Ab Initio technology streamlines movement of operational data into data warehouses
Teradata, a division of NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR), today announced it has entered into an agreement with Ab Initio Software Corporation. Ab Initio's Co>Operating System(R) quickly moves, transforms and integrates data from multiple, disparate data sources into centralized Teradata(R) warehouses, where the information supports instant decision-making, enabling businesses to both save money and promote growth.Ab Initio is an integral part of Teradata's data warehousing strategy to help businesses consolidate multiple, costly data marts into a centralized enterprise warehouse. Quick access to relevant data can make or break a company's competitive position in the market.
"Today's businesses need answers fast. They need high performance, end- to-end," said Clifford Lasser of Ab Initio. "Teradata leads the industry by bringing parallelism and ease-of-use to high-performance relational database systems, and Ab Initio leads the industry by bringing parallelism and ease-of- use to all of the tasks outside of databases, including data transformation and data movement. The combination of Teradata and Ab Initio has proven to be extremely successful every time."
Ab Initio can extract and transform extremely large volumes of data, in parallel, and directly transfer this information to Teradata's parallel load utilities. By delivering parallel performance to every aspect of data warehouse operations, Teradata and Ab Initio can easily scale as new data sources are added to the enterprise warehouse.
The agreement brings together two complementary companies to serve the data warehousing needs of businesses. Teradata is a global provider of centralized data warehousing and analytical tools, and Ab Initio is known for the ease and speed with which its Co>Operating System can extract, transform and load data from one database to another by employing many servers, often hundreds, processing data in parallel.
"Like the Teradata database, Ab Initio's Co>Operating System was designed from the ground up for power, efficiency and ease-of-use. The Co>Operating System harnesses parallel processing to extract, transform and integrate data from multiple, disparate data sources," said Stephen Brobst, chief technology officer, Teradata. "Ab Initio's ability to handle huge data volumes empowers the deployment of Teradata warehouse solutions."
Ab Initio's software is compatible with Teradata Database V2R4.1 data warehousing software, based on Ab Initio's testing and certification.
About Ab Initio
Ab Initio solves the most challenging data processing problems for the leading companies in telecommunications, finance, insurance, health care, e- commerce, retail, shipping, and other industries. Applications built with Ab Initio products are in production today at the enterprise level at many of the world's largest companies - one quarter of the Fortune 50 are operating with Ab Initio(R) software. To learn more about Ab Initio, see http://www.abinitio.com .
About Teradata Division
Teradata, a division of NCR Corporation, offers powerful analytical solutions that help businesses drive growth. Teradata solutions include the Teradata database, and analytical applications for customer relationship management, operations and financial management, business performance management and e-business. To learn more about Teradata Division and its solutions, go to http://www.Teradata.com .
About NCR Corporation
NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR) is a leader in providing Relationship Technology(TM) solutions to customers worldwide. NCR's Relationship Technology solutions include the Teradata(R) database and analytical applications such as customer relationship management (CRM) and demand chain management, store automation systems and automated teller machines (ATMs). The company's business solutions are built on the foundation of its long- established industry knowledge and consulting expertise, value-adding software, global customer support services, a complete line of consumable and media products, and leading edge hardware technology. NCR employs 33,300 in more than 100 countries, and is a component stock of the Standard & Poor's 500 Index. More information about NCR and its solutions may be found at www.ncr.com .
NCR and Teradata are trademarks or registered trademarks of NCR Corporation in the United States and other countries.
Ab Initio, Co>Operating, and Co>Operating System are registered trademarks of Ab Initio Software Corporation in the United States and other countries.
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