Daman Consulting Achieves Coveted BI Gold Status

Austin Firm Is Second Worldwide To Receive Microsoft Recognition

AUSTIN, TX—June 19, 2001— Daman Consulting, a pioneer in the burgeoning industry of Business Intelligence (BI), today announced its achievement of Gold Certified Partner for Business Intelligence status with Microsoft. The Austin-based consulting firm was the second company worldwide to achieve the distinction.

"This solidifies our place at the forefront of the Business Intelligence industry," notes Daman President and CEO Gita Lal. "As a specialized consultancy, we've always prided ourselves on remaining at the cutting edge of the industry, stretching back to our roots in 1995 when the term 'BI' was still new. We're very pleased to have been named in the first group of companies for Microsoft's Gold Certified Partner Program for Business Intelligence."

The Microsoft Gold Certified Partner Program provides a way for customers to identify companies that have proven their commitment and expertise in one or more specialized areas when delivering Microsoft technologies. Microsoft Gold Certified Partners need to meet a higher set of criteria for each category, including enhanced certification and a portfolio of real-world customer references, and are thus identified as the most skilled partners in specific solution areas.

"In order for companies to respond more quickly to customers and understand new market opportunities, they depend on an agile technology environment to empower their company's key decision-makers ," said Rosa Garcia, general manager of the Partner Programs Group at Microsoft Corp. "Microsoft recognizes that companies need a high-caliber technology partner who speaks the language of both business and IT and can deliver the most meaningful solutions through technology. Today, Microsoft recognizes Daman Consulting for demonstrated customer satisfaction with previous business intelligence deployments. This distinction brings value to the Microsoft Gold Certified Partner Program and makes it clear that Daman has the skills and experience to provide high-quality Business Intelligence solutions utilizing Microsoft technology."

About Daman
Daman Consulting provides advanced enterprise business intelligence solutions for a broad range of industries. Daman's offerings enable enterprises to fully leverage information assets across all channels of corporate operation and communication. The Daman approach combines traditional data analysis, data warehousing, data access and OLAP implementations with more holistic services which are geared towards integrating operational and analytical systems. These services include enterprise portal implementations, closed-loop analysis, intelligent enterprise integration, and adaptive information architectures. Greater profitability results through improved enterprise decision-making and responsiveness based on real-time business intelligence. For more information, visit Daman's Web site at http://www.damanconsulting.com.

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