Great Western Bank Deploys Business Intelligence with SQL Server 2012 and Power View
Country or Region: United States
Industry: Banking Industry
Customer Profile
Great Western Bank, a subsidiary of National Australia Bank, offers banking, loan, and credit-card services and holds U.S.$8.2 billion in assets. With about 402,000 customers and 200 branches, the company is one of the 100 largest banks in the United States.
Business Situation
With a goal of expanding 300 percent by 2014, the bank needed innovative data management and business intelligence (BI) tools to help it retain existing customers and compete for new ones, maximize profitability, and satisfy growth-related regulations.
Solution
Great Western Bank deployed a data-warehousing and BI solution based on Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Enterprise and used Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Integration Services to connect the new data warehouse to the bank’s disparate data sources, including a mainframe IBM DB2 database. Bank employees now use Power View, a self-service BI reporting tool in Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Reporting Services.
Benefits
- Improve insight, strengthen relationships, and meet growth goals
- Provides What-If Analysis in Minutes
- Simplifies Meeting Customer Needs
- Eases Compliance with International Banking Standards
Software and Services
- Microsoft SQL Server 2012