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Teradata Warehouse Miner 5.1 Enables Businesses to Predict the Future

August 2, 2007 at 12:55 PM EDT
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Open Analytic Environment Expands Data-Mining Technology Options

While Leveraging the Teradata Database for In-Database Mining

DAYTON, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 2, 2007--Teradata, a division of NCR Corporation (NYSE:NCR), announced the availability of Teradata(R) Warehouse Miner 5.1, which enables data-mining technology from multiple vendors to be embedded and run within the Teradata enterprise data warehouse.

    News Facts

    --  Teradata's powerful technology pushes beyond describing what
        happened last quarter, last week, yesterday and even intraday
        to better predict what is going to happen in the future. The
        technology uncovers relationships and patterns within the data
        that can be used to predict behavior and events. As a result,
        businesses can better understand customer behavior, identify
        unexpected opportunities, and anticipate opportunities and
        problems before they happen.

    --  Due to increasing customer adoption of in-database processing,
        Teradata has made 150 customer-requested enhancements to
        Teradata Warehouse Miner. One of the key improvements is the
        embedding of partner analytic applications that run within the
        database. The partners' applications are preconfigured and
        easily integrated into a customer's open enterprise warehouse
        environment. Neural network algorithms provided by StatSoft
        are just one example. Neural networks are a sophisticated
        statistical tool that is capable of identifying and evaluating
        the inter-relationship of a large number of variables at one
        time. They are capable of self-learning behavior.

    --  Neural network algorithms have many invaluable business and
        practical uses. They can be used to determine credit
        worthiness of an individual, detect and evaluate medical
        phenomena to support a treatment plan, and prevent fraud by
        recognizing a signature, including the velocity of a pen
        stroke of an individual consumer.

    --  In 1999, Teradata was the first database vendor to integrate
        the data-mining process into the database engine, thereby
        leveraging the inherent parallelism and processing power of
        Teradata. Teradata Warehouse Miner 5.1, as with previous
        versions, integrates data mining within a centralized data
        warehouse, streamlining the data-mining process and making it
        possible to mine massive volumes of data with improved
        accuracy and speed.

    Quote

"Teradata's open analytic approach provides our customers with access to the best and most powerful technology from global data-mining partners, and leverages the power and performance of Teradata to optimize the data-mining process. The combination of the Teradata enterprise warehouse and partners' data-mining technologies provide our customers with superior predictive intelligence," said Randy Lea, vice president, Teradata products and services. "It's no longer a competitive advantage to just understand the past by looking in the rearview mirror; competitive differentiation is being driven by predicting what is going to happen just ahead or even around the corner."

Relevant Coverage, Links and Citations:

"FBI Hatches Massive Anti-Terror Data Mining Plan,"
Michael J. Sniffen, Associated Press, June 13, 2007
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/57821.html

"Reaping Results: Data-Mining Goes Mainstream,"
Steve Lohr, The New York Times, Sunday business section, May 20, 2007
http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F00714F83A550C738EDDAC
0894DF404482 (Due to its length, this URL may need to be copied/pasted
into your Internet browser's address field. Remove the extra space if
one exists.)

"Data Mining In Depth: Using Data Mining to Find Terrorists,"
Herb Edelstein, DM Review, May 2003
http://www.dmreview.com/article_sub.cfm?articleId=6655

    Additional Information

    Two Crows Consulting - http://www.twocrows.com/

    The Data Warehousing Institute - http://www.tdwi.org/search.aspx

    Teradata Warehouse Data Mining -
http://www.teradata.com/t/page/85125/index.html

    Teradata Advanced Analytics -
http://www.teradata.com/t/page/44097/index.html

    --  In addition to embedding partners' technology within Teradata
        Warehouse Miner, Teradata has long provided optimization for
        the data-mining process by integrating with partners such as
        KXEN, SAS, SPSS and Fair Isaac. These partners use the
        XML-based Predictive Model Markup Language (PMML) to leverage
        the processing power of the Teradata warehouse. PMML is an
        open standard language that allows customers to share analytic
        models among applications, enabling them to easily port
        desktop and server-based analytic models to run within the
        Teradata warehouse.

    --  The expertise of the Teradata Professional Services consulting
        team, the world's largest team focused on data warehousing,
        empowers the IT professional, data miner and business user to
        work together to build data-mining competence regardless of
        the current level of proficiency. The hands-on mentoring
        approach of the Teradata consulting team helps businesses be
        more successful, more quickly.

    Background

    About Teradata Division

Teradata (www.teradata.com), a division of NCR Corporation (NYSE:NCR), is the global technology leader in enterprise data warehousing, analytic applications and data warehousing services. Organizations around the world rely on the power of Teradata's award-winning solutions to get a single, integrated view of their business to enhance decision-making, customer relationships and profitability. As a growing business, Teradata is always looking for outstanding talent. To learn more about Teradata career opportunities, visit www.teradata.com/careers.

About NCR Corporation

NCR Corporation (NYSE:NCR) is a leading global technology company helping businesses build stronger relationships with their customers. NCR's Teradata(R) data warehouses, ATMs, retail systems, self-service solutions and IT services provide Relationship Technology(TM) that maximizes the value of customer interactions and helps organizations create a stronger competitive position. Based in Dayton, Ohio, NCR (www.ncr.com) employs approximately 29,650 people worldwide.

NCR and Teradata are trademarks or registered trademarks of NCR Corporation in the United States and other countries.


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    CONTACT: Teradata Division
             NCR Corporation
             Dan Conway, 858-485-3029
             dan.conway@teradata-ncr.com

    SOURCE: NCR Corporation