Enterprise Management Associates and BI-Community.org Announce Partnership

Partnership expands EMA’s business intelligence knowledge and proven research methodologies to European market

BOULDER, Colo., September 13, 2011 – Enterprise Management Associates (EMA), a leading IT and data management research and consulting firm, has announced a partnership with BI-community.org, a knowledge hub for business intelligence professionals in Europe.

The combination of EMA and BI-community.org brings together in-depth business intelligence knowledge and proven research methodologies, as EMA extends its reach into the European market. EMA VP of Research – Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing – Shawn Rogers has joined the BI-community.org advisory board and will contribute a business intelligence column in every issue of Perspectives the BI-Community Magazine. Additionally, EMA and BI-community.org will collaborate on Webinars and research focused on the Belgian market and beyond, as well as work together to deliver analyst and advisory services.

“BI-community.org is delighted to partner with a firm like EMA that is so deeply rooted in business intelligence and data warehousing” said Ivan Schotsmans, Director of BI-Community-org. “EMA’s team in the overall IT management space and Shawn’s 20 years experience in particular provides a breadth and depth of expertise to anyone interested in these technologies.”

To kick off this partnership, EMA is sponsoring BI-Day 2011, being held September 14 and 15, 2011 in Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. Rogers will teach a full-day class on, “Business Intelligence in the Cloud” and keynote “Emerging Technologies – Social Data and Collaboration for the Enterprise.”

“BI-Day 2011 will be a great event for EMA to showcase our new global partnership with BI-community.org, as well as provide this audience a glimpse of the business intelligence expertise they can come to expect from this partnership,” said Rogers. “We’re very excited to have this opportunity to expand our reach into Europe.”

Contact:
Enterprise Management Associates
Shawn Rogers
srogers@enterprisemanagement.com
+1.3030.543.9500 x – 122

BI-Community.org
Ivan Schotsmans
ischotsm@bi-community.org
+32 16 – 39 47 30


About Enterprise Management Associates
Founded in 1996, Enterprise Management Associates (EMA) is a leading industry analyst firm that provides deep insight across the full spectrum of IT and data management technologies. EMA analysts leverage a unique combination of practical experience, insight into industry best practices, and in-depth knowledge of current and planned vendor solutions to help its clients achieve their goals. Learn more about EMA research, analysis, and consulting services for enterprise line of business users, IT professionals and IT vendors at www.www.enterprisemanagement.com or blogs.www.enterprisemanagement.com. You can also follow EMA on Twitter or Facebook.


BI-Community.org
The BI-Community, founded in 2008, is the most active network of business professionals in the Business Intelligence domain in the BeNeLux area. The BI-Community gathers over 2000 end users from various industries, software and system vendors, service providers, universities and industry representatives. The community is sharing amongst its member’s market perspectives, practical solutions, implementation and operational experience together with the underpinning technologies. The BI-Community.org organization serves the knowledge and experience exchange by organizing workshops and trainings, via its magazine and newsletters, networking events, own and contracted research and surveys.

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