The LEO’s are named after the world’s first business computer. Created by the Lyons
Company of the UK in 1951 and with installations in Australia by Tubemakers, Shell
and Colonial Mutual. LEO was the first computer in the world to be used to solve
complex analytic problems including (but not limited to) calculating disease among
miners, ballistic problems of missiles, mortality rates for insurance companies, “flutter”
in new aircraft, how to make rain by seeding clouds and even calculating tax tables.
The awards celebrate outstanding achievements in the full range of Business Intelligence
and Information Management activities:
Data modelling, integration, quality, warehousing and mining
Analytics, reporting, dashboarding and scorecarding
Business Process Management
Search
Performance management
Knowledge management and strategy
to name a few. The awards are given to commercial organisations, government, and
education initiatives as well as individuals who have excelled in the end-use of analytics
and information management.
Governance of the LEO Awards is conducted by an Advisory Board consisting of
seasoned members of the Australasian commercial, government and academic
knowledge economy. The Board represent many industries and aspects of hands-on
experience from the end-user community.
The awards were launched in 2010. See The LEO Awards
