Kalido and Ventana Research Host Webinar on Master Data Management Best Practices; Webinar to Highlight Benefits Achieved, Best Practices Learned and Mistakes to Avoid as Collected from MDM Pioneer Experiences

Business Wire, June 19, 2006

BURLINGTON, Mass. & LONDON -- Kalido, a leading provider of adaptive enterprise data warehousing and master data management (MDM) software, will host an online seminar to share best practices for implementing MDM solutions based upon real-life customer experiences. Presented by Dr. David Waddington, VP & Research Director - MDM & European IT Research, Ventana Research, the one-hour webinar will take place June 21, 2006 at 11:30 am EDT / 4:30 pm BST. Further event and registration details are available on: www.kalido.com/mdmbestpractices.> Drawing upon Ventana Research's in-depth study of several live MDM implementations of Kalido customers, Dr. Waddington will discuss critical success factors including the technology evaluation process, planning, implementation and involvement of the business. Webinar participants will be invited to share their own master data management experiences, with Dr. Waddington devoting a large part of the session to discussing these in detail and answering questions.

All participants will receive a complimentary copy of the Ventana Research report "Customer Best Practices and Benefits in Master Data Management: A Study of KALIDO MDM Customers."

About Ventana Research

Ventana Research is the leading Performance Management research and advisory services firm. By providing expert insight and detailed guidance, Ventana Research helps clients operate their companies more efficiently and effectively. These business improvements are delivered through a top-down approach that connects people, process, information and technology. What makes Ventana Research different from other analyst firms is a focus on Performance Management for finance, operations and IT. This focus, plus research as a foundation and reach into a community of over two million corporate executives through extensive media partnerships, allows Ventana Research to deliver a high-value, low-risk method for achieving optimal business performance. To learn how Ventana Research Performance Management workshops, assessments and advisory services can impact your bottom line, visit www.ventanaresearch.com.

About Kalido

Kalido provides adaptive enterprise data warehousing and master data management 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.

Kalido customers include some of the largest companies in the world, such as BP, HBOS plc, Intelsat, Labatt Breweries of Canada, Owens Corning, Philips, the Shell Group and Unilever. These companies and many others use Kalido's award-winning software in over 100 countries for their enterprise-wide data warehousing and master data management projects.

A privately-held company, Kalido is headquartered in Burlington, Mass. and London, UK. More information about Kalido can be found at: www.kalido.com.