Computerworld Names Recipients of ''Best Practices in Business Intelligence'' Awards

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LAS VEGAS --(Business Wire)-- Computerworld, the "Voice of IT Management," announced last night the recipients of its "Best Practices in Business Intelligence" awards during a ceremony at its Business Intelligence Perspectives conference. The awards were presented during a gala awards ceremony marking the conclusion of the conference held this week at the Green Valley Ranch Resort. The awards program was sponsored by Hyperion.



Honorees of Computerworld's "Best Practices in Business Intelligence" awards were selected from approximately 100 entries across five categories. They were judged by representatives from a variety of organizations including Computerworld and IDC.

In the category of creating a strategic vision and using BI for ROI through IT leadership, the honorees are:

- Cooper Communities, Inc., Rogers, Ariz.

- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY

In the category of data visualization, prediction and presentation by leveraging customized solutions, the honorees are:

- BNSF Railway, Fort Worth, Tex.

- Emergency Medical Associates, Livingston, NJ

In the category of information retrieval and reporting by leveraging off-the-shelf enterprise software, the honorees are:

- Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Chicago, IL

- Reader's Digest, Pleasantville, NY

In the category of planning, designing and building the BI infrastructure, the honorees are:

- Cisco Systems, San Jose, Calif.

- R. L. Polk & Co., Southfield, Mich.

In the category of using competency centers to champion BI technologies to enterprise-wide ROI, the honorees are:

- IBM Corporation, Business Performance Management Center of Excellence, Research Triangle Park, NC

- Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City, UT

"This year's honorees represent a variety of organizations, from financial companies to universities to health care companies, all of which have demonstrated tremendous success in their strategic use of business intelligence," said Ron Milton, executive vice president, Computerworld.

"I'm pleased to be recognized among such a group of innovative IT professionals. The most important decision we made in our BI initiative was to leverage off-the-shelf, best-of-breed technology and best practices," said honoree Daniel MacDonald, director of customer technology at Reader's Digest Association. "These tools and processes have enabled us to efficiently transition data into actionable information and deliver it to the people who run our business."

For more information about the award, the honorees, and the conference, please visit: http://www.biperspectives.com/awards.html#finalists.

About Computerworld

Computerworld is recognized worldwide as the premier source for news, information and opinion on the critical technology and management issues affecting senior technology professionals. Computerworld's award-winning weekly publication, Computerworld.com Web site, focused conference series, and custom research, form the hub of the world's largest (58-edition) global IT media network. In the past five years alone, Computerworld has won more than 100 awards, including the 2004 and 2006 Magazine of the Year Award from the American Society of Business Publication Editors. Computerworld has an online audience of over 1.1 million unique monthly visitors (Omniture) and a total print audience of 1,337,000 (IntelliQuest CIMS Spring 2006). Computerworld is on the Web at www.computerworld.com.

Computerworld is a business unit of International Data Group (IDG), the world's leading technology media, research and events company. A privately held company, IDG publishes more than 300 magazines and newspapers, including CIO, CSO, Computerworld, GamePro, InfoWorld, Network World and PC World. The company features the largest network of technology-specific Web sites, with more than 400 around the world. IDG is also a leading producer of more than 170 computer-related events worldwide, including Storage Networking World(R), Premier 100(R), LinuxWorld Conference & Expo(R), Macworld Conference & Expo, DEMO(R) and IDC Directions. IDC provides global market research and advice through offices in 50 countries. Company information is available at http://www.idg.com.
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