Panel Discussion on data integration for SaaS and cloud computing by Composite Software

Composite Software, Inc., the leading provider of data virtualization software, today announced that its fourth annual Customer Advisory Council (CAC) is scheduled for October 6-7, 2009, at The Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Philadelphia. The company says it is seeing a strong response to this invitation-only event. The number of attendees is expected to grow 30 percent over 2008 attendance levels.

Among this year’s scheduled highlights will be a panel discussion on data integration for SaaS and cloud computing; the presentation of the product roadmap for the company’s award-winning flagship product, Composite Information Server™; and customer attendee input and voting on future product features.

“Over the years, our customers have told us they greatly appreciate the opportunity to influence new features for future releases of Composite Information Server,” notes CAC organizer, Bob Reary, Composite’s director of customer value. “Our Active Cluster solution and version control are examples of how past CAC’s have contributed directly to product development.”

Another highlight of the user meeting will be customer use case presentations from industries such as financial services, pharmaceuticals, energy, federal/government agencies, and communications and media. One of the presenters is Philadelphia-based Composite customer, Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK).

“We’re pleased to host this year’s CAC in Philadelphia, where Comcast as well as a number of our customers in the pharmaceutical industry are based,” says Christian Nall, Composite’s executive vice president of sales. “Each year, the location of the CAC is home to one of our hottest customer industries. For our first two years, we met in New York City, the home base for many of our financial services customers. Last year, we met in Washington, D.C., at the heart of our federal agencies.”

In addition to the customer presentations and networking opportunities, the CAC will include product demonstrations by Composite experts, technical panel discussions, and one-on-one meetings for customers to ask questions specific to their use of Composite’s data virtualization software.

Composite Software provides data virtualization middleware that integrates data from multiple, disparate sources — anywhere across the extended enterprise – in a unified, logically virtualized manner for consumption by nearly any front-end business solution, including reports, portals, mash-ups, applications, search and more. Composite Software’s products include Composite Information Server, Composite Active Cluster, Composite Application Data Services, Composite BI Accelerator and Composite Discovery. Enterprises and government agencies are increasingly using data virtualization solutions like Composite’s to add value to their data warehousing investments and meet business intelligence (BI) requirements.

Composite customers interested in attending CAC should contact CAC Liaison, Bob Reary: breary@compositesw.com or 480-390-3726.

About Composite Software, Inc.: Composite Software, Inc. is the leading independent provider of data virtualization software. Global organizations including 10 of the top 20 banks, five of the top ten pharmaceuticals, leading energy, media, and technology companies along with U.S. Defense and Intelligence agencies, use Composite’s technology to integrate disparate data–regardless of location or source format–and fulfill critical information needs, faster with fewer resources. Composite’s platform scales from individual business applications to enterprise-wide Information-as-a-Service architectures, automating the entire data virtualization life cycle, while complementing traditional data warehousing investments. Founded in 2002, Composite Software is a privately held, venture-funded corporation based in Silicon Valley. For more information, please visit www.compositesw.com. Or follow Composite on http://twitter.com/compositesw.

Composite Software and Composite Information Server are registered trademarks of Composite Software, Inc. All other trademarks or registered trademarks belong to their respective companies. Copyright © Composite Software, Inc. 2009.

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