Technology Record - Issue 24: Spring 2022

87 from competitive solutions, allowing customers to use the tools and languages they prefer, at scale. For example, with Vantage, organisations can easily connect with native object store for open data sharing, as well as connect to and use the tools and languages they prefer. According to Blankenhorn, Teradata also provides the lowest total cost of ownership for data analytics in the cloud. “This optimised and cohesive approach enables customers to manage multiple deployments as a single ecosystem which results in cost savings from not having to replicate and move data,” he says. “With the workload management and other cloud optimisation techniques that Teradata offers, customers can achieve the best price for performance and the lowest total cost of ownership in the cloud and in other environments.” Teradata has worked with a large selection of customers, spanning a wide range of industries including finance, telecommunications, retail and manufacturing. Notable customers include well-known companies such as BMW Group, Groupon, Royal Bank of Canada and Vodafone Germany. “We recently deployed Vantage for Siemens Healthineers, a medical device company, to perform predictive maintenance on 600,000 installed medical devices around the world,” says Blankenhorn. “Also, our solution has leveraged 230 terabytes of data for consumer goods company Unilever, which runs 27 business services, supporting finance, sales, the supply chain and human resources decision-making for its 400 retail brands.” Overall, Teradata exemplifies how cross-­ platform connectivity aids data analysis for all industries and sectors such as through dealing with the changing nature of demand for manufacturers and aiding healthcare providers with artificial intelligence to better predict new diagnoses, disease progressions and wellness risks. Retailers can also optimise product stock, pricing and promotions so that they can focus on prioritising customer experiences both in store and online with the use of Vantage. Teradata’s cloud data platform, Vantage, provides data to users anytime and anywhere

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