OneData will support firm's Reference Data and metadata management

Englewood Cliffs, NJ - March 15th, 2005 - Data Foundations announced today that the world’s largest strategy consulting company had licensed OneData for its internal use. According to Deepali Khanduja, CTO of Data Foundations, the product was selected due to its flexibility, collaborative engine and distribution capabilities. It will be used to maintain the global reference data in a centralized repository.

Data Foundations is a leading provider of collaborative data management solutions, introducing the concept of the Standard Data Foundation™ as an information infrastructure layer essential for organizations to become more integrated in their data assets and coherent in business processes. The company’s platform, OneData™, is utilized by enterprises including Avon Products and Pepsico to overcome challenges such as global reference data management and product data cleansing and harmonization.