Teradata Selects Symantec For Advanced Data Protection Solns

Teradata, a company focused on data warehousing and enterprise analytics, has announced that Symantec NetBackup will be the primary back-up, archive and recovery (BAR) software technology to support the Teradata Purpose-Built Platform Family.

“Teradata selected Symantec to provide technology with enhanced performance and new capabilities, which will help our customers secure and manage their data more effectively than before,” said Scott Gnau, chief development officer, Teradata Corporation. “Symantec has advanced data protection solutions as a result of its commitment to research and development, which has already begun to pay dividends to our customers.”

Providing a strong data protection solution is important because the role of the data warehouse has significantly shifted. It has evolved from a back-office, non-critical system queried by a few users to a system that supports thousands of frontline workers in their daily tasks. For many customers, the data warehouse has become a mission-critical system supporting high-value applications. The data warehouse contains critical information for stocking shelves, booking flights, tracking customer habits, billing for services, quarterly financial reporting, and numerous other uses.

Gnau said, “Effective BAR solutions are a critical component of the fully-integrated and scalable Teradata Purpose-Built Platform Family.”