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whitepaper Mutual & Federal Cuts Time to Intelligence2007-01-05 01:00:23 SAS Institute
  Mutual & Federal (M&F) is part of the Old Mutual Group and one of South Africa's leading insurance companies. M&F created a Business Intelligence Competency Center (BICC) to help deliver to the organization a single version of the truth and to cut time to intelligence by combining software development and business skills.   
whitepaper IT Specialist Enhances Analysis and Reporting With New Business Intelligence Tools2007-01-01 01:00:30 Microsoft
  ECS, one of Europe's leading computer leasing and IT infrastructure management specialists, delivers a range of outsourcing and consulting services to its customers. To maximize operational efficiency, it began working with business intelligence technologies in 1999 that published weekly reports on key business outcomes. In 2004, the company expanded its business intelligence functions using Microsoft SQL Server 2000 and is now migrating analysis and reporting applications to Microsoft SQL Server 2005. This offers several new tools for integration, online analytical processing, data analysis, and reporting. ECS managers now have greater visibility of business performance by product offering.   
whitepaper Insurance Leader Enables Business Users, Frees IT Staff With Data-Reporting Services2007-01-01 01:00:30 Microsoft
  The Life Division of Pacific Life Insurance Company had a strong dependency between its business and Information Technology (IT) workers. The executives, business analysts, finance personnel, and customer service representatives who rely on corporate data to do their jobs had to frequently employ IT specialists to help access the desired data and put it into meaningful reports. The process was slow for business users and exceptionally time-consuming for the IT staff. To enable its business groups to be more self-sufficient and free its IT personnel from constantly creating business reports, Pacific Life deployed Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition with Business Intelligence features.   
whitepaper Insurance Company Improves Operational Efficiency 25 Percent by Improving Data Access2007-01-01 01:00:30 Microsoft
  Grange Insurance Group is a mid-sized personal and commercial insurance company that caters to farming communities and suburban areas in the United States. The company has more than U.S.$190 million in assets. To facilitate business growth, Grange commissioned Microsoft Gold Certified Partner Tata Consultancy Services to consolidate its existing systems and business processes. Tata Consultancy Services's proprietary methodology, the Insurance-Business Intelligence for Decision Support, is a framework for data analysis and data warehousing. Grange has been able to substantially improve its efficiency due to the enterprisewide database solution based on Microsoft SQL Server 2000. In fact, the company has recorded a 25 percent productivity increase due to the new analytics and reporting solution.   
whitepaper Optician Enhances Customer Satisfaction With New Business Intelligence Solution2007-01-01 01:00:30 Microsoft
  One of the leading British opticians, Dollond & Aitchison (D&A), operates in an increasingly competitive market. To ensure customer satisfaction and retain existing clients, it worked with a legacy Business Intelligence (BI) Query and Reporting solution. This provided analysis of business data, but was slow and not user-friendly when detailed business analysis was required. Many business processes were handled manually, increasing workloads and incidences of human error. To address these issues, and provide accurate, timely management information, the company deployed a new BI infrastructure based on Microsoft SQL Server 2000 and ProClarity Analytics.   
whitepaper Forensic Expert Tackles Mobile Phone Fraud and Theft2007-01-01 01:00:30 Microsoft
  Forensic Pathways provides specialist products and services to the forensic, business intelligence, and knowledge-management industries. Recently it targeted mobile phone fraud with a fully automated solution for assessing claims of stolen, damaged, or lost mobile phones. Using sophisticated data-analysis techniques, the Maverick Service was launched based on the data management and integrated business intelligence tools provided by Microsoft SQL Server 2005. The ground-breaking online resource offers a state-of-the-art method of identifying bogus claims. Designed to cut fraud and reduce costs, the new service had to be adaptable, reliable, and delivered promptly to an expectant market.   
whitepaper Germany's TUEV NORD Deploys SQL Server 2005 for 2-Terabyte SAP Business Warehouse2007-01-01 01:00:30 Microsoft
  Germany's TUEV NORD Group, one of that countries largest technical service providers, offers a wide range of consulting, testing, and servicing activities with its Systems, Mobility, Certification, Energy and Systems Engineering, Academy and International Divisions. After a merger with Rheinisch-westfalisch, the company anticipates doubling its 2 terabyte SAP Business Warehouse (BW) by the end of 2006. The TUEV NORD Group needed to replace its 32-bit system with a 64-bit solution. The company upgraded its database supporting the SAP BW to Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition. Upon completion of testing SAP BW on 64-bit architecture, the TUEV NORD Group will deploy the 64-bit version of SQL Server 2005.   
whitepaper Freight Company Drives Service With Business Intelligence Solution From Microsoft2007-01-01 01:00:30 Microsoft
  National Fast Freight is a Canadian transportation and logistics company that specializes in freight consolidation. National Fast Freight's data management system provided the team with paper-based reports on a daily basis but did not allow employees to cross-reference current information on shipping prices, load status, or customer sales in real time, all critical business indicators required in the day-to-day decision-making process. National Fast Freight enlisted the help of Microsoft Gold Certified Partner GHI Technologies to develop a Business Intelligence (BI) solution that would meet its organizational requirements. Following the rollout of the Microsoft - based BI solution, National Fast Freight has improved customer service, increased understanding of its business processes, and improved operating efficiencies companywide.   
whitepaper New Business Intelligence Solution Reduces Customer Churn by 25 to 30 Percent2007-01-01 01:00:30 Microsoft
  French heating and hot water system specialist e.l.m. leblanc historically managed its operational and customer data with a number of databases and analysis tools. This infrastructure could not effectively integrate data from across the entire business. As a result, it was difficult to understand the causes of lost business or 'Customer churn' effectively. To address this issue, and enhance customer loyalty, the company deployed a new business intelligence infrastructure based on the Microsoft SQL Server 2005 database infrastructure. This provides tools for high-performance data analysis and reporting. It will enable e.l.m. leblanc to enhance customer service and launch targeted marketing campaigns.   
whitepaper Music Giant Implements Business Intelligence System to Monitor the Organisation's Heartbeat2007-01-01 01:00:30 Microsoft
  Global music company EMI Music is evolving its business to capitalise on the growth opportunities created by the digital revolution. To maintain its leadership position and be capable of responding quickly to meet demand for new music products and services, EMI has partnered with Microsoft and identified a series of core projects that will help its business model evolve. One of these projects focuses on Management Information (MI) and the delivery of a new, global portal known internally as Pulse. The portal allows the company's 6,000 users to analyse business and sales data to compare cross-territory performance and to benchmark the company's overall performance. Pulse is based on Microsoft SQL Server 2000 and Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003.