See the Research Come to Life at the World-Renowned Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) Summit

BOSTON, MA--(Marketwire - August 3, 2007) - The Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) Summit is the preeminent best practices and networking event for procurement executives and their peers in supply chain, finance and operations and part of the annual series of executive summits presented by Aberdeen, a Harte-Hanks Company (NYSE: HHS). This year's event will be held on November 13 - 14, 2007 at the Seaport Hotel and World Trade Center, in Boston, MA. The summit will leverage Aberdeen's leading research in this area and offer supply management best practices as presented by high-profile industry practitioners.

Now in its third year, the Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) Summit is the only executive-level event that will feature executive procurement, finance, and supply chain presentations led by industry-recognized leaders sharing the key trends that will impact procurement in 2008 and beyond. Summit presenters will share practical experiences and provide actionable recommendations and advice for their peers. "The goal of the CPO Summit is to provide an opportunity for the elite of the elite in procurement to come together and discuss the most critical issues facing the function today," notes Andrew Bartolini, Director of Global Supply Management research at Aberdeen. "Several of this year's presenters were actually attendees at last year's event; we expect that cycle to continue in future years."

Some of the industry leaders that will present at the summit are:

--  Michael Treacy, Best-selling Author
--  Roy Anderson, CPO, MetLife
--  Shelley Stewart, Sr. VP, Operational Excellence and CPO, Tyco
    International
--  Uldis Sipols, Vice President of Global Product Supply Purchases,
    Proctor & Gamble
--  Peter Connelly, CPO, Leggett & Platt
--  Howard Richman, Merck - Executive Director, Global Procurement
--  Lisa Marie Meehan, Merck - Director of Travel and Procured Services
    

The summit brings together senior purchasing, finance and supply chain executives around the following topics:

--  The CPO's Strategic Agenda for 2008
--  Globalization and the CPO
--  How People Management Improves Spend Management
--  Breakout sessions: Sustainable Procurement, Strategic Sourcing,
    Procurement Outsourcing
--  Breakout sessions: E-Payables, Contract Labor, Telecom
--  Collaboration: The Key to Procurement and Supply Management Success
--  Design-to-Source
--  The Convergence of Procurement and Travel
--  CFO's View of Procurement
--  Managing People: Procurement talent acquisition, training and
    retention
    

For event sponsorship please contact:

David Mesgar, Account Executive David.Mesgar@aberdeen.com Phone 617-854-5255

Charles Yavanian, Account Manager charles.yavanian@aberdeen.com Phone 617-854-5218

For registration and event information, visit: http://www.aberdeen.com/events/live/cpo07/default.asp

About Aberdeen Group, a Harte-Hanks Company

Aberdeen is a leading provider of fact-based research and market intelligence that delivers demonstrable results. Having benchmarked more than 30,000 companies in the past two years, Aberdeen is uniquely positioned to educate users to action: driving market awareness, creating demand, enabling sales, and delivering meaningful return-on-investment analysis. As the trusted advisor to the global technology markets, corporations turn to Aberdeen™ for insights that drive decisions.

As a Harte-Hanks Company, Aberdeen plays a key role of putting content in context for the global direct and targeted marketing company. Aberdeen's analytical and independent view of the "customer optimization" process of Harte-Hanks (Information - Opportunity - Insight - Engagement - Interaction) extends the client value and accentuates the strategic role Harte-Hanks brings to the market. For additional information, visit Aberdeen http://www.aberdeen.com or call (617) 723-7890, or to learn more about Harte-Hanks, call (800) 456-9748 or go to http://www.harte-hanks.com.

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Contact Information: Media Contact: Andrew Bartolini Aberdeen Harte-Hanks (617) 854-5310 Andrew.bartolini@aberdeen.com