DAYTON, Ohio, Jun 22, 2004 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Teradata, a division of NCR Corporation (NYSE:NCR), a leading provider for data warehousing solutions, today announced that it is positioned in the Leaders Quadrant in Gartner's Data Warehouse Database Management System (DBMS) Magic Quadrant Report for 2004 (Magic Quadrant for Data Warehouse DBMSs - Kevin Strange - June 9, 2004).
In this magic quadrant report, Gartner defines the essential features of a successful data warehouse DBMS as the ability to shape the competitive landscape of the market, capabilities that solve analytical business challenges, ability to deliver extensive support and skilled services for production implementations and customer support, breadth and depth of partnerships with independent software vendors and systems integrators and visibility of customer references for a range of data warehouse workloads.
"This new report is in addition to Gartner's Application Server Evaluation Model (ASEM) report for 2003 that gave Teradata four years of unbroken leadership in data warehousing," said Bob Fair, chief marketing officer of Teradata. (Gartner ASEM: Data Warehouse Update, 2003 - Andy Butler, Kevin Strange - Sept. 8, 2003.)
"Global leaders across all industries have selected Teradata as their data warehouse standard including 60 percent of the Fortune most admired global companies, 60 percent of the Fortune top global retailers, 70 percent of the Fortune top global telecommunications firms and 70 percent of the Fortune top global airlines," said Fair.
About Teradata Division
Teradata, 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 (www.teradata.com) to get a single, integrated view of their business to enhance decision-making, customer relationships and profitability.
About NCR Corporation
NCR Corporation (NYSE:NCR) is a leading global technology company helping businesses build stronger relationships with their customers. NCR's ATMs, retail systems, Teradata(R) data warehouses and IT services provide Relationship Technology(TM) solutions that maximize the value of customer interactions and help organizations create a stronger competitive position. Based in Dayton, Ohio, NCR (www.ncr.com) employs approximately 28,900 people worldwide.
NCR and Teradata are trademarks or registered trademarks of NCR Corporation in the United States and other countries.
* The Magic Quadrant is copyrighted 2004 by Gartner, Inc. and is reused with permission. The Magic Quadrant is a graphical representation of a marketplace at and for a specific time period. It depicts Gartner's analysis of how certain vendors measure against criteria for that marketplace, as defined by Gartner. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in the Magic Quadrant, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors placed in the "Leaders" quadrant. The Magic Quadrant is intended solely as a research tool, and is not meant to be a specific guide to action. Gartner disclaims all warranties, express or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.
SOURCE: NCR Corporation
Teradata Division NCR Corporation Dian Terry, 937-445-2225 dian.terry@teradata-ncr.com
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