NiiS/APEX Group Holdings' To Present At Business Intelligence Perspectives Conference

PRINCETON, N.J., Sept. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- NiiS/APEX Group Holdings announced today that Dr. Jody Porrazzo, director of econometric risk strategy, will speak at the Computerworld Business Intelligence Perspectives conference in Palm Desert, CA. NiiS/APEX, a division of Gallagher Benefits Services, Inc., is a Princeton, NJ-based healthcare consulting and insurance services organization.

The presentation, "How an Intelligent Business Uses Business Intelligence," will be held on Tuesday, September 28 at the JW Marriott Desert Springs Resort. SAS, the world's largest privately held software company and a leader in analytics-powered business intelligence software, is sponsoring the presentation. The conference brings together many of the nation's top experts in business intelligence.

"We've identified some common threads among successful companies with high business intelligence IQs," says Dr. Porrazzo. "Those organizations typically are able to answer key questions about their businesses on a daily basis, are capable of delivering actionable answers to the right people at the right time, and can credibly validate the data quality of the intelligence that is shared. Almost invariably they have excellent internal lines of communication. The lessons learned by those organizations help them become more efficient, more aggressive and in the end, more profitable."

  Some of the areas that Dr. Porrazzo will address include:
  -- Business intelligence as an evolutionary process
  -- What defines success in business intelligence
  -- How to maintain business intelligence momentum
  -- How to rate and grow an organization's business IQ

Dr. Porrazzo will also discuss how to build and manage enterprise warehouses and data marts, and continuously collect data from new sourcing populations. "We'll provide an insider's look at the distinct business intelligence processes for four major groups of organizations: strategic process management for healthcare applications companies; point of sales data analysis and forecasting for pharmaceutical companies; disease management strategies, underwriting and short- and long-term disability for plan sponsors; and actuarial and strategic planning for insurance and reinsurance firms," says Dr. Porrazzo.

NiiS/APEX Group Holdings ("NiiS/APEX"), a division of Gallagher Benefits Services, Inc., is a consulting and insurance services organization that provides services to employers, the healthcare industry, healthcare providers, foreign and domestic insurers and reinsurers, Lloyd's syndicates, self-insured entities, captives, HMOs and governmental agencies.

CONTACT: Randall Kirkpatrick, +1-609-452-9532, rkirkpatrick@eaglepr.com,for NiiS/APEX