Enhanced database will provide deeper visibility to product and customer profitability, economics

WASHINGTON and PARIS, Oct. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Teradata Corporation (NYSE: TDC), the world's largest company solely focused on data warehousing and enterprise analytics, announced today that Groupe Casino, an international retailer based in France, has signed a contract to significantly expand its Teradata environment. Groupe Casino currently uses its Teradata data warehouse to support product, customer and store-related decision-making. The upgrade includes the Teradata Active Enterprise Data Warehouse platform and professional services. The system will manage 18 terabytes of data, providing the retailer with a single, integrated view of its fast-growing business operations.

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Groupe Casino data warehouse has over 3,500 active users including generic users who collectively make an average of more than 600,000 queries each day. Since 1994, the Teradata data warehouse has handled all data relating to purchasing, sales, logistics, product mixes, pricing and inventories. The new Teradata expansion will enable deeper analysis of profitability and pricing across all 3,000 integrated French stores and its entire portfolio of five million products throughout all store outlets. The last Teradata upgrade in 2006 was focused on deeper access and analysis of customer information and has enabled the company to increase customer loyalty, they report.

"Our business has grown and the requirements for our Teradata Active Enterprise Data Warehouse platform have also grown. Doubling computing power will help us more accurately track profitability across the enterprise in highly complex detail," said Laurent Ballet-Thouble, Director of purchase and marketing department for Casino Information Technology. "In the challenging economic climate we are experiencing today, the intelligent insight provided by the Teradata system is a valuable tool for better marketing and merchandise management."

Teradata's technology enables Groupe Casino to gain a better understanding of its products and customers and their value contribution to the business - in complete and accurate detail - and at a speed that meets their demand.

"Groupe Casino continues to operate its business with highly advanced information management capabilities, and we at Teradata are proud to collaborate with them on the very leading edge," said Eric Joulie, vice president Western Europe for Teradata and President of Teradata France.

Teradata's powerful performance has enabled Groupe Casino data warehouse system to keep pace with their business growth and increasing need for richer information. "Even though the size and scalability characteristics of our Teradata environment are impressive, the speed and detailed data visibility are even more impressive - providing insight to 3,500 users across our business," said Ballet-Thouble.

About Groupe Casino

With almost 10,000 hypermarkets, supermarkets and superettes in 11 countries (across Europe, Asia and Latin America), Groupe Casino is a global retail leader. It employs about 200,000 people. In 2008, Groupe Casino reported 28.704 billion euros in sales. Please consult the Casino Web site for further information.

About Teradata

Teradata Corporation (NYSE: TDC) is the world's largest company solely focused on raising intelligence through data warehousing, data warehouse appliances, consulting services and enterprise analytics. Teradata is in more than 60 countries and on the web at www.teradata.com.

Teradata is a trademark or registered trademark of Teradata Corporation in the United States and other countries.

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