Deadline Extended for Computerworld's "Best Practices in Business Intelligence" Awards Program

Market Wire, August, 2007

Computerworld's Business Intelligence Perspectives Conference has extended the deadline for its "Best Practices in Business Intelligence" Awards Program until 12:00 p.m. ET August 16. The annual awards program identifies and acknowledges excellence among users of business intelligence technology.

Nominations considered are exclusively IT end-user organizations. Nominations of IT end-user organizations are accepted from IT users themselves, their public relations representatives, or vendors on behalf of their customers. Multiple submissions of case studies describing different deployments per organization will be considered.

Entries must be submitted online by 12:00 p.m. ET August 16, 2007.

For more information or to submit a nomination, please visit: http://www.biperspectives.com/awards.aspx .

Five Finalists in each category will be recognized at Computerworld's Business Intelligence Perspectives Conference, held Sept. 24 - 26, 2007, at the Green Valley Ranch Resort in Las Vegas. Award recipients will be recognized on the event website ( www.biperspectives.com ), in an event press release, and may be featured in a special Computerworld supplement.

Honorees and Finalists will be recognized in each of the following five categories:

--  Creating an Agile BI Infrastructure
--  Driving Process Management with BI
--  Expediting Information Delivery, Retrieval, Reporting and Analysis
--  Innovation and Promise in Business Intelligence
--  Integrating the BI Portfolio with Constantly Changing Tools
    

End-user Finalists will receive complimentary Business Intelligence Perspectives Conference registrations.

Please contact Duncan Newell at (508) 271-8029 with questions about Computerworld's "Best Practices in Business Intelligence" Awards Program.

Additional information about Computerworld's Business Intelligence Perspectives Conference can be found at http://www.biperspectives.com/ .

About Computerworld

Computerworld is the leading source of technology news and information for IT influencers worldwide. Computerworld's award-winning Web site ( www.computerworld.com ), weekly publication, focused conference series and custom research form the hub of the world's largest (40 edition) global IT media network. In the past five years alone, Computerworld has won more than 100 awards, including Folio Magazine's 2006 Gold EDDIE Award for the best technology/computing magazine, the 2004 and 2006 Magazine of the Year Award, and 2006 Best Overall Web Publication from the American Society of Business Publication Editors (ASBPE). In addition, in 2007 Computerworld's editor-in-chief Don Tennant received the prestigious Timothy White Award from American Business Media. Computerworld leads the industry with an online audience of over 2 million unique monthly visitors and a print audience of 1,252,000 readers each week (IntelliQuest CIMS Fall 2006).

About International Data Group (IDG)

International Data Group (IDG) is the world's leading technology media, events, and research company. IDG's online network includes more than 450 web sites spanning business technology, consumer technology, digital entertainment and video games worldwide. IDG publishes more than 300 magazines and newspapers in 85 countries including CIO, CSO, Computerworld, GamePro, InfoWorld, Macworld, Network World, and PC World. IDG's lead-generation service, IDG Connect, matches technology companies with an audience of engaged, high-quality IT professionals, influencers, and decision makers.

IDG is a leading producer of more than 750 technology-related events including Macworld Conference & Expo, LinuxWorld Conference & Expo, Entertainment for All Expo (E for All), DEMO, and IDC Directions. IDC, a subsidiary of IDG, is the premier global provider of market intelligence, advisory services, and events. Over 900 IDC analysts in more than 90 countries provide global, regional, and local expertise on technology and industry opportunities and trends.

Additional information about IDG, a privately held company, is available at http://www.idg.com .

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