Two customers have earned best practices awards for 2008 from The Data Warehousing Institute (TDWI), Teradata Corporation, the enterprise data warehousing, has announced. The industry-celebrated awards were presented yesterday at the TDWI World Conference in San Diego. The annual awards recognize companies with innovative business intelligence and data warehousing projects.
Teradata customers are being recognized for their achievements in the development and execution of data-warehouse-driven business practices generating significant business value in two categories:
Data Governance: Airlines Reporting Corporation (ARC)
Enterprise Business Intelligence: GE Rail Services (GERS)
“We congratulate these industry-leading customers who join a long list of previous award winners who innovate with Teradata,” says Darryl McDonald, chief marketing officer, Teradata. “Companies are continuing to distinguish themselves through the strategic use of data warehousing to boost their enterprise-wide business intelligence capabilities.”
Data governance at ARC has improved data content and data handling that has resulted in increased employee productivity, improved time-to-market for data products and services, and additional revenues. The companys need for rigorous processes around data access and usage was driven by the fact that at ARC, data is a product delivered externally to customers. ARCs business intelligence and data warehousing implementation has been in place since 2002.
“Data governance plays a major role in our Enterprise Governance, Risk, and Compliance programs including Payment Card Industry and ARCs internal Data Security Standard,” says Deven Bhatt, chief security officer at ARC.
ARC provides a foundation that is scalable and modeled with an enterprise view easily repeatable within and outside of ARCs core industry, the airline and travel industry. They have also found a strong relationship between business and technical resources is critical to the success of a fully implemented, enterprise-wide, data governance solution a true enterprise view offers consistency and repeatability for all data, platforms, applications, etc. With strong audit and corporate responsibility and on-going relationship building with suppliers, ARC has built a strong foundation for integration of multiple data sources, which is key for success when considering privacy and rights of using data (e.g. individual traveler consumer privacy protection, EU privacy laws, safe harbor, etc.).
“ARC considers data our ultimate proprietary technology asset and intellectual property no organization has the data we have,” says Becky Briggs, senior manager and data steward of ARC data and analytics business line. “This data allows ARC to create products and services for the travel industry that addresses industry challenges while creating revenue for ARC the data used must be above reproach to maintain company reputation and brand integrity and quality”
ARC is an airline-owned company that provides financial settlement solutions and data and analytical services to the travel industry, including airlines, railroads, travel agents, corporate travel departments, airports and industry analysts.