BUPA Selects Teradata for Business Intelligence Platform.LONDON & DAYTON, Ohio Dayton is a city in southwestern Ohio, United States. It is the county seat and largest city of Montgomery County. As of the 2005 census estimate, the population of Dayton was 158,873. -- International health care organization BUPA BUPA n abbr (= British United Provident Association) → seguro médico privado has selected Teradata, a division of NCR Corporation (company) NCR Corporation - Electronics company mainly active in the midrange server market. NCR was founded 1884 as National Cash Register Company. It joint the computer industry in th 1950s. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :NCR (NCR Corporation, Dayton, OH, www.ncr.com) A technology company specializing in financial terminal transactions, retail systems and data warehousing. Until the late 1990s, NCR was heavily invested in the hardware side of the industry, known worldwide as a major manufacturer of computers ), as its data warehousing See data warehouse. data warehousing - data warehouse partner. BUPA, with 7.8 million customers in 180 countries, is implementing a Teradata(R) enterprise data warehouse to help reduce IT infrastructure complexity and costs, as well as improve customer service. BUPA selected Teradata following a competitive evaluation process. The Teradata data warehouse will become both the central repository and analytical engine A programmable calculator designed by British scientist Charles Babbage. After his Difference Engine failed its test in 1833, Babbage started the design of the Analytical Engine in 1834. for all of BUPA's management, operational and customer information. Implementation of the one-terabyte data warehouse began in February 2005 as the first part of a three-phase project. Phase two will concentrate on making information available to BUPA's business-to-business operations with phase three delivering information to consumer-facing teams. "With both operational and customer information stored in one central repository, BUPA can more easily manage, access and analyze that information for faster, more informed decision-making and improved customer service," commented John Lister John Lister is the name of:
The new data warehouse will enable BUPA to streamline operations and boost efficiency across a number of areas, including customer relationship management, service performance and profitability analysis, financial management, quality management and case management. For example, the ability to analyze performance and customer satisfaction across hospitals will help BUPA to better identify service issues and, consequently, improve the patient experience. "Private health care is changing dramatically with increasing competition, a greater variety of health care plans and options, rising costs and more intense regulations. The way BUPA manages, analyzes and distributes information across the organization will be key to outperforming the competition," said Chris Armitage, Teradata's UK managing director. "BUPA's investment in a Teradata enterprise data warehouse will support this culture of information discovery, while simultaneously reducing infrastructure complexity and costs." About BUPA Set up in 1947, BUPA is a broad-based health and care organization with a growing international presence. It has 7.8 million customers in 180 countries and 40,000 employees. Its main interests are health insurance, hospitals, care services for older people and young disabled, health assessments, workplace health and child care services. About Teradata Division Teradata (www.teradata.com), a division of NCR Corporation (NYSE:NCR), is the global technology leader in enterprise data warehousing, analytic applications Analytic Applications are a type of business application software, used to measure and improve the performance of business operations. More specifically, Analytic Applications are a type of Business Intelligence solution. and data warehousing services. Organizations around the world rely on the power of Teradata's award-winning solutions to get a single, integrated view of their business to enhance decision-making, customer relationships and profitability. About NCR Corporation NCR Corporation (NYSE:NCR) is a leading global technology company helping businesses build stronger relationships with their customers. NCR's Teradata(R) data warehouses and ATMs, retail systems and IT services provide Relationship Technology(TM) solutions that maximize the value of customer interactions and help organizations create a stronger competitive position. Based in Dayton, Ohio, NCR (www.ncr.com) employs approximately 28,500 people worldwide. NCR and Teradata are trademarks or registered trademarks of NCR Corporation in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and other countries. |
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