GLG News by Teradata Professional Services Data Warehousing Experts

o The current economic conditions are causing organizations to take cost cutting measures such as deferring capital expenditures and reducing IT costs. o While companies will be looking for ways to reduce IT costs, eliminating maintenance on mission-critical enterprise applications is not a realistic...

o Recognizing the potential of off-premises hosted computing, Microsoft is moving to establish its place in the cloud. o Despite any drawbacks, the desktop landscape is still dominated by Microsoft Windows; Azure will allow Microsoft to leverage the pervasiveness of Windows to integrate its desktop...

Rumors had been swirling over the last few weeks that WAMU was shopping for a buyer, however, the OTS (the Office of Thrift Supervision) couldn't allow WAMU to continue its operations under constraints of deposit outflows exceeding $16 billion in the last week or so and JP Morgan Chase becomes the benefactor...

o  Although rumors are flying about the possible acquisition of Teradata by SAP, the fit is far from perfect. o  SAP executives have stated the need for advanced analytics and there are other vendors that SAP could acquire to fulfill this need. o  SAP might consider acquiring...

- Microsoft's pending acquisition of Datallegro should allow Microsoft to better compete in very large database environments.  - As Microsoft will stop selling Datallegro's data warehouse appliances to new customer until they are integrated with Microsoft SQL Server, it may take a while to...

The news that Treasury Secretary Paulson and Fed Chairman Bernanke are trying to reassure the broader markets that Fannie Mae (FNM) and Freddie Mac (FRE) will not be allowed to fail has not produced the expected calming effect on the markets. Shares of both firms have plunged into single digits. Who...

Making applications easier to use will help increase the breadth and depth of their deployment within an organization.  Applications that allow user collaboration are also likely to see increased usage, especially in organizations that encourage interdepartmental cooperation rather than departmental...

Adverse news continues to sprout headlines describing the expansion of delinquencies into new corners of the US bank and thrift loan portfolios. The Mortgage Bankers Association reported that 1Q2008 mortgage delinquency and foreclosure rates continued to expand abovemuch 4Q2007 levels and are now much...

The housing bust has already made headlines from the subprime fallout, claiming dozens of mortgage banks, producing asset write offs approaching $300 billion on a global basis, and forcing many of the largest financial institutions to raise billions in new capital. Now smaller banks are going over the...

o While Teradata has been slow to acknowledge that data warehouse appliances were more than a niche market, Teradata may actually have been the original data warehouse appliance vendor. o Data warehouse appliances do not necessarily replace traditional data warehouses; rather they complement them and...