Utopia, Inc. Sponsors and Presents at the MDM & Data Governance Summit

MUNDELEIN, Ill., Sept. 9, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Utopia, Inc., a global leader in enterprise data lifecycle management™ (EDLM) solutions, today announced their sponsorship of the Master Data Management (MDM) and Data Governance Summit in New York City, September 11 - 13, 2011.

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Utopia's senior vice president for enterprise data lifecycle management, John Ferraioli will present with CSL Behring on "Getting out of the Starting Block: Establishing Enterprise Data Management at CSL Behring" on Tuesday, September 13 at 12:25 p.m. EDT.  CSL Behring is a global leader in the plasma protein therapeutics industry.  The presentation will focus on how CSL Behring established the foundation for governing and managing data as an asset to improve business reporting insight and optimize SAP ERP and legacy business processes.  Insight will be offered on how the initiative came to be, the progress of the program, the leveraging of SAP® BusinessObjects™ Data Services software, and the application of Utopia's Data Health Assessment™ (DHA).

Attendees will learn how starting simple and profiling data early in the process is beneficial, and how to use the resultant information to drive and optimize a data management initiative.  "Enabling companies to establish a world class enterprise data management environment from strategy through tactical execution is how Utopia helps companies to accelerate business objectives and trust their systems and reports through better data management," said John Ferraioli, senior vice president for Utopia.  "Utopia's enterprise data lifecycle management methodology helps our clients optimize their business processes and make better decisions." 

The MDM & Data Governance Summit is one of the world's largest conferences dedicated to MDM & Data Governance featuring over 50 speakers from Fortune 500 companies and consists of best practices, case studies, expert panels and more.

Utopia, Inc. can be found at booth #15 in the exhibit hall.

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ABOUT UTOPIA, INC.

Utopia, Inc. is a global services and strategy consulting firm focused exclusively on EDLM.  Utopia's offerings range from strategic roadmap development and systems integration to data migration, data archiving, legacy decommissioning, data quality, and data governance services.  Utopia is an SAP services partner in the SAP PartnerEdge™ program and an SAP gold partner in the SAP Consulting Partner Program for North America.  Utopia was recently named the North America Services Partner of the Year 2010 granted by SAP America, Inc. and a Gartner "Cool Vendor in Application Services,  2011.(i)"

Copyright © 2011 Utopia Inc., Mundelein, Illinois, USA. All Rights Reserved. SAP, PartnerEdge and all SAP logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of SAP AG in Germany and in several other countries.  Other brand and product names are trademarks of their respective companies. (i)Gartner "Cool Vendors in Application Services, 2011" by Susan Tan, Matthew Goldman, Arup Roy, Helen Huntley, Partha Iyengar, Alex Soejarto, Asheesh Raina, April 7, 2011.

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