Kalido Named Company to Watch by Intelligent Enterprise Magazine; For Third Consecutive Year, Magazine Recognizes Kalido Data Warehousing Software for Enabling the Intelligent Enterprise

Business Wire, April 6, 2005

BURLINGTON, Mass. & LONDON -- Kalido, the leading adaptive enterprise data warehousing software provider, has been named a "Company to Watch" by CMP Media LLC's Intelligent Enterprise publication for the third year in a row. Kalido, one of only five companies recognized in the "Information Management" category, was selected for its strong vision, market leadership, innovation and commitment to aligning its customers' IT and business objectives. This honor is part of Intelligent Enterprise's seventh annual Editors' Choice program, which was announced in the April 2005 issue and online at:

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Kalido's enterprise data warehousing software - the KALIDO(R) application suite - provides a consolidated and flexible view of corporate performance throughout business change and without the need for operational system standardization. KALIDO typically yields millions of dollars more business value annually than other solutions due to its rapid implementation, improved support for compliance initiatives and empowerment of business users.

The KALIDO software applications for enterprise data warehousing and master data management readily adapt to changes in the business to ensure that organizations have more detailed and auditable information about the performance of areas such as customers, suppliers, products, and sales territories. This intelligence enables executives to pinpoint business problems and opportunities even throughout major organizational transformation such as mergers, acquisitions or reorganizations.

"We recognized Kalido for making business sense out of the information life cycle, which should be a prerequisite to data warehousing," said Dave Stodder, editor in chief, Intelligent Enterprise. "Because Kalido's model-driven approach has proven invaluable, it is only fitting that it would be recognized as one of Intelligent Enterprise's Editors' Choice Award recipients. The award recognizes companies that provide the strongest vision, market leadership and technology innovation to our readers in their quest to align IT with business objectives."

"We are extremely honored to have won this award for three consecutive years because it is a testament to our continued innovation and leadership in the enterprise data warehousing sector," said Andy Hayler, founder and chief strategist, Kalido. "Our many thanks go to our loyal and growing customer base, who have helped us grow and further develop our software in line with the needs of Global 2000 organizations."

About Intelligent Enterprise

Published monthly, CMP Media LLC's Intelligent Enterprise is the only magazine dedicated to helping organizations plan and deploy strategic business applications that turn information into intelligence. Intelligent Enterprise empowers 80,000 Business Application Strategists charged with unlocking the value of strategic information, setting, managing and running their enterprise business processes to provide collaborative information delivery that drives strategic decision-making. For more information, contact Fuaud Yasin at 516-562-5146 or fyasin@cmp.com. Access free subscriptions from the Website at www.IntelligentEnterprise.com.

About CMP Media LLC

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About Kalido

Kalido provides adaptive enterprise data warehousing software to Global 2000 companies. The KALIDO(R) application suite (KALIDO) delivers consolidated views of enterprise performance and can rapidly adapt them to major changes in the business such as mergers and acquisitions, market consolidation, or new regulatory requirements. This improves the speed and accuracy of management and financial reporting without the cost and delay of operational system standardization. Kalido customers who have measured the business benefits of their projects have typically found they have derived annual savings of millions, and in some cases tens of millions, of dollars through improved management of their company performance and reduction of IT costs.

With KALIDO, companies can rapidly create and manage adaptive data warehouses and associated master data throughout their lifecycle, benefiting from the software's strategic flexibility, low cost and speed of deployment. An independently audited study shows that KALIDO saves at least 55 percent in ownership costs compared to custom-built approaches, a figure surpassed by real-life customer experiences. The average KALIDO data warehouse implementation takes less than 6 months, as opposed to 16 months for conventional approaches.