Knightsbridge Formalizes Energy Practice; Industry Interest in Business Intelligence Fuels Demand for Consulting

Business Wire, Feb 15, 2006

CHICAGO -- With its expanding global energy customer base comprising super majors, independents and energy merchants, Knightsbridge Solutions today announced the formal launch of an Energy Practice in response to increased demand for business intelligence consulting. E[acute accent]Research shows that BI continues to gain attention from technology decision-makers. Based on data from a recent Gartner survey, business intelligence jumped from the No. 10 slot to the second-highest priority on CIOs' agendas.(1) Energy Insights predicts that investments in BI will increase among oil and gas companies in 2006. E[acute accent]Operating since 2004, the Energy Practice serves clients such as BP, Devon Energy Corporation, and Williams. Its team comprises energy professionals with expertise in upstream exploration and production, midstream operations, energy trading, and downstream refining and marketing. E[acute accent]"Mergers and acquisitions, regulatory compliance, energy price volatility pressures, and market demands require that energy companies manage their operations using accurate and reliable data - delivered where and when it's needed to help management make actionable decisions," said John Ruddy, Energy Practice Area Leader for Knightsbridge. An active recruiting effort continues to support the rapid expansion of the firm's Energy Practice and other areas. Knightsbridge currently employs more than 600 people. E[acute accent]Knightsbridge is the largest professional services firm with an exclusive focus on the information management disciplines of business intelligence, data warehousing, data integration and information quality. With headquarters in Chicago, the firm maintains offices in the greater metro areas of New York, San Francisco, Washington D.C., Houston and Los Angeles. Knightsbridge has won numerous industry awards for industry excellence and best practices.

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E[acute accent]Fortune 500 companies and other large data-centric organizations turn to Knightsbridge for solutions to their most difficult data problems--problems rooted in massive data volumes or complex information challenges. Knightsbridge delivers actionable and measurable business results that inform decision-making, optimize IT efficiency, and improve business performance. Focusing exclusively on the information management disciplines of data warehousing, data integration, information quality, and business intelligence, Knightsbridge delivers practical solutions that reduce time, reduce cost, and reduce risk. E[acute accent]Knightsbridge serves clients in financial services, insurance markets, health and life sciences, retail and consumer products, high technology, manufacturing, telecommunications, energy, federal government, and other industries. Visit Knightsbridge online at www.knightsbridge.com.

E[acute accent](1)"Gartner Clients Consider Business Intelligence to Be a Major Priority" by Colleen Graham, November 15, 2005.