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Teradata Ships Data Warehouse That Enables Enterprise Intelligence; New Products Further Automate, Greatly Simplify System Management

December 21, 2005 at 2:00 PM EST
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DAYTON, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 21, 2005--Teradata, a division of NCR Corporation (NYSE:NCR), announced the shipment of Teradata(R) Warehouse 8.1, a suite of software, hardware and consulting services, with new capabilities that make it easier to build and manage the next generation of active data warehouses that drive enterprise intelligence throughout the organization.

Teradata Warehouse 8.1 has a range of enhancements to optimize an active data warehouse including Teradata Active System Management, a set of system management software that makes it easier to monitor and manage a Teradata data warehousing environment. Today, leading-edge Teradata customers have environments where data is continuously loaded and processed - operational intelligence is "pushed" out to thousands of front-line users, while knowledge workers are simultaneously running multiple applications with both strategic and unplanned queries. Teradata Active System Management monitors the query activity in real time with an on-screen dashboard, and provides tools so administrators can better manage the system to ensure business users get consistent, predictable response times from their complex environments.

"Teradata's enterprise intelligence delivers strategic analysis to the back-office decision-makers while supporting operational intelligence to the front-line users for better, faster decision-making," says Randy S. Lea, vice president of Teradata product and services marketing. "To enable enterprise intelligence, the database must support the 'mixed workload' of both batch and continuous data feeds while the deep analytical queries are being processed along side the quick, service-level operational queries. Teradata Active System Management simplifies the management of this environment enabling the Teradata database to dynamically manage this challenging and difficult workload."

According to Tom Jung, advisor, WellPoint database administration and a Teradata Warehouse 8.1 beta test site, "Teradata Active System Management will radically improve the day-to-day life of the data warehouse administrator. It will provide new capabilities so that we can be proactive system managers and avoid wasting the resources of the database."

When asked if Teradata Active System Management should be installed on WellPoint's data warehouse, Tom responded, "No question. . . do it yesterday!"

As a part of its data warehouse solution, Teradata partners with leading software vendors to serve its customers. The following partners have tested and validated that their software is compatible with Teradata Warehouse 8.1: Ab Initio, ADVIZOR, Ascential, Atanasoft, BEZ, Business Objects, Cognos, Embarcadero Technologies (formerly Ambeo), ETI, GoldenGate, Hyperion, Informatica, KXEN, MicroStrategy, Protegrity, SAS, Siebel Systems, Tibco, Valyd, and Ward Analytics.

"Teradata's Warehouse 8.1 is an important evolution in enterprise data warehouse management, allowing administrators marked improvement in overall system governance and performance," said Girish Pancha, executive vice president of products at Informatica. "Combined with Informatica PowerCenter data integration platform, Warehouse 8.1 supports the high-performance, highly scalable requirements of our joint customers. Together, Teradata and Informatica can help further extend the value of our customers' data warehouse investments to enterprise-wide data integration."

Now available for sale and installation, the key components of Teradata Warehouse 8.1 include the flagship Teradata Database V2R6.1, Teradata Tools and Utilities 8.1 and the NCR 5400 Server introduced in early 2005. These components are accompanied by Teradata consulting services, applications and partnerships.

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.

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 and ATMs, retail systems 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 28,500 people worldwide.

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


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

    SOURCE: NCR Corporation