CMP Media's Intelligent Enterprise and Ventana Research Announce 2004 IntelligentPerformance Conference and Expo

IntelligentPerformance Conference, the leading independent conference focused on providing awareness and education on prevailing business trends, case studies, and technologies that enable performance management, will be held November 15-18 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in La Jolla, CA. The conference, designed for senior business and IT managers, will be hosted by CMP Media's Intelligent Enterprise, the only publication dedicated exclusively to the strategic business applications that turn information into intelligence, and Ventana Research, the preeminent research and advisory services firm focused solely on Performance Management.

The IntelligentPerformance Conference and Expo will focus on performance management technologies and solutions which enable organizations to use information and analytics to improve operational and financial processes, enhance customer relationships, and maximize supply chain performance. IntelligentPerformance's expert trainers and speakers will focus on key business issues, case studies, and technology solutions for performance management, offering business technology leaders practical strategies for maximizing IT investments (both existing and future) to help their organizations turn data into knowledge, and then into action.

"This conference will provide world class education for business and IT management so they may better understand Performance Management, and in turn, gain the knowledge required to drive their organizations to better measure competitive and organizational effectiveness," said Mark Smith, CEO & SVP Research of Ventana Research, and Co-Conference Director.

Dynamic keynote presentations at the conference will feature a CXO Panel moderated by Brian Gillooly, Editor of Optimize and InformationWeek Events, and addresses by Carl DeMaio, President of the American Strategic Management and Performance Institute, and Robert Burgelman, Professor of Management & Director of the Stanford Executive Program, Stanford Graduate School of Business. Initial conference sponsors include: Applix, Arcplan, Cognos, Cartesis, SRC Software, Temtec, and Tibco, and Montgomery Research's CFO Project: Competitive Financial Operations and CRM Project and Baseline Consulting as conference partners. In addition to the three-day conference, IntelligentPerformance is presenting four educational Webinars leading up to the event enabling attendees to preview the valuable content that will be delivered in November.

"Through innovative multimedia event promotions and new content offerings, we have made significant investments in the IntelligentPerformance Conference and are thrilled to host the second annual event," remarked Fritz Nelson, Vice President of CMP's Enterprise Architecture Group. "The first two IntelligentPerformance Conference Webinars have already garnered close to 1,300 unique registrants, and we know the remaining two will also be popular. This robust support from the user community validates the growth of the performance management market and strength of our conference offerings."

The conference will offer four specialized tracks addressing the unique needs of both senior business and IT management, helping them to optimize performance and ensure that businesses can drive measurable improvements to corporate, organizational, financial and operational processes. They include:

  -- Business Performance Management
  -- Operational Performance Management
  -- IT Strategies for Performance Management
  -- Information and Integration Management

For more information or to register for the event, visit www.IntelligentPerformance.com/events.

About Intelligent Enterprise

Intelligent Enterprise is the only publication dedicated exclusively to the strategic business applications that turn information into intelligence. It serves as a technology guidebook and thought leader for more than 80,000 senior business and IT managers who plan and deploy strategic business applications in their organizations. With groundbreaking coverage of business intelligence, collaborative commerce, business performance management, and enabling technologies, Intelligent Enterprise helps readers identify new opportunities for strategic IT investment, and then provides the in-depth analysis and guidance to support IT evaluation, purchase, and deployment.

About CMP Media

CMP Media LLC (www.cmp.com) is a leading integrated media company providing essential information and marketing services to the entire technology spectrum -- the builders, sellers and users of technology worldwide. Capitalizing on its editorial strength, CMP is uniquely positioned to offer marketers comprehensive, integrated media solutions tailored to meet their individual needs. Its diverse products and services include newspapers, magazines, Internet products, research, direct marketing services, education and training, trade shows and conferences and custom publishing.

About Ventana Research

The Preeminent Research and Advisory Services Firm in Performance Management Ventana Research is the preeminent research and advisory services firm helping organizations maximize stakeholder value with Performance Management. Putting research in a business and IT context, Ventana Research provides insight and education on the best practices and technologies that enable organizations to leverage assets to understand, optimize, and align strategies and processes to meet goals and objectives. Ventana Research conducts quantitative and qualitative research, offers subscription services, and provides strategic consulting.

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