More and more companies are seeking to use their data warehouse as a strategic asset and not just a repository of historical data used for after-the-fact reporting. An enterprise data warehouse from Teradata plays a key role in allowing companies to have that important single view of data and providing a stable, reliable platform that enables customers to innovate with their data warehouses even further. The trend toward mixed workloads and Active Data Warehousing (ADW) is leading to a new breed of mission-critical applications residing directly on the data warehouse. Due to their critical nature, these applications are requiring the highest levels of availability - higher availability than can be achieved by any single system.

The Teradata approach differs significantly from traditional dual system solutions. The Teradata Dual Active Solution allows you to use the secondary system in day-to-day production, bringing a positive ROI that is unachievable with a passive system that acts only as an insurance policy.