Teradata introduces market-leading advances in master data management

Teradata Corp. has announced the immediate availability of
Teradata Master Data Management (MDM) 2.0, which gives companies new
capabilities to ensure that all master data (definitive data pertaining to
customers, products and suppliers) is integrated and accurate.

The first order for Teradata MDM 2.0 has just been placed by The Hershey Company, an
existing Teradata Warehouse client.

Teradata MDM 2.0 dramatically extends the business value of the current Teradata MDM solution with new features such as:

• Improved master data manageability with advanced visualization of hierarchies.
• Capabilities to profile master data in the development and runtime environments.
• A new packaged MDM sample application, based on a CDI (Customer Data Integration) model.
• New publishing services: a robust, flexible easy-to-use framework for managing the publication of master data to consuming applications, processes or users.
• Enhanced security uniquely designed for MDM protection.
• Enhanced web services functionality.
• Deeply enhanced database optimization to ensure maximum performance and utility aligned with the Teradata platform.
• Integration with market leading data quality tools such as Trillium and Firstlogic.
• Expanded operating system and Java Application Server platform support.
• Enhanced, cost-effective, technical supportability.