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TDWI ANNOUNCES 2002 BEST PRACTICES AWARDS WINNERS

Real-World Implementations Recognized for Innovation and Business Impact

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 the 2002 TDWI Best Practices 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: consultants, industry analysts, 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 six key criteria to determine the winners in each category:

• Impact. What is the value of the data warehouse or application to the business and end-users?
• Relevance. Does the data warehouse or business intelligence application demonstrate a best practice that other companies can adopt?
• Innovation. How innovative are the strategies, technologies, architectures,or processes used to design and implement the data warehouse or business intelligence environment?
• 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?
• Maturity. What is the scale, scope, and sophistication of the solution? How much has the solution evolved since it was first deployed?
• Bang for the Buck. How efficient is the design and delivery given the business, technical, and organizational constraints within which the project is operating?

2002 Best Practices Winners

Customer Relationship Management: Travelocity Nominated by Teradata, a division of NCR

Business Performance Management: Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Nominated by Teradata, a division of NCR

Extranet Data Warehouses: State of California, Franchise Tax Board Nominated by IBM

Integrated Data Analysis: Allstate Financial Nominated by Knightsbridge Solutions

Data Stewardship & Data Quality: Nationwide Insurance Self Nominated

Justifying a Data Warehouse: Harrah's Entertainment Nominated by Cognos

Meta Data Management: Anthem Inc Self Nominated

Integrating Data Marts and Data Warehouses: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Nominated by Teradata, a division of NCR

Government and Non-Profit: School Board of Broward County Nominated by Brio Software

Data Mining: Scotia Bank Self Nominated

Web Analytics: Nationwide Insurance Self Nominated

Real-time Analytics: Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Nominated by Teradata, a division of NCR

Global Data Warehousing: GE Power Systems Nominated by Business Objects

Building Data Warehouses with Limited Resources: Credit Union of Texas Nominated by IBM

Supply Chain Analytics: Hewlett-Packard Company Nominated by Informatica

The Leadership in Data Warehousing Award

The 2002 Best Practices winners will present their winning nominations, and compete for the coveted Leadership in Data Warehousing Award, at TDWI's World Conference-Summer 2002 in Las Vegas, NV August 18-23, 2002. The winning Best Practices nominations will be presented on Tuesday, August 20 through Wednesday, August 21, 2002, 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 Conference-Fall 2002 in Florida.

The Data Warehousing Institute

The Data Warehousing Institute (TDWI), www.dw-institute.com, 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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Contact The Data Warehousing Institute (TDWI), Meighan Berberich, 206-246-5059 x104, mberberich@dw-institute.com.