DataFlux Announces Customer Award Winners at Annual Users Conference in Las Vegas

Release date: 10/17/2006

Five user awards presented for outstanding data quality contributions, best practices

CARY, N.C. (October 17, 2006) - DataFlux, a leading provider of data integration and quality solutions, announced the winners of five customer awards, including its Customer of the Year Award, at the DataFlux® Users Event 2006 in Las Vegas.

DataFlux presents the Customer of the Year Award annually to a user who has made the greatest overall contribution to DataFlux or the data quality industry through demonstrated success using DataFlux solutions, providing detailed user feedback to DataFlux, and facilitating frequent interactions with others who are interested in developing an efficient data quality program. Victor Fehlberg, a systems support specialist for a leading biotechnology firm, received this year’s DataFlux® Customer of the Year Award.

Along with Customer of the Year, DataFlux presented four additional awards at the DataFlux Users Event:

• DataFlux Customer Success Award - presented to Kelly Williams, data architect at BMC Software (NYSE: BMC), a leading global provider of enterprise management solutions. This award is given to the user who has demonstrated the highest levels of success in meeting corporate goals, solving a business issue, tangibly improving efficiency and ROI, and/or demonstrating best practices as a result of DataFlux technology.
• DataFlux Innovation Award - presented to RLPTechnologies, a subsidiary of R.L. Polk & Co., the premier provider of automotive information and marketing solutions. This award is given to the organization that exemplifies superlative vision and creativity in their use of DataFlux technology within the organization.
• DataFlux Customer Appreciation Award - presented to Geraint Jenkins, data reporting manager at The Number 118-118, the UK’s most called and most accurate directory service. This award is given to a user who has shown long-term dedication to data quality excellence.
• The DataFlux Customer Advisory Board Appreciation Award - presented to Bill Welch, marketing systems manager for LexisNexis, a leading provider of comprehensive information and business solutions, for his special involvement and leadership with the DataFlux Customer Advisory Board.

“The success of DataFlux is tied to the success of our customers, and we are proud to spotlight those individuals and organizations who are accomplishing their goals through innovative technology,” said Tony Fisher, president and CEO of DataFlux. “Each of these customer award winners demonstrated vision, innovation and leadership - and each found a unique way of using DataFlux technology to transform fragmented, disjointed data into useful information.”

The DataFlux Users Event 2006 in Las Vegas, held September 18-21, broke attendance records from previous events and included interactive customer education sessions, a Best Practices Forum featuring DataFlux users, and seminars from some of the top industry leaders in data quality and customer data integration, including Jill Dyché, Larry English, David Loshin, Joyce Norris-Montanari and Robert Lerner.