The Baseline 2005 ROI Leadership Awards - 'ZIFFPAGE TITLEData Management'
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Data Management

Company LyondellChemical

Annual Return 193.2%

Project: With an increase in stored data of 364% in the last 10 years, Lyondell, which makes chemicals for everything from adhesives to coolants to sealants, had to deal with ever-more-costly maintenance, a need for more servers and storage space, and outage recovery times of up to 36 hours. The company decided on Double-Take from NSI Software—a program that replicates files onto servers over standard network connections—to eliminate local tape backup at its 26 U.S. locations. Double-Take helped the company manage its data centrally with skilled staff. Other gains include reduced storage expenses and improved disaster recovery preparedness.

Benefits: Lyondell saved money on hardware, tape transportation and storage, server maintenance and support.

The Winners: Grand Prize: Company:American Express Annual Return: 2,736.1% Productivity and Operations: Company: SBC Annual Return: 1,191.7% Growth: Company: InterContinental Hotels Group Annual Return: 847% Customer Service: Company: Audiovox Corp. Annual Return: 2,288% Supplier Coordination: Company: GlaxoSmithKline Annual Return: 5,451% Performance Management: Company: GlaxoSmithKline Annual Return: 2,212.2% Data Management: Company: LyondellChemical Annual Return: 193.2% Business Intelligence: Company: Avendra Annual Return: 193.2% Public Sector: Company: University of Houston Annual Return: 2,354.3% Decision Support: Company: State of Missouri, Office of Information Technology Annual Return: 546.3% Planning: Company: SkinCeuticals Annual Return: 1,184.6% Justification: Company: Medical Mutual of Ohio Annual Return: 230.9%

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