Claraview Announces New Service Offerings for Education Agencies

RESTON, Va., July 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Claraview, a division of Teradata Corporation (NYSE: TDC), a strategy and technology consultancy focused exclusively on business intelligence (BI) and analytic solutions, today announced the availability of new service offerings focused on strategic planning, data usage and data management for education agencies.

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Claraview has deep experience working with state education agencies (SEAs), local education agencies (LEAs), and federal educators to apply BI techniques and technologies that help them gain a better understanding of the performance of education at the school level. These new service offerings can typically be implemented within 4-8 weeks; depending on the scope of the project and will allow SEAs and LEAs to take full advantage of their educational data systems:

Framework for Success - Provides best practice information and advice to SEA and LEA teams beginning or engaged in education data warehousing projects. Some benefits include:

• Increased team and stakeholder's project understanding and readiness and better utilization of appropriate BI tool and reporting solutions
• Early start on essential steps to ensure data quality and governance with training and practice on methods to reduce project risks

Data Usage Strategy - Delivers a detailed "Information Value Chain" (IVC) linking the agency's functions and objectives with the questions and data that define the requirements for a BI/Data Warehouse project. Some benefits include:

• Increased stakeholder buy-in, as the IVC process engages stakeholders and applies their input early and throughout the project so their needs are met when the data system is implemented
• Highly focused decision support initiatives that provide greatest value to stakeholders and eliminate areas of limited value

Applied Data Usage Workshop - Creates a detailed plan, including a prototype of queries, reports, and processes, for the development of a data application that meets a specific, high-priority need such as dropout prevention reporting, growth model implementation, program evaluation, and other areas of interest.  Some benefits include:

• Increased user adoption through demonstration of the use of the Statewide Longitudinal Data System (SLDS) to address specific needs
• Rapid development and use of the application through complete, user-driven, external design as well as define a repeatable development process for additional data applications

Enterprise Data Management (EDM) - Offers customizable and proven EDM solutions including Data Governance, Stewardship, Quality, Integration, Security and Privacy as well Master Data Management, Metadata Management and Data Architecture. Some benefits include:

• A complete, unified, accurate, transparent, and secure view of data
• Increased internal and public trust in data assets and education performance reporting

"Claraview's exclusive focus on BI, and experience in building education data warehouses, decision support systems, and analytics solutions, uniquely positions us to assist education agencies to gain value from their data systems in a matter of weeks," said Glenn Facey, vice president of business development, Claraview. "We bring together proven P-20 subject matter expertise and industry knowledge that helps education agencies measure and improve achievement, empowering them to boost learning in the classroom."

Claraview has worked with education agencies at the federal, state and local levels including the U.S. Department of Education, Iowa Department of Education, Kentucky Department of Education, North Dakota Department of Public Instruction, Alexandria (VA) City Schools and Prince George's (MD) County Public Schools. Claraview will showcase its education offerings at the STATS-DC 2011 Data Conference, in Bethesda, Maryland from July 27-29, 2011.

About Claraview

Claraview, a division of Teradata, is an industry leading consultancy that delivers best in class business intelligence, analytics and data warehousing strategy, architecture and implementation services that enable organizations to realize the full benefits of their data and information assets. Learn more at www.claraview.com.  

About Teradata

Teradata Corporation (NYSE: TDC) is the world's largest company focused on raising intelligence through big data analytics, data warehousing and integrated marketing management. Our customers trust Teradata's innovative products and services expertise to deliver measurable business value. Please visit teradata.com for details.

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