Database Journal launches first "Excellence in Business Information" Award In Conjunction With DCI Data Warehousing Conferences.DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Sept. 19, 1995--Cardinal Business Media, publisher of Database Journal, today announced their plans to present the "Excellence in Business Information" Award to outstanding companies that have developed data warehousing See data warehouse. data warehousing - data warehouse and related decision support and information analysis applications within their corporate IS organizations. The award is co-sponsored by 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. , the world's leading provider of high technology conferences and expositions, as part of their Data Warehousing Conference and Exposition exposition or exhibition, term frequently applied to an organized public fair or display of industrial and artistic productions, designed usually to promote trade and to reflect cultural progress. series. The purpose of the award is to recognize outstanding, successful implementations of data warehousing, data access and decision support technologies at large-scale computing computing - computer environments. The selected winners will have focused on the innovative and successful use of these technologies to create effective solutions at their IS locations. It is not a "product" award because it will focus on successful solutions and the technology used to achieve it. However, part of the application process involves describing vendor products used to develop the solutions. As a result, the "Excellence in Business Information" Award will be presented to both the applicant organization and the vendors described in the entry. "Given our historically high readership read·er·ship n. 1. The readers of a publication considered as a group. 2. Chiefly British The office of a reader at a university. concentration of Fortune 1000 corporate IS and technology leaders, we felt this award would be a tremendous opportunity for us to let other IS organizations see and hear what's happening in this very visible marketplace," said Steven Crofts, Publisher and Editor in Chief of Database Journal. "While a great deal of the market has moved rapidly to evaluating and developing warehousing and decision support applications, it sometimes becomes a little unclear as to who is actually implementing successful projects or components. We also didn't want to simply call it a "warehousing award" because it is "business information" that really drives the need for these rapidly developing technologies." "The explosion in data warehousing interest is evidenced by the large increases in attendance at our shows. We at DCI think this award is incredibly timely and are happy that our Data Warehousing Conference and Exposition, as the largest and most prestigious in the industry, has been chosen to co-sponsor it," said Ron Gomes, President of DCI. Several leading industry analysts and consultants will evaluate the applications and select the award winners, which will then be presented at the DCI Data Warehousing Conference in Orlando, FL, Feb. 6-8, 1996. The nomination process will begin at the DCI Data Warehousing Conference in Phoenix, AZ Oct. 10-12, 1995. Completed nominations are due Jan. 15, 1996. DCI is the largest producer of specialized spe·cial·ize v. spe·cial·ized, spe·cial·iz·ing, spe·cial·iz·es v.intr. 1. To pursue a special activity, occupation, or field of study. 2. IS conferences and expositions such as Database & Client/Server World, Internet Expo, Email World, Field & Sales Force Automation Automating the sales activities within an organization. A comprehensive SFA package provides such functions as contact management, note and information sharing, quick proposal and presentation generation, product configurators, calendars and to-do lists. , Software World USA, Software World Canada, Datawarehousing and more than 100 others. DCI is the leader in providing a full range of realistic solutions for the IS industry's technical and management needs. To register for a press pass, contact DCI Media Relations. Database Journal is published by Cardinal Business Media, one of the nation's fastest growing business-to-business information companies, with high-technology, retail, vision care, music, health and fitness magazines and conferences. In addition to Enterprise Expo, their high-technology publications and conferences include ENTERPRISE SYSTEMS JOURNAL, Enterprise Internetworking Journal, Database Journal, UNISPHERE, ImagingWorld, InterNetwork (1) To go between one network and another. (2) A large network made up of a number of smaller networks. Same as "internet" (lower case "i"), not the "Internet" (upper case "I"). See internet. , Digital Age, Enterprise NT, Midrange midrange Epidemiology The halfway point or midpoint in a set of observations; for most data, MR is calculated as the sum of the smallest observation and the largest observation, divided by 2; for age data, one is added to the numerator; a midrange is usually Systems, HP Professional, HP Professional Europe, TCP/IP TCP/IP in full Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol Standard Internet communications protocols that allow digital computers to communicate over long distances. Expo and ImagingExpo. Cardinal Business Media is headquartered in Fort Washington Fort Washington, military post during the American Revolution, situated on the highest point of Manhattan island, New York City, overlooking the Hudson River opposite Fort Lee, N.J. , PA. CONTACT: Cardinal Business Media Lynda Brown, 214/664-6512 73430.2350@compuserve.com or DCI Media Relations Renee Leuthe, 508/470-3870 74404.156@compuserve.com |
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