Teradata Other Advice

SurjitChoudhury - PeerSpot reviewer
Data engineer at Cocos pt

Considering its strength in data warehouse technology, I'd rate it between a nine out of ten. For data warehousing specifically, it has a lot of built-in components that can handle various requirements.

However, there's also big data technology to consider these days. But for a traditional data warehouse environment, Teradata is a very successful solution, a very good database, actually.

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BS
Solution Architect at Capgemini

My advice for those considering Teradata is that if you are looking for an optimized database, it is worth considering. In my experience, it has been better than Oracle and DB2 in handling large-scale data and analytics efficiently. Overall, I would rate Teradata as an eight out of ten.

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MedhaValvekar - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr Manager at Cognizant

Teradata requires maintenance, but the team in charge of the maintenance was not in-house. It was taken care of by an external support team. There are forty to fifty users of the solution in the company. I'm use Teradata on a daily basis.

I'm rating Teradata an eight out of ten.

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MartinPotgieter - PeerSpot reviewer
Services Manager at Bytes Systems Integration

I was the national service support manager for Teradata South Africa. I was in charge of all the sites in South Africa, Gauteng, and Cape Town. I was in charge of all the support services for Teradata.

I'd recommend the solution to other organizations. 

I'd rate the solution nine out of ten. It's one of the best systems in the world. 

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AhmedAdel4 - PeerSpot reviewer
Product owner at Future Work

Overall, I would rate it eight out of ten.

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Asish Sahu - PeerSpot reviewer
SPM at Infosys

I give Teradata an eight out of ten.

For enterprise-level organizations, Teradata is a suitable option.

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Rupal Sharma - PeerSpot reviewer
Data Architect at Three Ireland (Hutchison) - Infrastructure

Overall, if I consider the expense, features, and everything, then I would rate the solution a six out of ten.

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NT
Data Engineer at a recreational facilities/services company with 10,001+ employees

Teradata is a suitable solution for small customers.

Overall, I rate Teradata an eight out of ten.

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MG
Vice President IT Architecture at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees

Overall, I would rate it seven out of ten.

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Al Krause - PeerSpot reviewer
Managing Director at advanced business horizons

It's hard to compare their on-prem solution to current cloud environments. From an on-prem perspective, it's expensive but fantastic.The problem is that nobody's playing in that space anymore. People are using the cloud, and the cloud has better options.  

Because it's on-prem, I rate this solution four out of 10. 

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JP
Data warehouse consultant at Profinit

We are primarily using the latest version of the solution. 

It works well both on-premises and on the cloud. 

I would recommend the solution. However, it depends on the project itself. Based on the stability alone, I would recommend it. It's good for bigger projects. If it is used for small projects, the complexity and price may be too high. 

I'd rate the solution nine out of ten. 

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Blaine VandeBerg - PeerSpot reviewer
Principal at Insight Data Consulting

Teradata is being used on-premise, but we're moving to the cloud and I don't know that we'll retain Teradata further. We might be switching to the Google platform and their native databases.

Make sure that your data volumes are large enough for it and that you follow their standards. The modeling for Teradata is slightly different than anything else out there. Match your primary indexes if you can. These PI-to-PI joins are incredibly fast, even with massive amounts of data. I've worked on Teradata installations in the petabyte range.

I rate Teradata a nine out of ten.

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AM
Data Engineer III at a media company with 1,001-5,000 employees

I'm a customer.

I'd advise potential users to do a proper POC first. 

Teradata is beneficial when we have a huge amount of data, and queries are complex. It works well with small queries as well. However, companies won't benefit that much from Teradata if they are only focused on small queries.

I'd rate the solution eight out of ten. If they were more innovative, I would rate them higher. 

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Anton Van Heerden - PeerSpot reviewer
Managing Director at DNA Payroll Outsourcing

For the on-prem solution, there isn't really anyone who can compete with Teradata. I would rate it as eight out of ten.

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Rajdeep Biswas - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Architect - Sr. Manager at Axtria - Ingenious Insights

I would rate Teradata as eight out of ten.

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SD
Test Engineer at cigniti

I'm not sure of which version of the solution we're using. It might be a previous version. 

I'd recommend the solution to other users and organizations. 

I would rate the solution nine out of ten. We are quite pleased with its general capabilities. 

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AY
Data Architect, Section Head at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees

This is a very good solution. 

After looking at the recent price drops, they need to offer very good discounts for people that bought it. The value proposition is actually quite good compared to many years ago. For most of the enterprises out there, they're focusing mainly on structure data. This solution ticks that box.

As long as they can control the price incrementally in the future, I think they're a very good strong platform.

I'd rate this product in terms of its functionality, stability, and scalability, as almost perfect. It's a nine out of ten. I don't think there's anything to complain about. It's only the price that's a sticking point for us.

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it_user525360 - PeerSpot reviewer
Enterprise Programmes Architect at a logistics company with 10,001+ employees

This comes back to understanding the what, why, and how of the solution. Once you understand that, then plan it accordingly and ensure you have sufficient time to address any of the surprises that could occur.

Each tool fills a niche and is used accordingly. I doubt if there is anything perfect out there, as each tool has its own considerations when being deployed.

Our greatest concern with Teradata is the performance impact of the OUTER RIGHT JOINS across a petabyte environment.

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HM
Big data administrator at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees

I would recommend this solution to others.

I rate Teradata a nine out of ten.

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AK
Teradata Team Leader at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

Make sure that you have a good Teradata DBA to help implement the solution. A great Oracle DBA is not sufficient, because it takes a while to internalize that they are two different things.

Make sure that you have a good backup/recovery/DR plan, and that it is covered by the infrastructure you are purchasing. Otherwise, you might find yourself with a system that performs great, but has no good DR solution.

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KA
Solution Sales and Lead Information at TechAccess Asia Distribution

My advice for anybody who is implementing this product is that they really need to hire the right people. Get people who actually have worked on Teradata to guide them.

You can buy Teradata and you can get it up and running, but until you hire a few good people, you are not going to get the full benefits from it. These people are not resources that you would ask Teradata to provide you. Rather, you can hire them from the market.

The important part is that you need to have people who have good experience with Teradata because they can truly exploit its power for you.

Overall, this is a good product. It is close to the best but I cannot rate it perfectly because of the price.

I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.

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AO
Operations Lead at a retailer with 201-500 employees

I'm an end-user.

If new users are experienced database users, they will know the administration side is different than the other databases. However, it's almost the same for an end user, a developer, or somebody doing reports on Teradata on another database. It has some differences, yet the logic is the same.

I'd recommend the solution to others. I love Teradata.

I would rate the solution an eight out of ten.

I was happy to use it. I was glad to have Teradata, since, with Teradata, we can meet the requests of the customers, and it is highly available. 

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NV
Business Intelligence Project Leader at NOUX C.A.

For anyone thinking of implementing Teradata, I would recommend preparing by understanding the technology and putting in the effort to keep it being adaptive to different and urgent requirements from your business. I would give Teradata a score of ten out of ten.

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it_user291063 - PeerSpot reviewer
Lead Teradata DBA at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

Know your data.

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MR
Sr. Data Management Specialist at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees

I would rate Teradata nine out of ten.

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it_user6057 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Java Developer at EPAM Systems at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

Go with the Enterprise series and don't waste time and money on 25xx. Sooner or later you will migrate anyway, so don't even start with departmental solutions.

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SD
Solution Lead at a tech company with 10,001+ employees

Teradata provides the analytical performance we need through its “parallel everything” design and industry leading optimizer to intelligently process all types of analytical and business intelligence queries.

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it_user689559 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior IT Business Analyst at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees

Have a long-term vision, the ROI will not come in the short-term.

A cost-benefit analysis (CBA) needs to be done by the customers so as to make sure it serves the intended purpose.

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MP
Managing Director at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

I rate Teradata eight out of 10. Customers need a certain amount of knowledge to correctly use Teradata when running their applications on the platform. They should also keep in mind the requirements for Teradata's features.

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EK
Sr Lead Data & Information Architect at a pharma/biotech company with 5,001-10,000 employees

Teradata is quite a specific tool, so if you have suitable use cases, then I would recommend it. On a scale from one to ten, I would rate this tool at seven.

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it_user718455 - PeerSpot reviewer
Business Analyst / Data Engineer

Get educated about the product.

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Tejas Talele - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

I rate Teradata an eight out of ten.

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KG
Associate Manager at a consultancy with 501-1,000 employees

I would recommend this solution to others.

I rate Teradata an eight out of ten.

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NV
Business Intelligence Project Leader at NOUX C.A.

I would definitely recommend Teradata to other interested companies. It's really easy to use thanks to the simple configuration.

Overall, on a scale from one to ten, I would give Teradata a rating of ten.

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MH
Analytics Lead at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

Overall, I rate the solution a one out of ten. 

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MS
Senior Software Engineer at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

I rate Teradata a ten out of ten.

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it_user702450 - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager BI Development at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees

If you have purchased the hardware/software, focus on architecture and the design of data layers.

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it_user310206 - PeerSpot reviewer
Analyst at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

I rate it an eight out of 10. It is definitely the best RDBMS I have ever worked with, in the sense of building a data warehouse. It is fast, and easy to use in terms of writing queries. However, you have to understand the specifics of the data storage and its technical architecture, which is not typical for an RDBMS.

In terms of advice, I would suggest your provide training for your personnel, because it is rather important to understand the technical specifics of Teradata to create efficient solutions with it. Other RDBMS's usually requires knowledge  of generic theory, but that will not work with Teradata.

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it_user277488 - PeerSpot reviewer
Professional Services Senior Consultant at a tech services company

I recommend starting with a clean and normalized business model that is capable of addressing business questions. Teratada (and its consultants) will do the rest.

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it_user263427 - PeerSpot reviewer
EDW Lead at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

It's simple but costly. However, this doesn't concern me as I have to develop applications. My employer can give me any product and I will learn and develop with it.  Almost all database products are 80% same.

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it_user692277 - PeerSpot reviewer
Teradata Consultant at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

It architects the databases well. Right from data modelling, the correction appliance to be chosen, the queries hitting the system, strategic, tactical etc, and that business knowledge should be easy to understand to end developers.

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it_user685356 - PeerSpot reviewer
Teradata Architect at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
EB
Technical Manager at a energy/utilities company with 51-200 employees

I rate Teradata two out of 10. At first, support was very good, but during and after they ended their operation in Turkey it was very bad. We had some agreements and they gave us some promises but...

We bought it three years ago but we couldn't use it in production. We have SAP IQ data warehouse now and I don't have a major problem. I would recommend SAP IQ for data warehouse.

If you are going to buy Teradata, you have to make a very solid contract with them.

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it_user142503 - PeerSpot reviewer
SystemAnalyst

I rate Teradata at eight out of 10. It provides high performance.

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SM
Teradata DBA|Data Engineer Specialist|Hadoop Admin at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

It is a good solution.

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it_user1210803 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Consultant at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

On a scale from one to ten, I will rate Teradata a seven. An additional feature I would like to see included in the next release is that it needs to be more cloud-friendly. That's the one thing they're going to lose customers over, so that needs to improve. I know they're working on it, but they need to do it quicker. 

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