http://www.iemagazine.com/) offers instant access to information and expertise relating to business intelligence. Solutions covered include decision support, data warehousing, CRM (customer relationship management), and e-commerce. Qualified subscriptions are available at: http://www.iemagazine.com/subs.shtml.

About CMP Media

CMP Media Inc., a division of Miller Freeman and subsidiary of United News & Media plc (NASDAQ: UNEWY), is the leading high-tech media company providing essential information and marketing services to the entire technology spectrum-the builders, sellers and users of technology worldwide. With its portfolio of newspapers, magazines, custom publishing, Internet products, research, consulting and conferences, CMP is uniquely positioned to offer marketers comprehensive, integrated solutions tailored to meet their individual needs. Online editions of the company's print publications, along with products and services created exclusively for the Internet, can be found on CMPnet at http://www.CMPnet.com.

NOTE: Products and names in this document are trademarks of their respective companies.

SOURCE: CMP Media, Inc.

Contact: David Kalman, Publisher, 650-655-4251, or dkalman@mfi.com, or
Paul Calento, Marketing Manager, 650-655-4322, or pcalento@mfi.com, both for
CMP Media Inc.

Website: http://www.iemagazine.com/

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