Vanguard Software Sponsors 2007 Stategic Resource and Portfolio Management Conferences

Conference Attendees Learn about Vanguard's Portfolio Analysis Solution, the Vanguard System™

Cary, NC – November 27, 2007 – Vanguard Software, an innovator of software solutions for planning, analysis, and knowledge automation, sponsors and exhibits at the Fifth Annual Strategic Resource Management and Second Annual Portfolio Management Conferences held November 27-29 in Philadelphia, PA. Conference attendees, who are primarily Senior Portfolio Managers from the Bioscience and Pharmaceutical industries, learn about Vanguard’s innovative Portfolio Analysis Solution, the Vanguard System™. Conference speakers are high-level executives including Richard Heaslip, VP Project and Portfolio Management at Wyeth; Anthony Artuso VP Strategic Planning and Decision Analysis for Bristol-Myers Squibb; and Michael Kubica, President of Applied Quantitative Sciences.

“The sharing of industry best practices among Senior Portfolio Managers was a breath of fresh air, and it is amazing how most Pharma companies face the same challenges when it comes to portfolio analysis: poor collaboration, complicated analyses, development buy-in, and questionable forecasts. As our first introduction of the Vanguard System to this unique group of industry leaders, I believe that our solution will help many overcome these issues!” said Christian Ahlmark, VP of Business Development at Vanguard. “This conference is a great venue for Project and Portfolio Management. Vanguard is proud to be a sponsor.”

Vanguard also sponsored the Breakfast Technology Workshop during the Portfolio Management Conference where Mr. Kubica delivered a presentation entitled “Alignment of Portfolio Analysis Tools and Portfolio Management Process Maturity: Are We There Yet?” The workshop drew a crowd of nearly 100 attendees and focused on the Vanguard System’s Portfolio Analysis capabilities. Applied Quantitative Sciences works with major life sciences companies and is a valued customer of Vanguard Software, adopting the Vanguard System as its core modeling and simulation solution.

The Vanguard System is a comprehensive business solution for improving the quality, reliability, and speed of management decisions. It does this by helping companies Collaborate with colleagues on important plans, Analyze alternatives using state-of-the-art modeling and simulation techniques, Automate routine decisions using expert system technology, and Improve overall management effectiveness by adding structure to a normally chaotic process. Business improvement is all about working smarter. Vanguard brings together the people, analytics, and systems required to help businesses operate intelligently.

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Vanguard Software is a privately held corporation founded in 1995 to develop business Decision Support software. Customers in over 60 countries and in every major industry use Vanguard’s software for forecasting, resource optimization, Web-based expert systems, and financial modeling. For more information about Vanguard, visit http://www.vanguardsw.com/.