CVN Conversion Services International,

- Engagement provides road map, recommendations and implementation plan for improving reporting structures across its global enterprise - EAST HANOVER, N.J., Aug. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Conversion Services International, Inc. (AMEX:CVN), a premier professional services firm focused on business intelligence and business optimization solutions to Global 2000 organizations and other businesses, today announced its completion of a Information Management Best Practices Site Assessment, Strategy and Planning strategy engagement for a $3 billion, Fortune 1000 company that trades on the New York Stock Exchange. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20060421/NYF015LOGO ) This leader in the manufacturing industry wanted to improve its use of business intelligence and consolidate its reporting structures across its global enterprise, leveraging the help of a firm specializing in best practices business intelligence and data warehouse solutions. They chose CSI because its business intelligence strategy methodology considers the client's entire information management environment and develops a strategy culled from recent experience enabling best practices worldwide and considering advances in the vendor community. This strategy assessment identified several key initiatives focused on consolidating their reporting structures and implementing more effective enterprise reporting and information utilization throughout the business. CSI's strategy assessment engagements consist of facilitated interview sessions with a diverse group of information technology business professionals across the client organization and are designed to research, identify and target goals, critical success factors and challenges in implementing an enterprisewide data warehousing and business intelligence solution. The result was a comprehensive road map that outlined vision, approach, and architecture requirements, along with a phased implementation approach based on the client's business and technology environment. Benefits that this client received from CSI's Information Management Best Practices Site Assessment, Strategy and Planning Engagement include gaining further insight to applicable advances in the business intelligence and data warehousing industry the pros and cons of their, current environment, the development of goals and company-specific critical success factors. Challenges impeding the realization of objectives were addressed with risk- mitigating action items as well as a multi-phase approach for implementing their architecture, tools and technology and realizing business objectives rapidly and repeatedly. According to William McKnight, CSI's senior vice president of Information Management, "CSI's Information Management Best Practices Site Assessment, Strategy and Planning engagements are a way to bridge the IT and business sides of the house. We partner with our clients to identify not only specifically and realistically what a client's situation is in regards to its information exploitation ability, but we also translate the future direction of the business into ramifications on its information architecture. We develop plans to propel our clients into leading positions in their respective industries based on the use of information, which we regard as the primary means of differentiation and the competitive frontier which we are uniquely poised to help our clients excel at." Scott Newman, president and CEO, added, "These types of engagements are very strategic in nature, both for our clients and our organization. In the past year, CSI has performed 12 strategy engagements with 12 clients in six different industries including, insurance, retail, publishing technology, manufacturing and real estate. As a general rule, they result in further engagements with our clients as they move to full-scale implementation - securing revenue both in the immediate term as well as in coming years." 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 Except for the historical information contained herein, this press 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 as "may," "could," "would," "should," "believes," "expects," "anticipates," "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. Investor Relations: Porter, LeVay & Rose, Inc. Andrew Berlin, Account Executive Jeffrey Myhre, VP -- Editorial 212-564-4700 Media Contact: Tracee Lee Beebe Marketing & Communications Conversion Services International, Inc. 973-560-9400 http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20060421/NYF015LOGO http://photoarchive.ap.org/ DATASOURCE: Conversion Services International, Inc. CONTACT: Investors, Andrew Berlin, Account Executive, or Jeffrey Myhre, VP - Editorial, both of Porter, LeVay & Rose, Inc., +1-212-564-4700, for Conversion Services International; or Media, Tracee Lee Beebe, Marketing & Communications, of Conversion Services International, Inc., +1-973-560-9400, Web site: http://www.csiwhq.com/

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