DAYTON, Ohio -
Teradata, a division of
NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR) achieved strong above-market growth in the global software market for relational database management systems (RDBMS) in 2004. Research firm Gartner, Inc., estimated that the overall RDBMS software market grew 10.3 percent in 2004 while Teradata's new license sales revenue growth was estimated at 17 percent. ¹
Gartner attributed the strong pace of growth to the fact that "many enterprises are recognizing the increasingly strategic importance of data warehousing and business intelligence," a trend noted and echoed across a broad spectrum of analysts who acknowledge analytical tools, data integration and business intelligence as areas of increasing investment priority.
"Our growth rate, which was nearly 70 percent faster than the market, validates enterprise analytics as a priority for businesses today because they are seeking more precision in data and decision-making," said Bob Fair, chief marketing officer of Teradata. "Companies want to extend that precise decision-making capability out to the front lines. Teradata does this best, and that's what is driving our growth."
In March, Teradata announced the world's first server capable of scaling from a single server with roughly 500 gigabytes to a multiserver system that can scale up to 4.2 petabytes in size for commercial decision support. The NCR 5400 Server accelerates the Teradata® Warehouse performance by 20 percent with the capability to handle increased data volume, while also protecting existing investment by co-existence with up to five generations of NCR servers. It is a key component of Teradata Warehouse 8.0, a powerful data warehousing solution providing businesses with breakthrough business intelligence to solve the problems of how to increase revenue, reduce expenses and identify new growth opportunities. Teradata is the first to deliver a single data warehouse that supports business intelligence throughout the enterprise with both traditional analytical decision support and new operational analytical applications with its active data warehouse solutions.
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 ATMs, retail systems, Teradata® data warehouses and IT services provide Relationship Technology™ solutions that maximize the value of customer interactions and help organizations create a stronger competitive position. Based in Dayton, Ohio, NCR
(www.ncr.com) employees approximately 28,000 people worldwide.
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NCR and Teradata are trademarks or registered trademarks of NCR Corporation in the United States and other countries.
¹ "No Clear Winner in Overall RDBMS Market Share Race," Colleen Graham, Gartner Research, May 23, 2005
* Editor's note: A petabyte is defined as one thousand terabytes of data. For example, if every personal computer had a 50 gigabyte hard drive, storing a petabyte would take 20,000 personal computers.
