Compaq Wins Prestigious DCI Excellence In Business Information Award for Insurance Data Warehouse.CUPERTINO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 28, 1998-- NonStop Himalaya System Helps USAA USAA United Services Automobile Association USAA Urban Superintendents Association of America USAA United States Achievement Academy USAA United States Arbitration Act of 1925 USAA United States Axemen's Association USAA United States Air-Table-Hockey Association Leverage Data for Enhanced Customer Service and Profits In an acknowledgment of the rapid and significant returns on investment enabled by its business intelligence solutions, Compaq Computer Corporation (company) Compaq Computer Corporation - The largest US manufacturer and vendor of IBM PC compatible personal computers and servers. Compaq was started in 1982 by three ex-Texas Instruments employees. Quarterly sales $2499M, profits $210M (Aug 1994). http://compaq.com/. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :CPQ CPQ Compaq CPQ Conseil du Patronat du Québec (Canada) CPQ Configure-Price-Quote CPQ Conseil de Presse du Québec (Québec Press Council, Canada) CPQ Companion Parrot Quarterly ) today announced that it was awarded the independent 1998 Excellence in Business Information Award at the DCI (Display Control Interface) An Intel/Microsoft programming interface for full-motion video and games in Windows. It allowed applications to take advantage of video accelerator features built into the display adapter. Data Warehouse World conference in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. for its data warehouse implementation at USAA Casualty Indemnity Company. Key award criteria included technological innovation, demonstrated improvements in a customer's overall business operations Business operations are those activities involved in the running of a business for the purpose of producing value for the stakeholders. Compare business processes. The outcome of business operations is the harvesting of value from assets , and the impact of the data warehouse solution on the customer's ROI (Return On Investment) The monetary benefits derived from having spent money on developing or revising a system. In the IT world, there are more ways to compute ROI than Carter has liver pills (and for those of you who never heard of that expression, it means a lot). . Texas-based USAA is a US$7.5 billion financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. company serving primarily U.S. military personnel. In late 1996, the company's USAA Group installed a scalable, Compaq server-based, enterprise data warehouse environment to provide consistent, highly detailed information in support of its underwriting and customer service strategies. Juan Verastigui, director of Enterprise Data Management at USAA said, "We can develop proactive underwriting strategies to successfully enter new markets, and formulate customer handling tactics." USAA's enterprise data warehouse infrastructure is based on the NonStop(R) SQL SQL in full Structured Query Language. Computer programming language used for retrieving records or parts of records in databases and performing various calculations before displaying the results. database platform, running on a NonStop Himalaya(R) K20000 parallel server and managing a data warehouse in excess of 2 terabytes. More than 125 users, ranging from executives and underwriters to actuaries and marketers, access the data warehouse via USAA's secure intranet. By the end of 1998, USAA expects to provide intranet access to the system for all sales regions, representing a five-fold increase in the user base. Said Mahendra Patel, vice president of Industry Solutions Division at Compaq, "Compaq's implementation of data warehousing See data warehouse. data warehousing - data warehouse at USAA demonstrates how companies in competitive industries can successfully leverage their information to improve overall operations, react more quickly to customer needs, and bolster their profit positions. We are glad to have the continued opportunity to support USAA's success." The annual Excellence in Business Information Award is sponsored by DCI in conjunction with DM Review. Co-sponsors include the META Group and the International Data Warehouse Association. The award has been presented each year since 1995 at the Data Warehouse World conference. For more information on this year's award and its recipient, please visit http://www.dci.com. For further information on Compaq's business intelligence solutions, please visit http://www.tandem.com. Company Background Founded in 1982, Compaq Computer Corporation is a Fortune Global 200 company. Compaq is the second largest computer company in the world and the largest global supplier of personal computers. Compaq develops and markets hardware, software, solutions, and services, including industry-leading enterprise computing solutions, fault-tolerant business-critical solutions, networking and communications products, commercial desktop and portable products, and consumer PCs. The company is an industry leader in environmentally friendly programs and business practices. Compaq products are sold and supported in more than 100 countries through a network of authorized Compaq marketing partners. Customer support and information about Compaq and its products are available at http://www.compaq.com. NOTE TO EDITORS: Compaq, Registered U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. 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