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Teradata Ranked Among Intelligent Enterprise Dozen, Joining Global Elite for Seventh Time

^{Published on 2009-01-20 12:14:09, Last Modified on 2009-01-20 12:15:05 - Market Wire}
 

MIAMISBURG, Ohio--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--[ Teradata ] Corporation (NYSE:TDC), the world's largest company solely focused on [ data warehousing ] and [ enterprise analytics ], today announced that for the seventh time, it is ranked in the [ Intelligent Enterprise 2009 Editors' Choice Awards ] as one of the elite dozen global companies that matter most to intelligent enterprises.

"Teradata is a stalwart and remains the leader in large-scale data warehousing, but it has shown new flexibility and aggressiveness in a changing market," said Doug Henschen, editor-in-chief, Intelligent Enterprise, part of the InformationWeek Business Technology Network. "[ Teradata ] has kept its enterprise data warehousing ideology in check as it has introduced a gradation of platforms from appliance to data mart to [ enterprise data warehouse ]."

In 2008, Teradata announced its most powerful database version yet, Teradata 13, and it launched a new family of powerful [ analytical platforms ] from entry-level data mart appliances to data warehouse appliances to active enterprise data warehouses, all at attractive price points. The Teradata Purpose-Built Platform Family expands Teradata's market reach by addressing a wide range of business intelligence and analytic needs for new customers as well as across existing customers' enterprises. The current releases of the Teradata Platform Family include the Data Mart Appliance 551, Extreme Data Appliance 1550, Data Warehouse Appliance 2550 and the Active Enterprise Data Warehouse 5550 platform. The Teradata Platform Family addresses a wide range of customer needs from the "Load and Go" requirements of a department to the most complex and sophisticated data warehouse customers in the world.

To help companies jump-start their data warehouse deployment, Teradata also introduced [ Teradata Accelerate ] in 2008. These bundled comprehensive data warehouse packages include hardware, software and services that enable companies to rapidly deploy and quickly realize business value from their data warehouse investment. Teradata Accelerate packages also protect a customer's investment in the Teradata technology by leveraging existing skills sets and knowledge while also providing the portability of extract, transform and load, data model and applications from one platform to another as the customer's needs evolve.

[ Teradata ] and [ enterprise analytics ] enable companies to make better, faster decisions. Even in a challenging economic environment, Teradata customers gain a critical business advantage from the speed and efficiency with which Teradata analyzes products, customer behavior and corporate operational performance. The results of the analysis provide [ business intelligence ] to decision-makers — from strategic analysis for senior executives to operational intelligence for employees on the front lines, and to customers directly.

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About Teradata

Teradata Corporation (NYSE: TDC) is the world's largest company solely focused on raising intelligence through data warehousing, consulting services and enterprise analytics. Teradata is in more than 60 countries and on the web at [ www.teradata.com ].

Teradata is a trademark or registered trademark of Teradata Corporation in the United States and other countries.