Computerworld Announces Finalists and Winners for Its 2nd Enterprise Intelligence Awards Program
FRAMINGHAM, MA – Oct 19, 2009 – Computerworld, the "Voice of IT Management," announced the finalists and winners for its 2nd Enterprise Intelligence Awards Program, sponsored by Teradata. The Enterprise Intelligence Awards Program is focused on best practices in the use of information technology solutions built on Teradata platforms. Two finalists with one winner in each of the five categories were recognized this morning at the Enterprise Intelligence Awards Program ceremony at the 2009 Teradata PARTNERS User Group Conference & Expo in Washington, DC.
The finalists and winners for Computerworld's 2009 Enterprise Intelligence Awards Program are:
Customer Intelligence and Management
Winner – AT&T Inc.
Finalist – InterContinental Hotels Group
Finalist – JD Williams
Excellence in BI and Analytics
Winner – RBC Financial Group
Finalist – Discover Financial Services
Finalist – Banco Bradesco SA
Government and Non-Profit
Winner – United States Postal Service
Finalist – Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) and United States Transportation
Command (USTRANSCOM)
Finalist – HQ USAF A4IS
Industry Innovation
Winner – ARC
Finalist – IHG – Intercontinental Hotels Group
Finalist – RBC Financial Group
Integrated View of the Business
Winner – Australian Pharmaceutical Industries
Finalist – Verizon Wireless
Finalist – HCA IT&S
The Enterprise Intelligence Awards Program is wholly and independently managed by Computerworld, sponsored by Teradata. Eligible Enterprise Intelligence Awards Program nominees were exclusively IT end-user organizations that are Teradata customers. Nominations of IT end-user organizations were accepted from IT users themselves or their public relations representatives.
Judges evaluated and ranked the finalists and winners in each category according to their substantiated Enterprise Intelligence solution attributes and achievements against the following set of criteria:
— Strategic importance to the business.
— Positive impact on the business/organization units.
— Substantial customer impact (i.e. service, retention, acquisition,
innovation).
— Provides a strategic advantage to the business/organization while
anticipating and accommodating the deployment of future enterprise
intelligence initiatives.
— Financial return and measurable payback (returns on investment,
assets, resources) through the creation of revenue opportunities or cost
savings.
— Addresses challenges of data management, information access, and
analysis, and provides a foundation for better business decisions.
For more information about Computerworld's Enterprise Intelligence Awards Program, please visit http://www.enterpriseintelligenceawards.com/[http://www.enterpriseintelligenceawards.com/]
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About Computerworld
Computerworld is the leading source of technology news and information for IT influencers worldwide. Computerworld's award-winning Web site (www.computerworld.com[http://www.computerworld.com]), bi-weekly publication, focused conference series and custom research form the hub of the world's largest (40+ edition) global IT media network. In the past five years alone, Computerworld has won more than 100 awards, including Folio Magazine's 2006 Gold EDDIE Award for the best technology/computing magazine, the 2004 and 2006 Magazine of the Year Award, and 2006 Best Overall Web Publication from the American Society of Business Publication Editors (ASBPE). Computerworld leads the industry with an online audience of over 2 million unique, monthly visitors and a print audience of 1,222,000 readers each week (IntelliQuest CIMS Spring 2007). Computerworld is published by International Data Group (IDG), the world's leading technology media, research and event company. Company information is available at http://www.idg.com[http://www.idg.com].
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