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Ascential Software and Teradata to Host Webcast Advising CIOs and Enterprise Architects on Achieving Business Transparency Panel Features The Data Warehousing Institute Director of Research Who Will Share Research on Strategies for Consolidating Analytic Silos WESTBORO, Mass., Feb. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ascential Software Corporation (NASDAQ:ASCL), the enterprise data integration leader, and Teradata, a division of NCR Corporation, today announced that they will jointly host a webcast, "In Search of a Single Version of the Truth," on February 10, 2005 at 12 noon EST. Wayne Eckerson, director of research for The Data Warehousing Institute (TDWI), will present the findings of TDWI research into the causes and consequences of fragmented analytic data and best practices to improve the success of consolidation initiatives. Eckerson will be joined by Bob Leo, an Ascential Software business solution architect, and Ron Swift, vice president of strategic customer relationships at Teradata. Both are field-proven business intelligence infrastructure experts and will share their insights and experience. Register online at http://69.20.67.50/Events/eventDetails.cfm?EventID=146 Registered participants will receive a complimentary copy of the TDWI report "In Search of a Single Version of the Truth: Strategies for Consolidating Analytic Silos." "The one word that best describes the state of analytic data in large enterprises is 'fragmented.' Despite their best intentions, CIOs are struggling to deliver consistent data that provides a single view across the enterprise," said Eckerson. "Ironically, the cure for the proliferation of analytic silos is to create another analytic structure. Organizations need to implement an enterprise data warehouse that provides sustenance for all past, present, and future analytical structures." 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; and improvements in operational performance and decision-making. The following factors, among others, could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in these forward-looking statements: the ability of the company to expand its market share; growth rates for the enterprise data integration software market; general business conditions in the software industry, the technology sector, and in the domestic and international economies; rapid technological change in the markets served by the company; dependence on international operations; global and geopolitical instability; compliance costs associated with regulations to which the company is subject, including the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, and the impact of such regulations; and difficulties that the company may experience integrating technologies, operations and personnel of completed or future acquisitions. For a detailed discussion of these and other cautionary statements, please refer to the filings made by Ascential Software with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including, without limitation, the most recent Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Ascential Software disclaims any intent or obligation to update any forward-looking statements made herein to reflect any change in Ascential Software's expectations with regard thereto or any change in events, conditions, or circumstances on which such statements are based. Ascential Software is not responsible for statements attributed to third parties within this release or in any materials referenced herein. Partnerships described herein shall be deemed to be strategic alliances only, and shall not imply the power of either partner to bind the other partner or to incur obligations on behalf of the other partner. Ascential is a trademark of Ascential Software Corporation or its affiliates and may be registered in the United States or other jurisdictions. Other marks are the property of the owners of those marks. DATASOURCE: Ascential Software Corporation CONTACT: Chas Kielt of Ascential Software Corporation, +1-508-599-7256, ; or Mary Keith of Porter Novelli, +1-617-897-8200, Web site: http://www.ascentialsoftware.com/

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