The Data Warehousing Institute Announces the Winners of the 2001 Best Practices in Data Warehousing Awards Competition - Seattle, WA

• 04/21/01

Real-World Implementations Recognized for Innovation and Business Impact

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Seattle, WA MAY 21, 2001- The Data Warehousing Institute (TDWI), the premier provider of in-depth, high quality education and training in the data warehousing and business intelligence industry, announces the winners of its 2001 Best Practices in Data Warehousing Awards competition. This competition provides thousands of practitioners with best practices they can follow as data warehousing and business intelligence continues to grow and expand.

Nominations were judged by a panel of experts, including: practitioners, consultants, industry analysts, journalists, Journal of Data Warehousing editors, Institute Fellows, and TDWI management. The winners clearly demonstrated that their data warehouse and business intelligence projects were truly innovative solutions to problems commonly faced by data warehousing practitioners and were practices that could be followed by others. The judges examined four key criteria to determine the winners in each category:

1. Impact. What is the value of the data warehouse or application to the business and end-users?
2. Relevance. Does the data warehouse or business intelligence application demonstrate a best practice that other companies can adopt?
3. Innovation. How innovative are the strategies, technologies, architectures, or processes used to design and implement the data warehouse or business intelligence environment?
4. Alignment. How closely aligned are business and IT processes? How well does the data warehouse adapt to changing business requirements and deliver long-term sustainable value?

"The competition for the Best Practices Awards was exceptionally strong this year," says Ellen Hobbs, General Manager of TDWI. "As always, the quality of the applications was first rate, but several nominations distinguished themselves as true best practices that others can learn from and utilize in their own data warehousing and business intelligence implementations."

The Best Practices in Data
Warehousing Award Winners
This years winners were divided into two categories,
application winners and industry winners.

Application Winners:

• Data Stewardship
  Category Winner: Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina
  Nominating Organization: Self-nominated
  
  
• Enterprise Data Warehouse
  Category Winner: Litton/TASC
  Nominating Organization: Self-nominated
  
  
• Extranet Data Warehouse
  Category Winner: Penske Logistics
  Nominating Organization: Business Objects
  
  
• E-Intelligence & Clickstream Data Warehouse
  Category Winner: eBay, Inc.
  Nominating Organization: Informatica
  
  
• Performance Management
  Category Winner: Best Buy Company, Inc.
  Nominating Organization: MicroStrategy Inc.
  
  
• Customer Relationship Management
  Category Winner: Experian Automotive Information Services
  Nominating Organization: IBM
  
  
• Integrated Data Analysis
  Category Winner: National Basketball Association
  Nominating Organization: IBM & Virtual Gold
  

Industry Winners:

• Delivery & Shipment
  Category Winner: Federal Express
  Nominating Organization: Teradata, a division of NCR
  
  
• Utilities
  Category Winner: Niagara Mohawk Power
  Nominating Organization: Self-nominated
  
  
• Government
  Category Winner: Natural Resources Conservation Service, USDA
  Nominating Organization: Compaq Computer Corporation
  
  
• Transportation
  Category Winner: Norfolk Southern
  Nominating Organization: Self-Nominated
  
  
• Distribution
  Category Winner: Ingram Micro, Inc.
  Nominating Organization: Business Objects
  
  
• Financial Services
  Category Winner: Bank of Montreal
  Nominating Organization: IBM
  
  
• Healthcare
  Category Winner: Florida Hospital
  Nominating Organization: IBM
  
  
• Manufacturing
  Category Winner: Louisiana Pacific Corporation
  Nominating Organization: Self-nominated
  

The Leadership in Data Warehousing Award

The Best Practices in Data Warehousing Award winners will present their winning nominations, and compete for the coveted Leadership in Data Warehousing Award, at TDWI's World Conference¾Summer 2001 in Anaheim, California, August 12-17, 2001. The winning Best Practices nominations will be presented on Tuesday, August 14 through Wednesday, August 15, 2001, and will be judged by a panel of experts. The Leadership in Data Warehousing Award Winner will be invited to present its winning nomination at TDWI's World Conference¾Fall 2001, November 4-9, 2001 in Orlando, FL.

The Data Warehousing Institute

The Data Warehousing Institute™ (TDWI), a division of 101communications, is the premier provider of in-depth, high quality education and training in the data warehousing and business intelligence industry. TDWI is dedicated to educating business and information technology professionals about the strategies, techniques, and tools required to successfully design, build, and maintain data warehousing implementations, and also to the advancement of data warehousing research, knowledge transfer, and the professional development of its Members. TDWI sponsors and promotes a worldwide membership program, annual educational conferences, regional educational seminars, onsite courses, solution provider partnerships, awards programs for the best practices in data warehousing and innovative technologies, resourceful publications, an in-depth research program, and a comprehensive Web site.

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