SymphonyIRI Featured in InformationWeek’s “Integrating Data in a Big Data Environment” Webcast

WHO:	Jay Yusko, Vice President for Technology Research, SymphonyIRI Group
WHAT:	Jay Yusko will join Robert Routzahn, marketing manager, IBM InfoSphere Information Server Team, to discuss how SymphonyIRI successfully tackled its data integration challenges in an upcoming InformationWeek Webcast: “Integrating Data in a Big Data Environment.” Learning points that will be discussed include:
	-- The critical capabilities a data integration and data quality solution must provide in a big data environment
	-- How those capabilities are deployed to optimize performance
	-- The business benefits of the capabilities
WHY:	Ensuring good data quality and timely data integration in a big data environment is a significant challenge facing many organizations. Numerous data sources, multiple data formats and increasing data velocity combine to create a highly uncertain and volatile situation for any organization that needs to process all of that data in near real time, or in batch.
WHEN:	Thursday, March 21, 9 a.m. PDT / 12 p.m. EDT
WHERE:	Register online at: https://www.techwebonlineevents.com/ars/eventregistration.do?mode=eventreg&F=1005592&K=CAA1AC

-- (BUSINESS WIRE) -- About Jay Yusko:

Jay Yusko is vice president of technology research at SymphonyIRI Group. His primary area of research focuses on data quality, product information management and classification of consumer packaged goods product information. He has a bachelor’s degree in pharmacy from the University of Illinois, a master’s degree in computer science from DePaul University and a doctorate in computer science from Illinois Institute of Technology. He has worked in the area of artificial intelligence and expert systems since the early 1980s. Yusko has served on the IBM InfoSphere Customer Advisory Board, the QualityStage Technical Advisory Board and the QualityStage Customer Design Review Board. He is an IBM Champion in the area of the IBM InfoSphere product line. He holds a patent on product similarity and has two patents pending: a second patent on product similarity and another on product information management.

About SymphonyIRI Group:

SymphonyIRI Group is a global leader in innovative solutions and services for the CPG, retail and healthcare industries. SymphonyIRI uniquely combines powerful market and shopper information, predictive analytics, flexible technology solutions and consulting services to help its clients drive and grow their businesses. For more information, visit: http://www.SymphonyIRI.com.