Amp'd Mobile Signs Deal With Teradata; Mobile Entertainment Provider Will Consolidate Multiple Outsourced Functions for Financial Reporting.DAYTON, Ohio Dayton is a city in southwestern Ohio, United States. It is the county seat and largest city of Montgomery County. As of the 2005 census estimate, the population of Dayton was 158,873. -- Teradata, a division of NCR Corporation (company) NCR Corporation - Electronics company mainly active in the midrange server market. NCR was founded 1884 as National Cash Register Company. It joint the computer industry in th 1950s. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :NCR (NCR Corporation, Dayton, OH, www.ncr.com) A technology company specializing in financial terminal transactions, retail systems and data warehousing. Until the late 1990s, NCR was heavily invested in the hardware side of the industry, known worldwide as a major manufacturer of computers ), announced today that Amp'd Mobile Amp'd Mobile was a mobile phone service launched in the United States in late 2005. The company was a Mobile Virtual Network Operator and operated on the Verizon Wireless CDMA EV-DO network. Its primary non-Venture Capital investors were MTV Networks and Universal Music Group. , a Los Angeles-based mobile entertainment company created to bring next-generation broadband wireless See wireless broadband. services to youth and young adults, will implement a Teradata Warehouse(R). The first phase of the data warehouse will focus on financial reporting. Future phases will include many other subject areas across the enterprise such as product and customer analysis. "Once fully implemented, Amp'd will benefit from a centralized and consistent view of all of its enterprise information," said Ralph Vossmeyer, Teradata area vice president. "They will have accurate, up-to-date reporting providing them with detailed, actionable information." By utilizing the Teradata Telecommunications Logical Data Model (LDM LDM Logical Disk Manager LDM Local Data Manager LDM Logical Data Model LDM Last Days Ministries LDM Lorenzo de' Medici School (Florence, Italy and Austin, TX) LDM Limited Distance Modem LDM Long Distance Modem ) along with Teradata Professional Services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. , Amp'd anticipates fast and effective implementation of the initial financial reporting environment, with the ability to support future requirements of their rapidly growing business. An LDM is a graphical representation of the detailed data requirements for an industry and business-specific data warehouse environment. The LDM specifically defines which individual data elements can be stored and how they relate to one another to provide a model of the business information. This gives data warehouse users rapid and accurate access to enterprise-wide intelligence for more precise and effective decision-making. "We selected Teradata from among multiple vendors through our evaluation process," stated Bill Stone, chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. at Amp'd Mobile. "What made Teradata stand apart was its consulting expertise, leadership within the telecommunications industry and global partnerships." Amp'd Mobile will leverage the global partnership between Teradata and Sunopsis, a data integration provider, to implement a complete warehouse solution. The Teradata and Sunopsis combination provides Amp'd Mobile with a highly powerful extract-load-transform (ELT ELT English Language Teaching ELT n abbr (Scol) (= English Language Teaching) → Englisch als Unterrichtsfach ) solution designed to efficiently load and transform the large volumes of data from Amp'd Mobile's multiple outsourced systems. Performing the transformations in the Teradata warehouse leverages the power and scalability of its parallel architecture and eliminates the need for a dedicated transformation server, simplifying Amp'd Mobile's architecture and implementation. Amp'd Mobile joins Teradata's growing community of U.S.-based and international telecommunication customers, which includes Verizon Communications
Verizon Communications, Inc. , Belgacom, Telecom Italia Telecom Italia is formerly a partially state-owned Italian telco. It was once known as SIP, and it has the largest user base in Italy. Telecom Italia also owns shares in Telecom Argentina and Telecom Personal, fixed and cellular networks in Argentina. SpA, Sprint Nextel Sprint Nextel Corporation (NYSE: S) is one of the largest telecommunications companies in the world. With 55 million subscribers, Sprint Nextel operates the third largest wireless telecommunications network in the United States (based on total wireless customers), behind , Vodafone Ltd, and many others. About Amp'd Mobile Amp'd Mobile is the first integrated mobile entertainment company for youth, young professionals and early adopters, and the only third-generation (3G) carrier in the United States specifically targeting youth and young professionals. By leveraging the power of broadband wireless (EVDO), Amp'd Mobile offers traditional services such as voice and text within a completely fresh user interface designed specifically for the "mobile graduate" and 3G technology. With a myriad of customizable options to meet each person's individual needs, as well as strategic alliances with top entertainment properties, such as MTVN and Universal Music Group, Amp'd Mobile brings a more relevant, personal experience to the wireless lifestyle with unique music, video, community, entertainment, sports and gaming offerings divided into various channels for quick and easy access. Amp'd Mobile is offered nationwide and more information can be found at www.ampd.com. About Sunopsis Sunopsis empowers companies to improve business responsiveness by placing the right data at the right place, at the right time. The company's next-generation data integration product allows organizations to efficiently manage and share data from disparate data sources without the complexity and cost of traditional data integration solutions. With more than 500 customers worldwide, and a global presence, Sunopsis has regional headquarters in Boston for the United States, France for Europe and Singapore for the Asian market. 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 Teradata(R) data warehouses, ATMs, retail systems, self-service solutions and IT services provide Relationship Technology(TM) that maximizes the value of customer interactions and helps organizations create a stronger competitive position. Based in Dayton, Ohio, NCR (www.ncr.com) employs approximately 28,400 people worldwide. NCR and Teradata are trademarks or registered trademarks of NCR Corporation in the United States and other countries. |
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