Composite Software Data Virtualization Day Set for October 9

SOURCE: Composite Software

SAN MATEO, Calif. — July 16, 2013 — Composite Software announced today the company’s fourth annual Data Virtualization Day 2013 will be held October 9 in New York City.  Noel Yuhanna, principal analyst with Forrester Research, Inc., and Rick van der Lans, managing director and founder of R20/Consultancy, two of data virtualization’s leading analysts and thought leaders, will co-present “Data Virtualization: Where it is At, Where it is Going” to the world’s largest gathering of data virtualization professionals.  Attendees will also hear vision and strategy presentations from Composite executives, as well as multiple Composite Software data virtualization case studies from leading companies in financial services, telecommunications and more.

The theme of Data Virtualization Day 2013 is “Gain Big Advantage from Your Data: Drive Greater Business Impact via Data Virtualization.”  Composite Software Chairman and CEO Jim Green will kick off the day discussing “Advancing Data Virtualization to Drive Business Advantage.”  Attendees will also hear a technology update from Composite CTO David Besemer.   Green, Besemer and Cisco executives will also address the strategic impact of Cisco’s intent to acquire Composite.

Yuhanna serves Application Development & Program Delivery Professionals for Forrester Research.  He primarily covers database management systems (DBMSes), infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS), data replication and integration, data security, data management tools, and related online transaction … (Read Full Bio)processing issues.  For the past seven years, Yuhanna has driven Forrester’s data virtualization research since co-authoring their seminal report, Information Fabric: Enterprise Data Virtualization in January 2006.

Van der Lans is an independent analyst and internationally acclaimed lecturer specializing in data warehousing, business intelligence, and database technology.  Van der Lans is author of the book Data Virtualization for Business Intelligence Systems: Revolutionizing Data Integration for Data Warehouses.

“It is great to see business impact now leading today’s data virtualization strategy discussion. We are honored to once again bring together a prestigious group of industry thought leaders, executives and users to advance this dialogue,” said Robert Eve, Composite Software executive VP of Marketing.