NCR ANNOUNCES SUPPORT FOR WINDOWS 2000.Windows 2000 And Teradata Bring New Capabilities To Networked Economy Underscoring its commitment to open systems, 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 Corp. announced that it will support Microsoft Windows See Windows. (operating system) Microsoft Windows - Microsoft's proprietary window system and user interface software released in 1985 to run on top of MS-DOS. Widely criticised for being too slow (hence "Windoze", "Microsloth Windows") on the machines available then. 2000 across its entire offering of products, including its powerful Teradata database and many retail products. In addition, NCR will present a full suite of consulting and support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services to help businesses migrate to the Windows 2000 environment. "NCR is dedicated to offering customers an open environment for data warehousing See data warehouse. data warehousing - data warehouse ," says Mark Hurd, senior vice president of NCR's Teradata Solutions Group. "Our Teradata database and Windows 2000 are the perfect marriage. With Teradata and Windows 2000 we are offering real scalability, portability, and low cost of ownership for companies looking to implement production data warehouse solutions. Offering our core products on Windows 2000 demonstrates our overall support and confidence in the operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. ." With NCR's Teradata database, companies that prefer to employ a Windows 2000-based infrastructure will have the ability to have a fully scalable MPP (Massively Parallel Processing or Massively Parallel Processor) A multiprocessing architecture that uses up to thousands of processors. Some might contend that a computer system with 64 or more CPUs is a massively parallel processor. (Massively Parallel Database) data warehouse. Teradata extends the scalability of Windows 2000 in data warehousing by relying on Teradata's own parallel extensions and architecture rather than just the operating system itself. This combination accommodates large data warehouses, many users and complex query and analysis. With Teradata, organizations on the Windows 2000 platform can make the virtual world part of their real world business without worrying about scalability and bandwidth. In order to help businesses take full advantage of their migration to the powerful Windows 2000 environment, NCR will offer a range of Microsoft lifecycle services. While most Microsoft service partners focus on installation and support, NCR offers a full suite of consulting and support services for Windows. NCR's consulting services provide comprehensive planning, design and integration of enterprise-wide Windows solutions. NCR's RightSTART Assessment for Windows 2000 is a high-impact, low-risk assessment that enables businesses to quickly assess their organization's readiness to deploy Windows 2000. The service identifies potential issues and provides recommendations on how to best remedy them along with an estimate of the total impact of migration. NCR will also support Windows 2000 with its offering of retail products. NCR's retail architecture was built in collaboration with Microsoft. Windows NT and Windows 2000 are NCR's recommended server platform for retail applications, and Windows NT, Windows 2000 and Windows CE are NCR's strategic retail client platforms. NCR's Store Automation solutions that work in conjunction with Microsoft technologies include: the NCR Self- Checkout family, NCR Electronic Shelf Label Electronic Shelf Label is a system used by Retailers for displaying price on shelves. Automating the price change process enhances in-store merchandising and store compliance. These features add up to increased sales and reduced overall operational costs. family, NCR Web Kiosk Solution and NCR Point-of-Service (POS (1) See point of sale and packet over SONET. (2) "Parent over shoulder." See digispeak. POS - point of sale ) solutions. |
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