2002

PA Consulting Group helps IT Managers tackle the maze of integration technologies - 01 August 2002

The challenges currently faced by IT managers with integration projects are to be addressed by PA Consulting Group in a free breakfast briefing at the forthcoming Softworld Business Integration Expo event (16-17 October 2002, NEC, Birmingham, UK).

Jon Crews, a member of PA's management group, will lead the session entitled: 'Selecting and implementing a successful integration solution - a pragmatic and business-led approach'.

"For most IT organizations, the greatest challenge remains that of integration . Recently there has been a proliferation of technologies, techniques and acronyms that promise a solution. But given the relative immaturity of the market, how can IT managers be sure that the solution they select will deliver what the business needs? In this session, I will discuss the way to simplify technology selection by tightly aligning the process with benefits delivery, using a pragmatic and iterative approach to avoid risk in the implementation."

The session will also look at:

• A benefits-led approach to align product selection and implementation plans with business strategy
• Creating a portfolio of tools to allow rapid development and mitigate risk
• Starting small and migrating gradually - a low risk approach that releases benefits as it goes.

The breakfast briefing forms part of an overall free educational program running throughout the event. The sessions have been put together with independent industry experts such as PA Consulting Group, PricewaterhouseCoopers, BASDA and KLegal to offer visitors impartial advice on issues affecting them. Topics covered include: selecting and implementing integration technology, security within the enterprise and systems integration and the standards needed.

Softworld Business Integration Expo also features an exhibition of around 40 leading integration solutions providers such as: IBM, Attachmate, GE Global Exchange Services, SilverStream, Scala Business Solutions and Sterling Commerce.

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For more information, please contact:

Polly Ferguson PA Consulting Group 123 Buckingham Palace Road London SW1W 9SR United Kingdom Tel: +44 20 7333 5653 Fax: +44 20 7312 4612 E-mail: polly.ferguson@paconsulting.com

Notes to editors

1. Imark Communications (Europe) is a B2B media company which specializes in producing highly focused trade exhibitions for the information technology and telecommunications industries.

Imark's differential is its intellectual approach to interactive marketing. All Imark events have a high degree of educational content - developed by Imark's conference producers in consultation with leading industry analysts and consultancy firms, such as PricewaterhouseCoopers and KPMG Consulting. This makes attending an Imark event a highly productive experience for both exhibitors and visitors alike.

SOFTWORLD PORTFOLIO (http://www.softworld.co.uk/)

Software and e-Business events for professional business communities.

• Softworld Accounting and Finance (March and October)
• Softworld HR and Payroll (Feb and October)
• Softworld Supply Chain (March)
• Softworld Business Integration Expo (October)

Contact: Emma Harris - 01932 730 704, eharris@imark.co.uk

2. PA Consulting Group
PA Consulting Group is a leading management, systems and technology consulting firm, with a unique combination of these capabilities. Established almost 60 years ago, and operating worldwide from over 40 offices in more than 20 countries, PA draws on the knowledge and experience of some 4,000 people, whose skills span the initial generation of ideas and insights all the way through to detailed implementation.

PA builds strategies for the creation and capture of shareholder and customer value, and helps clients accelerate business growth through innovation and the application of technology. PA works with clients to improve performance, mobilize human resources and deliver change effectively, including managing major projects, and designing and implementing enterprise-wide systems and full e-business solutions.

PA focuses on creating benefits for clients rather than merely proposing them, and this focus is supported by an outstanding implementation track record in every major industry and for governments around the world. PA also develops leading-edge technology both for its clients and within its own portfolio of venture companies in areas ranging from software to wireless technology to life sciences.

PA distinguishes itself from its competitors through the range and quality of its people, the depth of its industry insight, its development and use of technology, and also its independence and culture of respect, collaboration and flexibility in working with clients.

We are proud that our clients say 'PA makes it happen'.

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