With the volume of data increasing at a rapid rate, executives now face business critical questions on how to deal with all that company and customer data, and how to turn the problem from a decision-making crisis to a decision-making advantage.

To help customers address these concerns, Teradata and SAP have formed a Global Technology Partnership in which Teradata complements the SAP NetWeaver architecture, in particular, SAP NetWeaver BI with Teradata capabilities by using SAP standard interfaces and certifications. Further, the Teradata Virtual Access solution, the first offer in the Teradata Integration Suite, allows customers to leverage their investments in both Teradata and SAP with minimum disruption to current systems.

Many joint customers see the "1+1=3" advantages of being able to access all data simply by using familiar BI tools. Plus, the partnership introduces new opportunities to business users as well as IT departments allowing them to:

• Track products in the value chain of the product arena
• Analyze detailed reporting in the financial segment
• Provide profitability analysis to marketing and sales
• Lower IT costs
• Use assessment and implementation services
• Access information seamlessly from SAP to Teradata using Virtual InfoCubes
• Implement applications quicker
• Realize ROI sooner
• Reduce risk, and
• Take advantage of investment protection…to avoid surprises with additional training costs

Simply stated, Teradata complements SAP with greater data access and advanced analytics that provide you with more information to make sound decisions your company's gold-standard.