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Dataspace to Present Best Practices Case Study at Ascential World 2004

LAS VEGAS, ASCENTIAL WORLD 2004, Oct. 25, 2004 -- Dataspace, Inc. today announced from Ascential World 2004 that CEO, Benjamin Taub, and VP of Operations Andrew Flower will present a customer case study exemplifying the integration of products from Ascential Software Corporation , the enterprise data integration leader, at a major automotive company. The presentation will discuss the best practices and lessons learned from the implementation.

Ascential DataStage(TM), a key part of the Ascential Enterprise Integration Suite(TM), supports the customer's comprehensive process driven center of excellence to generate repeatable processes to provide high quality, cost effective applications. Mr. Taub will address the competitive pressures in the automotive industry, which have motivated investment in the process, and how it has helped the customer to develop a coherent, large-scale information management strategy. The presentation will highlight the project's goals, organizational structure, and reference architecture, as well as the role of Ascential Software technologies in the final solution.

Ascential World 2004 is the annual user and partner conference of Ascential Software Corporation. Dataspace is a Silver sponsor and is exhibiting at the Ascential World 2004 Partner Pavilion.

"Dataspace was one of Ascential Software's earliest systems integration partners and has continued to build on this longstanding relationship," said Ben Taub, CEO of Dataspace. "When the Ascential DataStage(TM) product line was first released we recognized its enormous potential and have worked with our core clients to capitalize on that potential with Ascential Software's ever- expanding superior product line and capabilities."

"Dataspace has been a critical partner to Ascential Software as we have established ourselves as leaders in the providing comprehensive data integration solutions to the automotive industry," said Rich York, regional sales director, Ascential Software. "We look forward to further collaboration with Dataspace to provide our customers with robust enterprise data solutions."

About Dataspace, Incorporated

Dataspace is a premier consulting firm specializing in Business Intelligence, Data Warehousing, and Data Integration. The company's team of industry experts provides end-to-end services including data architecture, implementation, project management, long-term support, training, and project recovery to Fortune 500 firms in a variety of industries. The firm serves clients across the country, and has offices in Ann Arbor, MI, Chicago, IL, Kansas City, MO, and New York, NY.

About Ascential Software

Ascential Software Corporation is the leader in enterprise data integration. Customers and partners worldwide use the Ascential Enterprise Integration Suite(TM) 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 (508-366.3888 if calling from outside the US or Canada) or visit the Ascential Software website at http://www.ascential.com/.

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