Two New Partners for NCSA
Sears
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Sears, Roebuck, and Co. recently joined NCSA's Industrial Program.
Based in Hoffman Estates, IL, Sears is a leading retailer of apparel,
home, and automotive products and services. The company operates 1,100
Sears department and specialty stores across the country.
"Sears is a national leader in seeking new information technologies to help
them manage the ever-increasing competetive retail world," said NCSA Director
Larry Smarr. "We feel NCSA can help them apply the evolving high-performance
computing and information technologies to improve their ability to meet the
growing expectations fo distinct customer segments in increasingly fractured
markets while holding the line on expense."
"We are excited about joining NCSA," said Joe Smialowski, Sears senior vice
president and chief information officer. "NCSA has successfully guided its
industrial partners in the use of leading-edge high-performance technologies.
We plan to leverage NCSA's world class research talent and supercomputing
facilities to solve key retailing challenges. We expect our partnership will
yield important benefits to Sears in its drive to improve customer service and
financial performance."
"Sears is a highly successful, high-profile retailing company, well suited to be
our exclusive retail segment partner," said John Stevenson, NCSA's corporate
officer and head of the Industrial Program.
Allstate
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NCSA recently announced that Allstate Insurance Co. joined the center's
Industrial Program. Allstate Insurance Co., based in Northbrook, IL, is the
nation's second-largest personal lines insurance company, insuring one of every
eight homes and automobiles in the United States.
"We are excited about adding a world-leading insurance company to NCSA's
Industrial Program," said Larry Smarr, director of NCSA.
"Allstate is looking forward to participating in the highly successful
Industrial Program at NCSA," said Frank Pollard, senior vice president and
chief information officer of Allstate. "We believe NCSA will give us a
competitive edge by helping us apply emerging supercomputing, networking,
software, and visualization tools to our analysis of customer and market databases."
"Allstates commitment to maximize its capability to analyze its information
resources is impressive," said John Stevenson, NCSA's corporate officer and
head of the Industrial Program. "Their management is highly competitive and
dedicated to improving their market position".
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NCSA's other industrial partners are AT&T; American Airlines; Caterpillar; Dow
Chemical; Eastman Kodak Co.; Eli Lilly & Co.; FMC; J.P. Morgan; Motorola Inc.;
Phillips Petroleum Co.; Schlumberger; Tribune Co.; and United Technologies.
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