Business challenge Aiming to become the top Swiss insurer and to enhance its position in other European markets, Helvetia set out to gain deeper insight into its strengths, and highlight where it could improve. Transformation Helvetia is on a quest to become Switzerland’s top insurer and to win a greater share of other European markets. By upgrading the database supporting its SAP Business Warehouse system, the company enabled lightning-fast reporting on customers, sales and risk, driving smarter decision-making and strengthening its position domestically and abroad. “DB2 with BLU Acceleration helps us gain deeper insight into our business – and do so faster than ever.” —Micha Altmeyer, Team Leader for SAP Application Management Services, Helvetia Business benefits: Up to 12x faster data-loading and 20% quicker queries accelerate time-to-insight Deepens understanding of customers, risk exposure, sales performance and more 60% further cut in already-compressed data volumes saves money on storage Helvetia Races to the top of the Swiss insurance market thanks to faster, smarter decision-making Solution components: • SAP® Business Warehouse • SAP BusinessObjects™ • SAP Customer Relationship Management • SAP ERP • SAP Investment Management for Insurance • SAP Reinsurance Management • SAP Solution Manager • IBM® AIX® • IBM DB2® with BLU Acceleration® • IBM DS8000® • IBM Global Technology Services® • IBM Power® System E870, IBM PowerVM® • IBM Storwize® V7000 Helvetia offers a broad range of insurance products to more than 5 million retail and corporate customers. Headquartered in St. Gallen, Switzerland, Helvetia has operations across the continent and employs around 6,500 people. Share this Link Client Name Helvetia Company Background Helvetia offers a broad range of insurance products to more than 5 million retail and corporate customers. Headquartered in St. Gallen, Switzerland, Helvetia has operations across the continent and employs around 6,500 people. Business challenge Aiming to become the top Swiss insurer and to enhance its position in other European markets, Helvetia set out to gain deeper insight into its strengths, and highlight where it could improve. The benefit With data-loading up to 12 times faster and query times slashed by 20 percent, Helvetia is rapidly unlocking valuable insight into customers, risk exposure, sales performance and more. Pull Quote “DB2 with BLU Acceleration helps us gain deeper insight into our business – and do so faster than ever.” —Micha Altmeyer, Team Leader for SAP Application Management Services, Helvetia Solution components IBM® AIX® IBM DB2® with BLU Acceleration® IBM DS8000® IBM Global Technology Services® – Strategic Outsourcing IBM Power® System E870 IBM PowerVM® IBM Storwize® V7000 SAP Business Warehouse SAP BusinessObjects SAP Customer Relationship Management SAP ERP SAP Investment Management for Insurance SAP Reinsurance Management SAP Solution Manager Case study Link http://www-03.ibm.com/software/businesscasestudies/us/en/gicss67sap?synkey=E400456D92605L21 © 2017 IBM Corporation