Teradata and Microsoft Announce Joint Support

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Teradata and Microsoft Announce Joint Support for Customers

AUCKLAND, New Zealand – Teradata, a division of NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR), announced that it has signed a multiyear agreement with Microsoft to ensure product inter-operability by jointly testing Analysis Services in Microsoft SQL Server 2000 and the forthcoming SQL Server 2005 with new releases of Teradata data warehouse solutions.

“Microsoft is working closely with industry partners to continue delivering on its commitment to provide customers with better connectivity,” said Bill Baker, SQL Server business intelligence general manager, Microsoft Corp. “Our relationship with Teradata is an example of this commitment as it ensures that SQL Server 2000 Analysis Services will inter-operate with Teradata to provide increased support and flexibility for our mutual customers.”

As part of the agreement, Teradata will provide its latest release of Teradata Warehouse 7.1 and supply consulting services to assist Microsoft in testing and optimisation. The companies will publish best practices for using the products together.

“With this agreement, our customers can leverage the strengths of these combined technologies to better manage their businesses, improve productivity and unlock their enterprise data to truly allow enterprise-driven decision making,” said Julian Beavis, Teradata vice president for India, Southeast Asia, Australia and New Zealand.

About Teradata Division

Teradata, a division of NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR), is the global technology leader in enterprise data warehousing, analytic applications and data warehousing services. Organisations around the world rely on the power of Teradata’s award-winning solutions (www.teradata.com) to get a single, integrated view of their business to enhance decision-making, customer relationships and profitability.

About NCR Corporation

NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR) is a leading global technology company helping businesses build stronger relationships with their customers. NCR’s ATMs, retail systems, Teradata® data warehouses and IT services provide Relationship Technology™ solutions that maximise the value of customer interactions and help organisations create a stronger competitive position. NCR (www.ncr.com) is based in Dayton, Ohio.

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