The Asia Pacific is one of the fastest
growing regions in consulting today, with revenues steadily increasing in
most markets, according to a new report on the region from Kennedy
Information , The Asia Pacific Consulting Marketplace: Key Data, Forecasts
and Competitor Profiles."

Among the Asian consulting markets analyzed are ANZEA (Australia, New
Zealand), ASEAN-5 (Indonesia, Philippines , Malaysia, Singapore and
Thailand), Mainland China, Greater China (Hong Kong, Taiwan), India, Japan ,
and South Korea, as well as the less developed markets of Bangladesh,
Cambodia, Laos, Nepal, Myanmar, Sri Lanka and Vietnam. As part of its philosophy of
continual enhancement, BvDEP is continuing to source and verify new
information providers to increase the depth and scope of ORIANA.bvdep.

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As with AMADEUS the data is
sourced from local, expert, information providers, and more are
currently being researched.

ORIANA: Additional information

At launch ORIANA will contain information from companies in the
following countries:
Australia, Bangladesh, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia , Japan,
Malaysia, New Zealand, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea,
Sri Lanka, Taiwan , Thailand, Vietnam.

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The Asia Pacific Consulting Marketplace is an exclusive 290-page report,
supported by 149 tables and charts.

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Along with providing three-year growth forecasts for each market , The Asia
Pacific Consulting Marketplace identifies regional and global opportunities
for firms operating in the APAC market.

"How consulting firms choose to develop their Asia Pacific network and
position themselves in this growing regional market will have important
repercussions for the bottom lines and position of their businesses
globally," says Kennedy Executive Vice President Brad Smith.

About BvDEP

BvDEP has 280 employees working in a total of 19 offices around
the world. The product range includes the
renowned AMADEUS, BANKSCOPE, OSIRIS (listed companies worldwide), FAME
and its M+A database ZEPHYR.

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PRESS RELEASE Asia Pacific Consulting Market Forecast to Grow at 7% Through 2008

Kennedy Information is the leading information source on consulting since
1970.
At launch, ORIANA will contain information for 85,000 companies in
seventeen countries from Pakistan to New Zealand, and include reports
for companies in countries where private company information is
notoriously elusive, such as China.
"We're very proud of the coverage we've achieved on ORIANA," said
Angus Davidson, international sales manager at BvDEP, "We know from
experience how much users crave good quality information on private
companies, and we've found suppliers, with indigenous experience, that
can deliver."
ORIANA will initially be launched on CD-ROM, which BvDEP feels
best caters for the technological environment in Asia, where many of
its early users will be based. Free trials can be arranged via bvdep.

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"While there are many significant challenges ," states analyst Damien
Blenkinsopp, "the opportunities, both short and long term, are enormous.

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BvDEP recently
launched MINT UK, business intelligence for end users and wider
business community . www.

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Business Editors/High-Tech Editors

LONDON----Bureau van Dijk Electronic
Publishing (BvDEP), the leading electronic publisher of business
information, will launch its keenly anticipated Asia-Pacific database
at the beginning of June.

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ConsultingCentral. A full internet version will follow
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or 020 7549 5000.

Political sites covering two or more countries in Asia.

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Kennedy Information also produces conferences for
thought leaders in consulting and powers the Web portal,
www. The data on ORIANA will also be available on our global
database, ORBIS, so any user with a BvDEP credit account can have
immediate access to this valuable dataset.

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" The
report profiles 40 leading firms , including both global and local players.

About Kennedy Information, Inc.
A standardised report format comprising twenty three balance sheet
items, twenty five profit and loss items and twenty six standard
ratios will facilitate cross-border searching and analysis.

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BvDEP's New Asia-Pacific Company Database ORIANA Sails into View

An
identical format is already applied on AMADEUS, so users will have the
facility to compare companies' performances across continents.

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"And as Asian
businesses increase their foothold in the global economy, they will become
more and more important to a consulting firm's worldwide portfolio. BvDEP is best known for its range of company information
databases which combine high quality data sources with easy to use,
sophisticated software to help users manipulate the data for research,
analysis and business development.

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Its global database ORBIS contains
information on approaching 13 million companies.

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The company publishes proprietary research reports on a wide range of
topics including The Global Consulting Marketplace and Benchmarks in
Management Consulting; the analytical news services Consultants News,
Global IT Services Report , and Management Consultant International; as well
as Consulting Magazine.

Photographs and screenshots can be supplied on request.

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Named ORIANA, which is evocative of eastern
travel and experience , it contains both public and private company
information, and is similar in concept to BvDEP's market -leading,
pan-European AMADEUS.

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com, london@bvdep.com