- CSI engaged to implement new business intelligence platform -



    EAST HANOVER, N.J., Aug. 5 /EMWNews/ -- Conversion

Services International, Inc. (Amex: CVN), a premier professional services

firm focused on delivering business intelligence and business process

optimization solutions to Global 2000 organizations and other businesses,

today announced a new engagement with a global real estate investment

company to implement several BusinessObjects(TM) Rapid Marts(R) packages

for SAP(R) solutions.



    



    CSI, a Business Objects Platinum Partner, has extensive expertise in

customizing and implementing BusinessObjects Rapid Marts for SAP solutions

and BusinessObjects XI solutions and has assisted a number of clients to

integrate their business intelligence solutions with rapid marts. CSI has

been implementing BusinessObjects Rapid Marts for SAP solutions since 2005,

well before SAP acquired Business Objects. Therefore, when customers engage

with CSI, they can expect a knowledgeable team prepared to answer the

myriad of questions surrounding such a deployment. CSI has deployed every

available BusinessObject Rapid Mart for SAP solutions, including general

ledger, the latest one to hit the market.



    With CSI's deep focus on information management -- both data

warehousing and business intelligence -- rapid marts have become a natural

match of software and service provider. As a leader in support of

BusinessObjects Rapid Marts, CSI brings 5 years' experience -- adding

knowledge and best practices with each rapid implementation. CSI's

knowledge and hands-on expertise allows its clients to set realistic

expectations with management laying the groundwork for success.



    According to Jared Hillam, CSI's vice president of Business

Intelligence, "Leveraging CSI's history and leading-edge expertise in rapid

mart customization and implementation, our client will reap immediate

benefits in business intelligence through consolidated reporting,

self-service reporting and a more-refined data warehouse supporting their

business processes."



    This client is implementing the SAP ERP application Release 6.0, SAP

NetWeaver(R) Business Intelligence (SAP NetWeaver BI), and a business

intelligence platform based on the BusinessObjects Enterprise software.

After engaging Conversion Services International (CSI) for a high-level

business intelligence strategy and integration plan, this client turned to

CSI to help with their subsequent implementation. CSI will work with this

client using standardized methodology for rapid mart implementations

focusing on business requirements, gap analysis, and maintainability. Both

the BusinessObjects Rapid Mart database schema and semantic layer will be

modified and enhanced to maximize business value.



    Hillam added, "CSI has been a partner of Business Objects for 10 years.

This has resulted in a team of consultants that provide an extraordinary

level of expertise on the matter. Our Business Objects Center of Excellence

provides services for more than 100 business intelligence implementations

annually. Business Objects has acquired many of the tools with which CSI

has established depth of expertise. Hence, CSI is nationally recognized for

its expertise in the core business intelligence and data warehousing tools

from Business Objects. With expertise in CRM and ERP applications from

vendors including Microsoft, SAP, Sage and Oracle, CSI's full-service

approach to business intelligence provides the tools and training to help

companies get the most out of their BI software investments. CSI has

extensive expertise extracting data from SAP data structures. This is where

CSI methodologies and best practices help our clients reduce time to

implement and increase time to value when taking a rapid mart to

production."



    BusinessObjects Rapid Marts for SAP solutions are prepackaged, flexible

data marts that can be implemented in weeks instead of the months or

quarters that are normally associated with data warehousing projects on SAP

ERP. Rapid Marts are powered by BusinessObjects Data Integrator, a powerful

and productive data integration platform that leads the industry with its

support for extracting data from and loading data into SAP ERP and SAP

NetWeaver BI-based systems. SAP application interfaces supported include

ABAP(TM), BAPI(R) and IDoc.

    About Conversion Services International, Inc.



    Conversion Services International, Inc. (CSI) is a leading provider of

professional services focusing on strategic consulting, data warehousing,

business intelligence, business process reengineering, as well as

integration and information technology management solutions. CSI offers an

array of products and services to help companies define, develop, and

implement the warehousing and strategic use of both enterprise-wide and

specific categories of strategic data. CSI's customers include ADP, Coach,

Goldman Sachs, Liberty Mutual, Merck, Morgan Stanley, and Pfizer.

Information about CSI can be found on the web at http://www.csiwhq.com or

by calling its corporate headquarters at 888-CSI-5036.



    Note on Forward-Looking Statements



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release contains, among other things, certain forward-looking statements,

within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995

that involve risks and uncertainties. Such statements may include, without

limitation, statements with respect to CSI's plans, objectives,

expectations and intentions and other statements identified by words such

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"estimates," "intends," "plans" or similar expressions. These statements

are based upon the current beliefs and expectations of CSI's management and

are subject to significant risks and uncertainties, including the ability

of CSI to be in compliance with all applicable American Stock Exchange

continued listing requirements, the ability to maintain revenue growth, the

ability to locate and acquire other businesses and to successfully

integrate such acquisitions, the ability to decrease operating expenses,

and those detailed in CSI's filings with the Securities and Exchange

Commission. Actual results may differ from those set forth in the

forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements involve

certain risks and uncertainties that are subject to change based on various

factors (many of which are beyond CSI's control). CSI undertakes no

obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements.



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    Media Contact:

    Tracee Lee Beebe

    Conversion Services International, Inc.

    973-560-9400

    [email protected]