by Angela Guess

According to a recent press release, “Talend, a global leader in cloud and big data integration software, today announced the winners of its annual awards program —the Talend Data Masters. These awards celebrate companies that are using Talend solutions in compelling ways to help make their businesses more agile, effective and data-driven. The 19 winners—representing forward-thinking organizations of all sizes, across every industry—were revealed during a ceremony at the annual Talend Connect conference in Paris, France. ‘We created the Data Masters Awards to recognize the unique and innovative ways our customers are using data to transform their business. Companies across every industry worldwide are discovering how cloud and big data technologies can help them reinvent product and service delivery,’ said Mike Tuchen, CEO, Talend.”

The Grand Prize winners, according to the release, include: “Customer Intimacy: Air France KLM – The company created a 360-degree view of the 90 million passengers it transports each year, by integrating multiple data sources, to enable a more personalized ‘made-just-for-me’ travel experience. Business ROI: Lenovo – The world’s largest PC manufacturer, analyzes +22B transactions and 11B customer records annually to monitor purchasing behavior and the buyer’s journey across multiple channels. This resulted in a $1M operating cost reduction and an 11 percent average revenue per unit increase. Open Source: International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) – This organization coordinated a team of 400+ reporters across 80 countries in conjunction with German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung, to analyze 2.6TB of unstructured, diversified data to shed light on 215,000 shell companies, known as the ‘Panama Papers’.”

Read more at Business Wire.

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