Data warehousing and enterprise analytics prove their worth to worldÂ’s biggest retailer

Data warehousing and enterprise analytics prove their worth to world’s biggest retailer

Teradata, the data warehousing and enterprise analytics provider, has announced an agreement to broaden its partnership with Walmart.

The vendor said the agreement includes an upgrade and expansion of Walmart’s data warehouse environment to provide next-generation capabilities. The Teradata technology will offer an expected 50% reduction in floor space required and a 40% reduction in energy consumption.

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The planned expansion includes a data warehouse technology refresh programme, which the provider said will keep Walmart’s data warehouse on the leading edge of technology adoption. The agreement also includes a research and development relationship to strengthen the company’s competitive retail advantage.

“As this partnership is expanded, we will be able to leverage scalability, processing power, and storage capacity, along with software enhancements,” said Jose Hernandez, Walmart’s chief technology officer and senior vice president of infrastructure. “Consistent with our sustainability initiatives, this expansion will result in a significant reduction in our data centre power and cooling footprint.”