Teradata and SAS

"A company’s data is a truly unique and strategic asset that no competitor can duplicate – data about its customers, its suppliers, its supply and demand chain – all highly valuable. Today, turning this data into intelligence and empowering stakeholders inside and outside the enterprise is the new competitive battlefield.   In the Spotlight SAS Speeds Delivery of In-database Capabilities With Teradata; Unveils SAS Pre-Pack Offering. Press release. SAS® In-Database Processing with Teradata: An Overview of Foundation Technology Technical Paper. (PDF:686KB) The big challenge facing companies today as they attempt to compete on analytics is that their data is scattered throughout the enterprise, increasing costs and time to analyze. The SAS and Teradata partnership will significantly reduce the cost, time and effort needed to integrate and analyze a company's data. This will give companies a competitive advantage by making the right decisions and getting to market earlier with world-class analytics." – Bob Fair, Executive Vice President, Global Field Operations, Teradata Enterprise business intelligence driven by an enterprise data warehouse The collaboration between SAS and Teradata gives organizations the ability to run and optimize key SAS analytic processes within the Teradata database engine. SAS analytical functions can utilize and exploit the core parallel-processing features of the Teradata Enterprise Data Warehouse architecture. The combination of SAS and Teradata technologies allows organizations to: Reduce data movement and increase data processing efficiency. Improve SAS performance with parallel processing. Streamline data discovery and model development. The SAS and Teradata Center of Excellence The SAS and Teradata Center of Excellence features a dedicated team of solution architects and technical consultants to help organizations optimize the performance of their existing and future IT infrastructure. About Teradata Teradata Corporation is the global leader in data warehousing and analytic technologies. Teradata solutions make smart companies smarter. Teradata gives companies the people, technology, innovation and a world-class network of customers and partners enabling them to gain competitive advantage to master their markets. With Teradata, the smartest wins. Teradata is located in more than 40 countries and on the Web at Teradata.com.

Looking for More Information on Teradata and SAS? Read more about SAS and Teradata® – Dramatically Improving Enterprise Decision Making (PDF: 351KB) Find out more about Teradata. Learn about SAS® In-Database. Ready to put THE POWER TO KNOW® to work for you? Contact your local SAS office or call us toll free at 1-800-727-0025 (U.S. and Canada). Contact SAS for pricing information and to learn more about our products and solutions. Sign up for one of our free e-newsletters. Read all about it: SAS and Teradata Enter into Strategic Partnership. SAS® Drives Business Intelligence Through Databases.