QlikTech, Intel, Microsoft and HP Collaborate to Deliver Revolutionary Solution Specifically Designed for 64-Bit Architecture.
Intel and QlikTech recently announced the Kassenärztliche Bundesvereinigung (KBV) has selected QlikView running on the 64-bit Intel Itanium 2 processor platform to simplify analysis for the implementation of recent German government healthcare reforms. The QlikTech, Intel, Microsoft and HP team collaborated to win the KBV’s business over traditional legacy business intelligence solutions. At the end of their evaluation the KBV concluded that the 64-bit version of QlikView running on the Intel Itanium 2 processor platform was the only solution capable of analyzing the required 15 to 20 terabytes of data without the use of a data warehouse.

Recent healthcare reforms in Germany require the KBV and other associations of physicians to provide their association members with both summary key performance indicators and record level detail of patient outcomes. In the past, technical limitations restricted the analysis to summary metrics for groups of doctors. The law now requires the KBV to analyze anonymous patient outcome data quarterly, by individual case, patient and diagnosis.

These new requirements forced the KBV Accounting Department to find a business analysis solution able to process data volumes as large as 15 to 20 tera­bytes. Three suppliers took part in a technical feasibility study, and the KBV decided in favor of the project team at QlikTech. “Everything spoke clearly in favor of the project team at QlikTech: in the proof-of-concept we saw that this solution would allow us to quickly and easily analyze a data volume of even 15 to 20 terabytes across two billion records. There is simply no other supplier or system that could even come close to handling these large data volumes,” said Eva Obermeyer, head of the KBV Accounting Department, explaining the reason for their decision.

In tight cooperation, QlikTech, HP Germany and the HP Distri­butor, Computer Center, were able to deliver and install the first test QlikView analysis application in one day. This application analyzed approximately 300 million records from four German physicians’ associations.

QlikView’s enormous analytic processing capacity would not be possible without 64-bit technology developed by Intel. 64-bit technology eliminates the 4 gigabyte addressable memory limitation previously imposed by 32-bit architectures. “A company’s operating data is its most important capital and the success of the company rises and falls with its ability to manage, analyze and process the rapidly increasing amount of information,” said Adam Martin, Enterprise Marketing Manager, at Intel EMEA. “The combination of the 64-bit Intel processor platform and QlikTech’s QlikView solution presents a new frontier in price/performance tradeoff for business analysis. QlikTech recognized the demand for this new technology early and thus is the first, and most compelling, solution in business intelligence on both Intel-based 64-bit platforms.”

QlikView is able to analyze massive amounts of data at unprecedented speed by loading data directly into memory. By taking full advantage of 64-bit technology’s memory capacity QlikView can provide summary level metrics and record level detail on the same architecture. “In partnership with the Intel, we can now offer our customers infinitely scalable business analysis solutions that provide summary KPIs as well as highly granular, detailed analyses. Today QlikView can bring our game-changing proposition of fast deployment, ease of use and stunning results to even the largest business analysis challenges in the world,” said Måns Hultman, CEO at QlikTech International.