TDWI Announces 2009 Best Practices Awards Winners
TDWI's Best Practices Awards program is designed to identify and honor companies that have demonstrated excellence in developing, deploying, and maintaining BI and DW applications. Winners are chosen by a panel of independent judges who have expertise in BI and DW. Companies and sponsoring solution providers from many diverse industries submitted entries to be judged in a variety of categories.
Innovative Companies to be Honored at TDWI World Conference in San Diego
Seattle, WA, June 15, 2009—The Data Warehousing Institute (TDWI), the premier provider of in-depth, high-quality education and training in business intelligence (BI) and data warehousing (DW), has announced the 2009 winners of its annual Best Practices Awards.
TDWI's Best Practices Awards program is designed to identify and honor companies that have demonstrated excellence in developing, deploying, and maintaining BI and DW applications. Winners are chosen by a panel of independent judges who have expertise in BI and DW. Companies and sponsoring solution providers from many diverse industries submitted entries to be judged in a variety of categories.
TDWI's panel of judges evaluated all submissions on four criteria: business impact, maturity, innovation, and relevance. "As business intelligence continues to evolve, it becomes more and more imperative that BI/DW practitioners share best practices and lessons learned with the industry. By recognizing and honoring these innovative implementations through the Best Practices Awards program, we hope to provide a platform that fosters information sharing and ultimately the advancement of the business intelligence industry,” said Richard Zbylut, president of TDWI.
Best Practices Awards winners will be honored at the TDWI World Conference in San Diego in August. Representatives of each company, along with their solution sponsors, will receive awards and be invited to discuss their winning implementations with attendees.
2009 Best Practices Awards Winners:
ARC
Category: Predictive Analytics
BMO Financial Group
Category: Data Governance
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
Category: Government and Non-Profit
Solution Sponsors: Mariner & Microsoft Corporation
Freescale Semiconductor
Category: Enterprise BI
Solution Sponsor: Teradata Corporation
GE Rail Services
Category: Operational BI
IMPAX Laboratories, Inc.
Category: BI/DW on a Limited Budget
Ingersoll Rand, Industrial Technologies Sector
Category: Radical BI
National Instruments
Category: Master Data Management
Solution Sponsor: Initiate Systems, Inc.
RBC Wealth Management
Category: Dashboards and Scorecards
Solution Sponsor: Birst
Spokane Teachers Credit Union
Category: Customer Intelligence
Telenor Pakistan
Category: Enterprise DW
Solution Sponsor: T-BIRD
This year's panel of expert judges included:
Barb Wixom, Associate Professor, University of Virginia; Claudia Imhoff, President, Intelligent Solutions, Inc.; Dan Evans, CBIP, Sr. Group Manager, BI Practice, Avanade, Inc; Evan Levy, Partner, Baseline Consulting; Hugh Watson, Professor of MIS, University of Georgia; Jill Dyché, CBIP, Partner, Baseline Consulting; John Bair, CTO, LaunchPoint; Jonathan G. Geiger, CBIP, Executive Vice President, Intelligent Solutions, Inc.; Joyce Norris-Montanari, CBIP, President, DBTech Solultions, Inc.; Justin Manes, Consultant; Krish Krishnan, President, Sixth Sense Advisors Inc.; Laura Reeves, Principal, StarSoft Solutions; Mark Peco, CBIP, Partner, InQvis; Mike Lampa, Sr. Manager, Enterprise BI, Dell, Inc.; Nancy Williams, CBIP, Vice President, DecisionPath Consulting; Patty Haines, President, Chimney Rock Information Solutions; Philip Russom, Senior Manager, TDWI Research, TDWI; Sid Adelman, Principal, Sid Adelman & Associates; Steve Dine, President, Datasource Consulting, LLC; Steve Williams, President, DecisionPath Consulting; Todd Saunders, EVP Customer Solutions, CONNECT: The Knowledge Network; Tony Lopykinski, Managing Principal, Maven Advisors, LLC; Wayne Eckerson, Director, TDWI Research, TDWI.
About TDWI
The Data Warehousing Institute™ (TDWI), a division of 1105 Media, Inc., is the premier provider of in-depth, high-quality education and research in the business intelligence and data warehousing industry. TDWI is dedicated to educating business and information technology professionals about the strategies, techniques, and tools required to successfully design, build, and maintain business intelligence and data warehousing solutions. It also fosters the advancement of business intelligence and data warehousing research and contributes to knowledge transfer and professional development of its Members. TDWI sponsors and promotes a worldwide Membership program, quarterly educational conferences, regional educational seminars, role-based training, onsite courses, certification, solution provider partnerships, an awards program for best practices, resourceful publications, an in-depth research program, and a comprehensive Web site.
About 1105 Media
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