Category: Teradata

Feed: Teradata Blog. For the second session of the Oxford Saïd Customer Executive Education partnered by Teradata, we were fortunate to have Professor Pinar Ozcan as our guest speaker. Ozcan is Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Oxford Saïd School of Business and she also serves as the Director of the Oxford Future of Finance and Technology (Fintech) Initiative. The topic for this workshop was Disruption, Fintech and the Rise of Platforms so Professor Ozcan was the perfect choice to lead as her current research includes an examination of industry disruption as a result of new regulation, the entry of ... Read More

Feed: Teradata Blog. In every industry, businesses are wielding the power of data analytics to stay ahead of the competition. Today, systems are swamped with data from various sources; there is a digital footprint present for every individual. Telecom operators are literally goldmines of data. These days, mobile users can access different applications via social media accounts which, when combined with data from mobile phone operators, can open a doorway to customer’s behavior and preferences.   A leading telecom operator in South Asia decided to use its customer base to provide Data as a Service to other businesses. Businesses wanted to tag ... Read More

Feed: Teradata Blog. A 2015 Fortune Magazine article titled “Trust is the most powerful currency in business” shows a picture of two hands-shaking. Roll the calendar forward five years when artificial intelligence and advanced analytics are increasingly pervasive, the entities involved in forming “trust” have evolved to include machines. As the data available to the insurance industry continues to balloon, lack of trust in data and algorithms is a major hindrance to further innovation and transformation. This article discusses shifts underpinning the insurance business that AI will drive and the corresponding trust challenges. The desire to expand AI is largely financial ... Read More

Feed: Teradata Blog. The Saïd School of Business at Oxford University has earned its reputation as a global leader in executive education and academic investigation into business management. So, it is exciting that our partnership with the School allows us to offer the Oxford Saïd Customer Executive Education to our financial services clients this autumn. This series of workshops for c-level customers will distill the best academic thinking and practical learnings into creating the Bank of the Future. People before products How can banks compete to win and retain customers in the digital economy? The question arises every day in ... Read More

Feed: Neo4j Graph Database Platform. Author: Jocelyn Hoppa. We are thrilled to announce our latest tool, Neo4j Connector for Apache Spark. This connector is huge as it opens up the vast Apache Spark™ ecosystem to Neo4j.Neo4j Connector for Apache Spark is an integration tool that moves and reshapes data bi-directionally between Neo4j and Apache Spark.With this connector, Neo4j customers now have access to any data sources that are connected to the Spark ecosystem. Spark is the data orchestration tool of choice for most organizations, and also a powerful ETL tool.Data scientists and developers who regularly need to manipulate data – ... Read More

Feed: Teradata Blog. In case you missed the news, the latest release of Teradata Vantage delivered on cloud platforms as-a-Service includes a built-in Advanced SQL Engine capability called Native Object Store that allows business users to explore and analyze Parquet, CSV, and JSON format datasets located on external object storage on demand using familiar Teradata SQL.Native Object Store is enabled “out-of-the-box”, which means Vantage users can start taking advantage of it immediately. Well almost, as there is a bit of set up needed to ensure the target object storage is accessible to Vantage.  This article describes the prerequisites and configuration required ... Read More

Feed: Teradata Blog. Tesla is not a typical automaker. In most ways it closely resembles a Silicon Valley technology start-up. Traditional Auto companies, “the metal benders,” are adept at making complex reliable products at massive scale, but the software experience in those products is still not as sophisticated as we experience every day with our mobile devices, gaming consoles, smart wearables etc.   Very soon, we may see well known Auto brands – the likes of VW, Toyota, FCA, GM -- join the list of Silicon Valley technology companies.   But why?   Why can’t auto companies focus on building good cars and let their ... Read More

Feed: Teradata Blog. Big data is no longer a term that business owners are unaware of. In fact, most business leaders now know that insights derived from big data analytics are critical to the growth of an organization.  A fairly recent NewVantage Partners study reported that 85% of companies are investing or planning to invest in big data. This isn’t surprising at all. Big data is the need of the hour.  From retail and healthcare to banking and manufacturing to eCommerce – big data has swept major industries by storm. With an increase in the number of competitors and ever-demanding customers, it has become ... Read More

Feed: Teradata Blog. Every abandoned shopping cart is lost revenue for a business, but it is more than just financial metrics. Payment friction leads to negative brand impressions. And for a large business, operating at a scale of hundreds of shoppers per minute, even a small increment in checkout conversion can lead to significant improvement in customer experience.  Why is it so? Contrary to common belief, a shopping experience is not based on the total sum or average of every moment of the journey. We judge it largely based on how we feel at its peak (i.e., its highest point ... Read More

Feed: Teradata Blog. Many Teradata customers are interested in integrating Teradata Vantage with Microsoft Azure First Party Services. This guide will help you to connect Teradata Vantage using the Native Object Store feature to query Salesforce data sourced by Azure Data Factory.The procedure offered in this guide has been implemented and tested by Teradata. However, it is offered on an as-is basis. Microsoft does not provide validation of Teradata Vantage using Native Object Store capability with Azure services.This guide includes content from both Microsoft and Teradata product documentation. This guide describes the procedure to query customer information from Salesforce and ... Read More