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Carl Olofson performs research and analysis for IDC?s Information Management and Data Integration Software service within the Application Development and Deployment research group. Mr. Olofson?s research involves following sales and technical developments in the information and data management (IDM) markets, database management systems (DBMS) markets, data movement and replication software, data management software, metadata management software, and the vendors of related tools and software systems. [CR-LF][CR-LF]Prior to joining IDC, Mr. Olofson worked at Cayenne and Cadre, where he was involved with directing the management for ObjectTeam products. He also worked at LBMS, where he led a team of eight engineers working on a repository technology research program; and at Cullinet where he was responsible for the Cullinet CASE strategy. In addition, Mr. Olofson worked for eight years in project teams developing the IDMS, IDD, ADS/Online, and Online Mapping products.[CR-LF][CR-LF]In 2000, Mr. Olofson received IDC's highest award, the James Peacock Memorial Award for professional excellence in market research. [CR-LF][CR-LF]Mr. Olofson has been quoted in a variety of publications, including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, San Francisco Chronicle, Investor's Business Daily, San Jose Mercury-News, USA Today, Computerworld, Object Magazine, Software Magazine, and Application Development Trends. He has presented at numerous conferences, including each of the InterSystems Worldwide Developers' Conference (DevCon) from 2000 through 2004, 2002 OracleWorld, the 1999 XMLeadership Conference, 1999 Oracle OpenWorld. Mr. Olofson also presented thought leadership information regarding CyberSmart Computing, the data management implications of ebusiness, and enterprise information management strategies at a series of seminars sponsored by Hewlett-Packard and Oracle Corporation between January and May 2000.[CR-LF][CR-LF]Mr. Olofson received a B.S. in communications from Boston University.

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