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Ascential Software and Bombardier Aerospace to Discuss the Role of Data Integration in Managing Parts and Vendor Information Data Integration Enables Manufacturers to Construct Enterprise-Wide Views Within Complex SAP Environments; Identify Cost Savings Opportunities WESTBORO, Mass., March 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ascential Software Corporation (NASDAQ:ASCL), the enterprise data integration leader, today announced that it will host a SearchSAP.com web seminar, "Managing Parts and Vendor Information in Complex SAP Environments," on Thursday, March 31, 2005 at 12:00 noon EST. During this event, Bombardier Aerospace, a world leader in the design and manufacture of innovative aviation products and services, will describe its real world experience consolidating parts and vendor data in complex SAP environments. Such projects help manufacturers to identify opportunities for parts re-use and supplier leverage, ultimately helping to drive substantial cost savings. Register online at: http://www.ascential.com/events/webcast.html. John McCourt, data quality specialist at Bombardier Aerospace; John Evans, product marketing director at Ascential Software; and Will Reilly, industry solutions marketing manager at Ascential Software will spotlight the critical role of data integration throughout Bombardier Aerospace's project. "We knew there was tremendous potential value in automating the consolidation of parts and vendor data from our many legacy systems into SAP," said McCourt. "Ascential Software's enterprise data integration solutions enabled this complex task, which was a key factor in our ability to meet deadlines and ensure project success." "Obtaining a single view of parts and vendors is a challenge for manufacturers like Bombardier Aerospace, with operations spread across multiple divisions, countries and product lines. Frequently these environments are supported by multiple SAP instances and legacy, non-SAP platforms," said Evans. "The complexity of this technology environment can create a barrier to efficient sharing of product information and consistent use of vendor data. This, in turn, can result in lost opportunities for parts re-use and more advantageous contract negotiations with vendors." "Managing Parts and Vendor Information in Complex SAP Environments" will cover: * The benefits of vendor and parts consolidation in an SAP environment * How Ascential Software solutions helped Bombardier Aerospace drive an effective consolidation project * How manufacturers can get started in building their business cases and defining their technology approaches * Lessons learned from a manufacturer that has been through such a project "By understanding the capabilities of the Ascential Enterprise Integration Suite(TM) and hearing firsthand about Bombardier Aerospace's experience, other manufacturing companies can learn how data integration can ultimately help them protect and grow their profit margins," added Evans. The Ascential Enterprise Integration Suite is a comprehensive data integration solution that profiles, cleanses, and transforms data from virtually any application or system regardless of data volume or latency. Ascential Software's integrated offering is designed to help companies streamline operations, improve customer support, expedite business transactions, and make better tactical and strategic decisions on the basis of the best available information. The Suite provides unlimited scalability through parallel processing, complete meta data management, any-to-any data source and application connectivity, and delivers on-demand data integration seamlessly within an enterprise's service-oriented architecture. About Ascential Software Ascential Software Corporation (NASDAQ:ASCL) is the leader in enterprise data integration. Customers and partners worldwide use the Ascential Enterprise Integration Suite to confidently transform data into accurate, reliable and complete business information to improve operational performance and decision-making across every critical business dimension. Our comprehensive end-to-end solutions provide on demand data integration complemented by our professional services, industry expertise, and methodologies. Ascential Software is headquartered in Westboro, Mass., and has more than 3,000 customers and partners globally across such industries as financial services and banking, insurance, healthcare, retail, manufacturing, consumer packaged goods, telecommunications and government. For more information call 1-800-966-9875 (or 1-508-366-3888 from outside the U.S. or Canada) or visit the Ascential Software website at http://www.ascential.com/. Media and industry analysts, contact Chas Kielt, director of media and analyst relations, at 1-508-599-7256 or . Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: This release contains forward-looking statements based on current expectations or beliefs, as well as a number of assumptions about future events, and these statements are subject to important factors and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements in this release address a variety of subjects including, for example, the functionality, characteristics, quality and performance capabilities of Ascential Software's products and technology; results achievable and benefits attainable through deployment of Ascential Software's products and provision of services; the ability of Ascential Software's products to support an extensible data model so an organization can maintain the same data model even as data volumes greatly expand; the ability of Ascential Software's products to handle massive, growing volumes of healthcare information, resulting from data-intensive initiatives, most notably HIPAA and electronic medical records; the ability of Ascential Software's products to streamline operations, improve customer support, expedite business transactions, and make better tactical and strategic decisions on the basis of the best available information; and improvements in operational performance and decision-making. 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