Iceland Foods Expands its Teradata(R) Warehouse(TM) to Optimize Decision-Support Capabilities; Upgrades to Five-Terabyte Enterprise Data Warehouse to Drive Greater Value from Its Information Assets.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 ), today announced that Iceland Foods, a leading United Kingdom-based food retailer, has engaged Teradata for a significant upgrade of its enterprise data warehouse environment. The retailer expects to increase the value of its operational, customer and financial information to the business while also reducing the total cost of ownership of its data warehousing See data warehouse. data warehousing - data warehouse and analytical infrastructure. Iceland Foods selected Teradata's enterprise data warehouse software and hardware package in preference to a data warehouse appliance-based proposition. The upgraded five-terabyte Teradata enterprise data warehouse will support key processes and associated users across the business, including merchandising, supply chain, finance and marketing. The enhancement will enable Iceland Foods to generate more business value from its existing analytical applications by both increasing the speed of delivery and extending the scope of information used in analytical calculations. It will also support and simplify the deployment of new analytical applications that can improve the company's ability to serve its customers. Teradata systems management software will automate many of the operational management activities, which is expected to lower the total cost of ownership through improved economies of scale. With this infrastructure upgrade, Iceland Foods has strengthened its business commitment to Teradata data warehousing and business intelligence technology for the next five years. As part of this commitment, Iceland Foods has engaged Teradata Professional Services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. for a business discovery project that will identify information-analysis-related business improvement projects that can be implemented over a five-year period. "The upgrade to the Teradata Warehouse is a key business initiative that will help give Iceland Foods the information and intelligence to better service its customers and streamline operations," said Mark Pearson
Mark "Pancho" Pearson, (born in October 28, 1939 in Ridgeway), was an English football forward. Pearson started his professional career with Manchester United F.C.. , IT director at Iceland Foods. "Teradata not only demonstrated that its enterprise data warehousing vision and technology would deliver greater return on our investment than the competition, but that it could also work as a strategic consulting partner to the business, helping us to maximize the value of our investment." "We are very pleased that Iceland Foods has chosen to extend its relationship with Teradata and its investment in our technology. This commitment highlights both the strength of our data warehousing technology and also the skills and experience we can offer through our professional services business," said Chris Armitage, area vice president for Teradata in Ireland and the United Kingdom. "We look forward to working with Iceland Foods to derive greater intelligence from its information assets and consequently drive business improvement." About Iceland Foods Iceland Frozen Foods Ltd was founded in 1970 and is based in Deeside North Wales North Wales (known in some archaic texts as Northgalis) is the northernmost unofficial region of Wales, bordered to the south by Mid Wales and to the east by England. . The company employs 17,000 people and has 675 stores across the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland Northern Ireland: see Ireland, Northern. Northern Ireland Part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland occupying the northeastern portion of the island of Ireland. Area: 5,461 sq mi (14,144 sq km). Population (2001): 1,685,267. . Over the past 12 months, the company has refocused its core proposition back into offering the best choice for frozen food in value, service and quality. This review has led to significantly increased sales and an improved position within the 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 Analytic Applications are a type of business application software, used to measure and improve the performance of business operations. More specifically, Analytic Applications are a type of Business Intelligence solution. 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 28,200 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. |
|
||||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion