Caterpillar Chooses Teradata

MIAMISBURG, Ohio -- Teradata Corporation (NYSE: TDC), the leader in enterprise data warehousing, announced today that it was selected by Caterpillar, the worlds leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines and industrial gas turbines, to supply licensed software applications and enterprise data warehouse services to support Caterpillar’s global rollout of SAP, a program supporting business information management.

Caterpillar purchased Teradata’s market-leading analytical software running on a LINUX-based three-node 5500H server, plus an additional hot standby node and six terabytes of storage capacity.

“The careful due diligence given to this selection process speaks to the visibility and strategic importance of this global project,” said Ephraim Flores, Teradata vice president for manufacturing.

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