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Teradata and BEZ Systems Join to Provide Comprehensive Performance and Capacity Management Solution

Posted on: Tuesday, 24 June 2003, 06:00 CDT

DAYTON, Ohio and CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 24, 2003--Teradata, a division of NCR Corporation (NYSE:NCR), and BEZ Systems, Inc. announced today they have signed a worldwide agreement effective immediately in which Teradata will resell BEZ's award-winning strategic performance management software, BEZPlus.

"We are pleased to make BEZPlus available to our customers directly through Teradata," said Mark Howell, vice president of Global Alliances, Teradata. "Proactive performance management and capacity planning are important goals for our customers and BEZ's software is recognized as a leader in this market segment."

BEZPlus strategic performance management software helps Teradata customers deliver consistent and exceptional service by focusing on the most meaningful performance issues, understanding root causes of performance problems and predicting the impact of infrastructure changes on service. Teradata customers use BEZPlus to demonstrate how changes to their IT infrastructure will drive measurable and verifiable improvements to their business.

"A critical component in the Corporate and Government Information Factory (CIF and GIF) is being able to proactively manage performance and capacity needs," said Bill Inmon, Co-Founder and Partner of Inmon Associates, Inc., and widely recognized 'Father of Data Warehousing'. "Teaming BEZ with Teradata is an exceptional opportunity for all customers who want to maximize their Teradata investment."

BEZ Systems develops software that helps Fortune 1000 companies leverage their Teradata Warehouse investments, make sound business decisions and better manage their IT environment.

"BEZ Systems and Teradata have a long history, spanning more than a decade, of enabling customers to reach new levels of effectively managing their business with information stored in expensive data warehouses," said BEZ Systems Founder and CTO, Dr. Boris E. Zibitsker. "We have demonstrated that BEZPlus is a solution that enables Teradata customers to meet or exceed service-level objectives by proactively managing performance."

Greg Strouse, CEO and President, BEZ Systems commented, "BEZPlus is an excellent, complimentary solution to Teradata's performance monitoring and workload management technology. We are delighted to have Teradata as a partner and are committed to making this partnership a success."

About BEZ Systems, Inc.

BEZ Systems is the leading provider of Strategic Performance Management solutions for NCR Teradata, IBM DB2 UDB and Oracle applications. Companies around the world rely on BEZ software, services and consulting to achieve a high level of responsiveness and scalability for their critical, growing business applications. BEZ is a privately held company headquartered in Chicago, IL. For more information, go to www.bez.com.

About Teradata Division

Teradata, a division of NCR Corporation, offers powerful analytical solutions that help businesses drive growth. Teradata solutions include the Teradata database, and analytical applications for customer relationship management, operations and financial management, business performance management and e-business. To learn more about Teradata Division and its solutions, go to www.teradata.com.

About NCR Corporation

NCR Corporation (NYSE:NCR) is a leading global technology company helping businesses build stronger relationships with their customers. NCR's ATMs, retail systems, Teradata data warehouses and IT services provide Relationship Technology(TM) solutions that maximize the value of customer interactions. Based in Dayton, Ohio, NCR (www.ncr.com) employs approximately 30,400 people worldwide.

NCR and Teradata are trademarks or registered trademarks of NCR Corporation in the United States and other countries.

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