"We are very eager to work with IBM to modernize and integrate these mission critical systems which are core to their customer's business," said Yaron Tchwella, CEO, BluePhoenix Solutions. "Our partnership with IBM continues to strengthen as we continue to work together to modernize their customers to IBM technology. The end customer is well known for its leadership and we are honored to have been selected to modernize one of their critical systems."

The BluePhoenix portfolio includes a suite of tools and services from global IT asset assessment and impact analysis to automated database and application migration, rehosting, and renewal.

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ISA Consulting's Express Solution not only delivers mid-market organizations a production-ready system but also, the software needed to reap results from this investment in technology.

ISA Consulting is a provider of management and technology consulting services in the East, with expertise in the Advisory Services, Performance Management, Business Intelligence and Data Integration spaces.

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Established in 2004, the Insight Awards recognize customers that have delivered exceptional business value and gained significant return on investment (ROI) - in quantitative results or objective observations. The Insight Awards honor customers for the use of predictive analytics contributing to their organizations.

Advance Auto Parts, a retailer of automotive parts, uses IBM SPSS predictive analytics software for market basket analysis and supply chain optimization to accurately manage inventory at warehouses and individual stores. The organization chose IBM SPSS predictive analytics to leverage all data assets to produce, evaluate and deploy analytical models on SKU association modeling, market basket and cluster analysis when processing sales transaction data.

Bancolombia, a commercial bank in Colombia and one of the largest in Latin America, uses IBM SPSS predictive analytics software to monitor the transactional patterns of its customers. Bancolombia is committed to prevent money laundering activities in its organization, implementing pattern recognition, anomaly detection, risk analysis and predictive modeling capabilities that IBM predictive analytics software offers. Employing this technology, the bank reduced the number of suspicious operations that required auditing by more than 90 percent. The bank also increased accuracy in identifying positive cases of money laundering, helping investigators to adapt models to the changing tactics of those engaged in this criminal activity.

Nu Skin Enterprises Inc., a $1 billion global direct selling company, markets anti-aging personal care and nutrition products through a global network of more than 750,000 active independent distributors. The organization selected IBM SPSS predictive analytics software to build, validate and deploy predictive models for its marketing campaigns and segmentation.

Using IBM SPSS predictive analytics software, Nu Skin's business development department built propensity models that allowed the company to identify customer and distributor segments in its market. With these models, Nu Skin said it was able to understand customer and distributor trends, and then re-engage distributors - on an individual basis - with event-based marketing activities.

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"More than ever, organizations across all industries are under tremendous pressure to provide trusted, accurate and timely information to enable all their constituents to make smarter decisions," said Andrew Warzecha, vice president, Information Management Strategy, IBM. "Through these distinguished award winner and finalists, we have jointly delivered differentiated solutions that have proven to help clients unlock the value of key business information."

JD Hicks, President of Imagine Solutions, said, "We are honored that IBM has chosen to recognize our efforts and results on behalf of our mutual customers. We intend to stay focused on what led to this honor - our commitment to customer service, domain expertise, and results that serve the customers' business goals. We greatly appreciate IBM's partnership and continued recognition."

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