Belgacom Doubles Business Intelligence Capacity With Teradata.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers DAYTON, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 23, 2004 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 ), today announced that Belgacom, Belgium's leading telecommunications operator, has invested in a new Teradata(R) Warehouse and a four-year maintenance contract. The new solution is twice as powerful and capable of managing the customer information and network data of both the Belgacom Carrier & Wholesale and Belgacom Wireline divisions. The new Teradata Warehouse supports strategic Belgacom projects, such as Best Cost Routing and recent initiatives in the field of Web analysis. The Best Cost Routing application allows Belgacom to swiftly meet changes in supply and demand on the international market for bandwidth. Each hour, the operator analyzes worldwide telephone traffic and uses the reports to validate its decisions on the profitability of its own contracts. The Teradata Warehouse will also act as an intelligent dashboard (1) See Mac Dashboard. (2) A software-based control panel for one or more applications, network devices or industrial machines. Dashboards display simulated gauges and dials that look somewhat like an automobile dashboard. for recently launched e-business projects. Belgacom will generate a detailed view of how employees, suppliers and customers make use of its Web sites and use this business intelligence to increase user satisfaction. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Belgacom Vice President of Information Technology Chris De Backer, "Our choice for Teradata was a logical one. Teradata has made us the best possible offer as far as total cost of ownership is concerned. Moreover, we have been working with Teradata software for over 10 years now, and it has not failed once." "Each day, Belgacom gathers millions of pieces of information. Teradata matches all those pieces to a puzzle that provides profound intelligence on Belgacom's market," said Gunther Roobaert, Teradata director for Belgium. About Teradata Division Teradata, a division of NCR Corporation (NYSE:NCR), is the global leader in enterprise data warehousing See data warehouse. data warehousing - data warehouse and enterprise analytic technologies and services. For more information, visit www.teradata.com. 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. Based in 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. , NCR (www.ncr.com) employs approximately 29,000 people worldwide. NCR and Teradata are trademarks or registered trademarks of NCR Corporation in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and other countries. |
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