Teradata

While organizational obstacles and product maturity prevent a sudden approach to Master Data Management (MDM) today, companies must pursue MDM in short-term pieces, with an understanding of needs across departments, between enterprises, and among industries. Product Information Management (PIM) is a worthwhile place to start.

Executives from top companies, including Teradata customer, Keith Henry of Coca-Cola Bottling, discuss with AMR Research the state and organizational issues involved in becoming more demand driven.

TDWI study examines business intelligence next steps beyond reporting: understanding analytics.

This Teradata-sponsored TDWI Checklist Report, by Philip Russom, seeks to clear the confusion by listing and explaining data requirements that are unique to advanced analytics.

According to Ventana Research, data stores must evolve to become an enterprise hub that manages a constant information flow. This report highlights how Teradata’s 12.0 addresses the demand for real-time analytics and operational Business Intelligence (BI).

AMR's Data Warehouse analyst, Paul Kirby, closes this with "… For business users struggling to perform analysis across multiple data sources… We recommend companies using R/3 to seriously consider the BW/Teradata combination as part of an overall enterprise data warehousing strategy."

Teradata acquired existing partner DecisionPoint Software for an undisclosed sum. The deal was announced and closed on November 30, 2005.

This report by AMR Resarch states that starting in October 2005, Teradata was to begin to offer additions to its industry data models to include Accounts Payable (A/P), Accounts Receivable (A/R), Procurement, Fixed Assets, and Project Accounting—putting more “E” in its Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW) strategy.

This report by Ventana Research discusses Teradata's Extension into Enterprise Marketing. Teradata is known for its data warehouse technology and for offerings that address critical business intelligence and enterprise needs.  Yet it also has staked out a position in the market for customer management (CM) applications.  

This industry analyst research note highlights the Teradata Supply Chain Accelerator for SAP solution. The power of detailed and historical data is harnessed to drive more accurate and more frequent planning and helps SAP SCM users gain active business intelligence about their supply chains.

In June 2005, European analyst firm, Bloor Research, issued an evaluation report on Teradata.  It is a thorough report detailing Teradata's approach to the market, its complementary solutions, its hardware and database architecture approach, and its extension into active data warehousing.

Teradata Demand Chain Management is singled out in this AMR research note by Scott Langdoc for integrating both demand-driven promotion and inventory planning into its solution; a characteristic that is not found in any other retail software suites.

This AMR Research report identifies five infrastructure projects that AMR recommends its end user clients prioritize for 2003.  Data mart consolidation is among them, and Teradata is identified as the market leader for DMC! ..."Teradata is on terra firma when it comes to EDW."  The criteria for the priorities AMR identified are:  opportunities to increase the utility of existing information assets, significant cost savings and relatively quick implementations.

This report by AMR Research defines the four core DDSN capabilities, the four stages of organizational performance management maturity and then discusses the downstream data roadmap.

From META Group analyst Charlie Garry: Although data warehousing, as a concept, has been practiced for years, increasing competitive requirements to make better, timelier decisions are driving the growth of the enterprise data warehouse (EDW) market.

To build an enhanced loyalty program, retailers need to develop and deploy a second-generation loyalty strategy to influence desired purchase behavior and ultimately reward their best customers.  This AMR Research note covers vendor companies who help build these loyalty programs in the Retail industry.