Teradata University Network Announces Grants to Fund Case Studies Demonstrating Best Practices in Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing

ATLANTA, April 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Teradata University Network, sponsored by Teradata Corporation (NYSE: TDC), today announced the Teradata Case Competition  to encourage and financially support the development of case studies illustrating the successful practice of business intelligence and data warehousing by Teradata customers.  More than $50,000 will be awarded in study grants and prizes to professors submitting winning entries. The deadline for case study proposals is May 1.

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"We're doing this to provide professors and faculty an opportunity for funded research, recognition, and publication.  The companies that they profile will be further recognized for their leadership in business intelligence and data warehousing," said Hugh Watson, competition coordinator and professor of MIS in the Terry College of Business at the University of Georgia.

The Teradata Case Competition includes two stages, each juried by leading academics and Teradata managers and professionals. The first step is the submission of proposals. The second step is the submission of fully completed case studies. Proposals should focus on the customer's need for changes, the impact the changes had and the return on investment, as well as summarize the role of the Teradata technology or Teradata professional services in enabling or supporting the work. The company work can be enterprise-wide or departmental but must illustrate best practices and have demonstrable high impact. The submission form and additional information are here. (http://www.teradata.com/t/teradata-case-competition/ )

Accepted proposals will be announced on June 1 and will receive $10,000 in funding from Teradata.  "Each case development grant will help fund the research into the best practices within a specific Teradata customer company," explained Teradata University Network Director Susan Baxley. "We know that through this effort we will help academics discover the best practices of very successful companies and we suspect that some of those companies will be surprised to learn just how good they are in their use of business intelligence."

Accepted complete case submissions will then be judged and prize winners will be announced November 15. The first place prize is $10,000. All completed case studies will be made available to the academic community to support instruction and research and will also be used by Teradata to illustrate best practices and the value of business intelligence and data warehousing.

About Teradata University Network

Teradata University Network is a free web-based portal for faculty and undergraduate and graduate students in data warehousing, business intelligence/decision support, and database. Led by academics, Teradata University Network currently has more than 2,300 registered faculty members from over 1200 universities in 80 countries, and thousands of student users.

About Teradata

Teradata Corporation (NYSE: TDC) is the world's largest company solely focused on raising intelligence and achieving enterprise agility through its database software, enterprise data warehousing, data warehouse appliances, consulting, and enterprise analytics.  Visit Teradata on the web at www.teradata.com.

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