Will Wal Mart Dump Teradata?

Implications: This could have a significant impact on Teradata's install base. This could have a significant impact on Teradata's growth within existing customers. This is major as the data in most data warehouses of growing dramatically.

Analysis: Teradata is far too entenched at Wal Mart for them to displace the Teradata data warehouse activity which being so actively used.

Randy Mott was the old CIO at Wal Mart and has the connections to be able to get a toehold in Wal Mart.

It's possible that many of the new applications and possibly stand alone applications will be implemented with HP's Neoview but they would not be part of the Wal Mart enterprise data warehouse.