The motto of the 8th Handelsblatt Annual Conference, to be held in the German city of Bonn on 29th and 30th January, is "Mit neuem Selbstverständnis an zukünftige Herausforderungen", which roughly translates as "Meeting future challenges with a new sense of perspective". The main focus of the special conference will be on strategic IT management. Alongside a number of top companies and speakers from the IT sector, will be represented with its own stand, as part of its partner programme with SAP, IBM and SAS.

The evolution towards a knowledge society represents one of the greatest challenges of the coming years. If we want to meet this challenge, we shall have to ensure a smooth flow of information in all areas.

This is the task that caatoosee has set itself. As a specialist in the field of information logistics, we develop companies' untapped data resources and build bridges between different applications, formats and systems. The main driving force behind our success is iq-engine an error-tolerant, associative-pattern technology for the targeted classification of information. With the help of iq-engine, data interrelationships and correlations between various sources can be identified and utilised. This is an essential prerequisite when it comes to transforming small snippets of information into relevant and useful sources of knowledge the key to meeting future challenges head-on.