Released on: September 18, 2008, 7:06 pm

Press Release Author: Manthan Software Services Pvt. Ltd.

Industry: Software

Press Release Summary: Teradata's enterprise data warehouse (EDW) and Manthan's ARC
business intelligence solution launch best practice analytics in Australia and New
Zealand

Press Release Body: Teradata Corporation (NYSE: TDC), the global leader in
enterprise data warehousing, today announced a retail industry partnership with
Manthan Systems, an analytic solutions provider for the retail industry. The
combination of Teradata's centralized, integrated data warehouse platform with
Manthan's ARC 5.8 retail business intelligence solution enables large retail store
chains to analyze and report on financial and operational performance to identify
key insights, take corrective actions and improve business results.

One of the joint customers shared by Teradata and Manthan Systems is Haggen
Supermarkets in the United States. The business intelligence platform included an
enterprise retail data model and business intelligence (BI) functionality that
covers store operations, category management, inventory and promotions. The system
also has been extended to human resources, payroll and loss prevention analytics. It
was deployed in all 32 Haggen stores across Washington and Oregon in just 16 weeks -
launched in 2007.

"Implementing a data warehouse is not a destination, it is a journey," said Harrison
Lewis, chief information officer, Haggen Supermarkets, in a recent magazine
interview. "The retail-specific capabilities of ARC and the high performance of
Teradata have given our business managers a powerful platform for retail analysis
that aid their category management, operations performance and inventory management
decision making processes. The rapid deployment of this solution has helped us
realize business value much faster than we would have with other generic options. In
our highly competitive business, we have to respond to the market very quickly and
cost effectively. This solution has made it possible to do that."

Manthan's ARC 5.8 running on the powerful Teradata intelligence platform provides a
way for retailers like Haggen to keep their fingers on the pulse of the business and
make faster, better, and more confident decisions. This combination continuously
improves retailers’ ability to identify external changes, such as a shift in
consumer buying patterns - while also identifying the effects of escalating
operating costs on revenue and profit.

"Retailers can expect cutting edge performance management capabilities like superior
dash-boarding, score-carding and benchmarking that can transform decision-making
from reporting to 'actionable analytics'. This joint solution delivers analytics in
real time, as they need it, to store and operations executives and simplifies the
powerful underlying technology to give users a rich and easy-to-use analytic front
end", explained Manthan's chief technology officer, Mr. Vikas Gupta.

"The joint Teradata and Manthan ARC solution truly raises the collective
intelligence and visibility of retail organizations," said Noel Pettitt, vice
president, South Pacific Area, Teradata. Pettitt added that at Haggen, after the
installation of the Manthan and Teradata information system, business reporting
process cycle times were reduced from 24 hours to less than 5 seconds -- providing
clear economic benefits and adding to the retailer's competitive advantage.


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Contact Details: Manthan Software Services Pvt. Ltd
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India
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