Australian Government Enlists Teradata to Fortify Territory Borders.SYDNEY, Australia -- The Australian Customs Service The Australian Customs Service is the Australian Federal Government agency responsible for managing the security and integrity of the Australian border, facilitating the movement of legitimate international travellers and goods, and collecting border related duties and taxes. (Customs) has chosen 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 ), to provide a passenger analysis system based on a data warehouse solution to enhance service and security at Australian border points. Customs required a high-speed, stable solution and sophisticated analytics processes. The deal includes two NCR 5400 servers as the production system, two NCR 4980 servers for disaster recovery, a development node and a maintenance support service package over a five-year period. Teradata will work closely with EDS (Electronic Data Systems, Plano, TX, www.eds.com) Founded in 1962 by H. Ross Perot (independent candidate for the President of the U.S. in 1992), EDS is the largest outsourcing and data processing services organization in the country. to implement the project. The proposed solution is designed to process historical and continuous amounts of data, and conduct the complex analytics necessary to interpret the data and trigger immediate action. In addition to performance and flexibility, other features offered by Teradata include the ability to continually query while loading data to support real-time updates, the ability to search across any field and any record at any time, strong security, and minimal ongoing administration and support with 99.9 percent availability. "Working on this project is a proud validation of our core competency A core competency is something that a firm can do well and that meets the following three conditions specified by Hamel and Prahalad (1990):
About Teradata Division Teradata (www.teradata.com), a division of NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR), is the global technology leader in enterprise data warehousing See data warehouse. data warehousing - data warehouse , 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(R) data warehouses and IT services provide Relationship Technology(TM) solutions that maximize the value of customer interactions and help organizations create a stronger competitive position. Based in Dayton, Ohio, NCR (www.ncr.com) employs approximately 28,300 people worldwide. NCR and Teradata are trademarks or registered trademarks of NCR Corporation in the United States and other countries. |
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