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TABLE OF CONTENTS

2 What’sTeradata’sPerspectiveonBigDataanditsValue?

6 WhatistheTeradataUnifiedDataArchitecture™anditsValue?

11 HowdoesTeradataUnifiedDataArchitecture™Work?

15 HowcanMyCompanygetStarted?

16 Summary

WHAT’S TERADATA’S PERSPECTIVE ON BIG DATA AND ITS VALUE?

Teradatabelievesbigdataisreal,hasvalue,andwillchangethespeedandqualityofbusinessinsights.Wealsobelieveitisanevolution,notarevolution,andthatincorporatingbigdataintoyourexistingITframeworkisfairlystraightforward,buttherearepitfallswecanhelpyoueasilyavoid.

Is Big Data Real?

Yes.FromaTeradataperspective,bigdataisaphenomenonweaddressedwithourcustomersaspartofourongoingproductinnovationprocessoverthepasttwoyears.FromaStrengths,Weaknesses,Opportunities,Threats(SWOT)perspective,wewereabletoturnbigdatafromathreatintoanopportunity.TheopportunityisforourcustomerstobeattheircompetitorsbyleveragingTeradataexpertisetostayaheadoftechnologytrends.Itmeantmakingsomeproductacquisitions(suchasAsterData),creatingnewpartnerships(Hortonworks,forinstance)anddoingaconsiderableamountofproductandservicesintegrationwork.Thebigdatatrendfitswiththemulti-yearanalyticaleco-systemevolutionofour“centralizeddatawarehouse”approachtodatawarehousing.Werecognizethatthereareavarietyofcost-effectivebest-of-breeddataandcomputationplatforms,andthatourprimaryvaluetoourcustomersistoprovideflexible,well-integratedoptionsforcaptur-ingdata,generatinginsight,andtakingaction.

Does Big Data have Value?

Yes,butsofarit’smostly“atthemargin,”meaningtheanalysisofnewdatasourcesandtypescanimprovewhatyouarealreadydoing.BasedonTeradatacustomeruses,weseethreebroadcategories—customerexpe-rience/service,operationalefficiency,andcorporatemarketing1—thatcanbemade5to20percentbetterbyexploitingbigdatatogleandeeperinsights.Gartner2surveyed720ITprofessionalsacrossindustriesinearly2013andaskedwhattopthreebusinessareastheirbigdataprojectstargeted.TheirresultsareshowninFigure1.

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Is Big Data an Evolution or a Revolution?

Whilesomevendorsgooutoftheirwaytoover-hypethistechnologyasrevolutionary,webelievebigdataisanaturalevolutionofseveraltrendsalreadyhappeningwithtraditionaldata.Specifically,threetrendswithbigdatastaythesame:

~ Same #1. The goal of using data and analytics as a competitive weapon.

IthasbeenprovenbyTomDavenportandMIT3,4thatcompanieswithadata-decisioncultureare5to6per-centmoreproductive,withassociatedimprovementsinassetutilization,ROE,andmarketvalue.Butismoredatathegoal?No.Whilesizeisn’treallyaconcernsinceTeradatawasarchitectedformassiveamountsofdataandparallelcomputation,werecognizedyearsagothatalldataisnotcreatedequal.Theplacementofdataonthemostcost-effectivelayersofastoragehier-archyiscriticalbecauseitcontributestohealthyROI.*

~ Same #2. The need for people using analytical and visualization tools to glean insights from data and accelerate the rate of generating insights.

Youwillalwaysneedskilledusersofthetools,whetherwecallthemdatascientistsorbusinessanalysts.Bottomline:thedatahaszerovalueunlessyouhavethepeople,processes,andtoolstotransformitandaccessitintimelyandrelevantways.Thegoodnewsisthatthetoolsaregettingeasiertouse,andthenumberofpre-builtanalyticmodulesthatplug-and-playtocreatenewinsightsisgrowingrapidly.Butthathasbeenthetrendforyears.†

~ Same #3. The substantial effort to drive insights into production.

Whileinsightsaregreat,theyarenotenough.Youcan’thaveascienceexperimentinthebasement,inisolationfromtherestofthecompany.This“operationaliza-tionproblem”istheAchillesheelforbigdataprojects

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Source: “Survey Analysis: Big Data Adoption in 2013 Shows Substance Behind the Hype”, by Lisa Kart, Nick Heudecker, Frank Buytendijk. Gartner, September 12, 2013

Figure 1. Top Priorities for Big Data.

For technical readers, we’ll add occasional technical footnotes that can be skipped by business readers.* Teradata’snoveltechnicalapproachiscalled“TeradataVirtualStorage”andautomatestheintelligentstorageofdatabasedonusage.Ourfastinterconnect

(highthroughputTeradataBYNET™V5onInfiniBand)ensuresthatcombiningandmovingdataacrosssystemsisalsocost-effectiveinthearchitectureswebuild.† Teradatahasbuiltourlibrariesoffunctionsintwoways.TheAsterDataacquisitionbroughtus80newanalyticandvisualizationfunctionsspecificallyforbigdata.

WehaveinvestedinpartnershipswithBIvendorslikeSAS,IBMSPSS,RevolutionAnalytics,ZementisandInformationBuilderstoensurewehavethebest-of-breedanalyticsontopofthedataplatforms.OurrecentpartnershipwithFuzzyLogixaddedanother600functions.Finally,wehavealsopartneredwithvisualizationvendorslikeTableauandTibcoSpotfire.

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becausemostpeoplegrosslyunderestimatethecostsoftakinginsightsintoproduction,whichcanbeordersofmagnitudelargerthaninitialbigdataprojectinsightgenerationcosts.*

Bottom line: thereisacertainconstancytotheproblemsbeingaddressedwithbigdata.Theage-oldquestionsofhowtoincreaseprofits,decreasecosts,improveman-ufacturingefficiency,andcurtailfraudhavebeenaroundforalongtimeandarestillbeingasked.

Sowhat’snew?Wecanaddressthesequestionsinnewer,fasterwaysthatwouldpreviouslyhavebeentooexpensiveortaketoomucheffort.Sothatleadstothefourthingswithbigdatathataredifferent:

~ Different #1. The amount of data you can economically collect is going up rapidly.

Oftencalled“dataexhaust,”thingsleftinthedatacentercorner—likedigitizedphonecallstocustomercare,orWebserverdetailedlogs,orevenexternaldataliketweets—cannowbecapturedandanalyzedtocreatenewvalue-addedinsights.Withever-decreasingstorageprices,thischangestheeconomicsbutrequiresmoresophisticationabouthowmuchdatatocapture,wheretotransformandstoreit,howlongtoretainthedata,andmore.

~ Different #2. New analytics on these new, non-relational data types (coupled with existing relational data) open up exciting new insight possibilities.

Example:youcancreatenewcustomerattritionfactorsforpeoplewhoareangryandshouting,orusingcodewordslike“ripoff”whenspeakingtoCustomerServicereps.Further,youcancombineanalyticsonvariousdatatypes.Forexample,arethoseangrycustomersalllocatedinonegeography?Subjecttonewcontracttermsandconditions?Experiencingrecentcustomerserviceissues?Discoveringrootcasesmayrequirecombinatorialanalyticsonvoice,text,geospatial,temporal,andtraditionalcustomerdata—aswellastheabilitytodothisquicklyandseamlessly.

Otherexamples:Teradatacustomersareexploitinghaildamageandweatherreportstofindagriculturefraud;grabbingTwitterfeedstodiscoverunhappycustomersinrealtimeinordertoreactquickly;andmonitoringemailinvestmentpromisesbybrokerstoclients.

~ Different #3. The process for generating insights is changing.

The“oldway”ofdoinganalyticsassumedthatnewdatawouldbestoredinthedatawarehouse.Hencemanyprocessesthatprecedethediscoverysteprequiredrigorindatamodeling,dataintegration,andETL.The“newway”separatesdiscoveryfromintegrationanduse,freeingupsometimeuntilafterinsightshavebeengeneratedandexplored.Inshort,itfreesupmoretimeforanalysisandexploration.

Example:afraudteamthinksthatperhapsafraudsterwhohasstolensomeone’sidentityspendsadifferentamountoftime—andclicksindifferentways—ontheirbankingwebsitefromthetrueownerofanaccount.Capturingwebclicksandtimedurations,andthesequenceofclicks,theycreatea“normalpattern,”thenwatchfordeviationstothatpatterninend-endexperiments.Theygraballthewebclickdatatheyrequireforexperimentationbutdonotneedtomodelthedatarigorouslyordesignproductionfraudpatternsuntiltheyarecertaintheyhavefoundaninterestingandworthwhilecaseoffraud.

~ Different #4. One kind of processing engine (e.g., just an EDW) is not going to be enough—the architecture must evolve to accommodate specialized platforms, integrated into a comprehensive system.

Justlikeinyourgarage,youwillneedaworkbenchthatincludesavarietyoftools.Inthedataanalyticsworldthismeansworkload-specificengines/platformsforstorageandanalysis,newtype-specificanalyticfunctionsandengines,andintegrationtechnologiestocopyandmovedataorinsightsintoaneasy-to-useenvironmentforyourbusinessandtechanalysts.Gartnercallsthisthe“LogicalDataWarehouse,”andwecallthistheTeradataUnifiedDataArchitecture.™TeradatacustomerslikeIntel®agreeandhaveheadedinthisdirection.5

* It’sanareawhereTeradatahastraditionallyexcelled:rock-solidarchitectureandengineering,allthetechnologiesandservicesthatyouneed(withstraightfor-wardextensionsforbigdataprojects),includingthingslikedatasynchronization,datagovernance,workloadmanagement,backupandrecovery,systemman-agement,metadatamanagement,configurationplanning—many“real-world”requirementsthatareNOTeasytoputinplaceonyourown.Yes,anarchitectureforbigdatalookscomplicatedbutthevaluefromTeradataistheintegrationofour(andpartnertechnology)componentstoreducethetimetooperationalizeinsights.Andit’sengineeredwithflexibilityinmindsonewcomponents,newpartners,canbeincludedwhilemaintainingcontrolofITandensuringROI.

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Bottom line:theeconomicsofhowtocapturedataandwheretostoreit,wheretocomputeonit,andhowtouseit,areconstantlychanging.ThediscoveryprocessisacceleratingwiththehelpofnewtoolkitstogenerateinsightswithouttheusualrigorrequiredbyanEDW.

Andasaconsequence,Teradatahasextendeditsarchi-tecturetoaccommodatetheneedsofbigdata.

Who is adopting big data, and am I late to the party?

ThesameGartnersurvey2alsotriedtogaugehowfaralongrespondents’companieswereinplanningandexecutingbigdataprojects.Weretheygatheringknowl-edgeaboutbigdata?Developingstrategy?Doingpilots?Alreadyinproduction?Figure2showstheresultsforboththosecompanieswhohavealreadyinvested,andthoseplanningtoinvest.

AquickestimateofTeradatacustomersisthatabout15percenthaveabigdataprojectunderway(mostlyusingTeradataAster®and/orHadoopwithTeradataDatabase),andanother20to30percentareconsideringprojects.Earlyadopterswhohavefinishedprojects,believetheyhaveachievedaone-totwo-yearcompetitiveadvantage.Someofthesehavefiveormorebigdataprojectsundertheirbelts.Mostleadingcompaniesareoperationalizingtheirfirstprojectsnow,whilethelaggardsarestillinlearn-ingmode.However,it’snevertoolatetocatchup.

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Source: Gartner (September 2013)Source: “Survey Analysis: Big Data Adoption in 2013 Shows Substance Behind the Hype”, by Lisa Kart, Nick Heudecker, Frank Buytendijk. Gartner, September 12, 2013

Figure 2. Big Data Adoption by Investment Stage.

TIP:ASKPROPONENTSOFBIGDATAPROJECTSTHREEQUESTIONS:1. Whatbusinessareaswillimprovebecauseofthe

collection,analysis,anduseofbigdata?

2. What’stheincrementalReturnonInvestment(ROI)fromexploitingmoredata?Howdoyouplantocalculatethis?

3. Willourenvironmentsupportthegenerationofmoreusefulinsightsandactionsfasterthanourcompetitors?

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WHAT IS TERADATA UNIFIED DATA ARCHITECTURE™ AND ITS VALUE?

Justlikehybridcarsgetsuperiorgasmileagefromcouplingtraditionalgasengineswithelectricbatteries,theTeradataUnifiedDataArchitecture™integratesthreetypesofenginestoprovidethebestfit-for-purposeanalyticalcapabilitiesforanykindofdata.

Teradatahasbeeninthebigdatamarketlongerthananyone,sowe’veleveragedourexpertisetotacklethe“what’snew”partofthebigdataphenomenonwithfiveparallelengineeringactivities.Beginningwithourcoreproduct,theTeradataIntegratedDataWarehouse,we:

1. Defined a new architecturecalledtheTeradataUnifiedDataArchitecture™thataddsadiscoveryplatformandadataplatformtocomplementtheTeradataIntegratedDataWarehouse.IntheTeradataadvocatedsolution,thediscoveryplatformisTeradataAster,whilethedataplatformcaneitherbeHadooporaTeradataIntegratedBigDataPlatformforlarge,cost-effectivestorageandprocessingofbigdata.

2. Engineered new access connectorsbetweentheplatformsandtoexternalsourcesofbigdata,andextendedourhardwareplatformportfolioandinter-connectoptionstoprovideevenfasterdatatransfers.

3. Created a library of pre-built Teradata Aster analytic modules to speed up and simplify discovery,allinaneasy-to-useTeradataAsterSQL-MapReduce®programmingparadigm.WealsocontinuetoaddmoretechnicalpartneranalyticstotheTeradataAsterandTeradataengines.

4.Extended our traditional systems management products(Viewpoint,Studio™)forsimilarusewithHadoopandTeradataAster.

5. Developed new Professional and Customer Service offerstohelpcustomersquicklydesignanddeployenterprisedataarchitectureandanalyticsprojects.

Teradata Unified Data Architecture™

We’lldividetheexplanationoftheengineeringworkintotwoparts:logicalandphysicalarchitectures.

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insightstoactionthatarerequiredtoprocessbigdata.Datasourcesappearontheleft(bothtraditionalandnewsources),andconsumersofdataandinsightsappearwiththeirend-usertoolsontheright.

Thispictureismeanttobevendor-agnosticbecauseTeradataUnifiedDataArchitecture™isatoolkit.Thelogicalflowalsoshowsablockforthegovernanceandintegrationfunctionsneededforoperationalization,includingpoliciesformoving,managing,andaccessingdataandinsights.

Figure4showstheadvocatedphysicalimplementationofTeradataUnifiedDataArchitecture™withthreeenginecategories—dataplatform,integrateddatawarehouseanddiscoveryplatform.WhileanyoftheseplatformscouldbeusedforloadingandstoringrawdatafromawidevarietyofsourcesusingmanydifferentETLtools,

neweconomicsdrivetowardtheuseofHadoopforland-ing,transforming,andstoringbigdata(asopposedtotraditionaldata,whichcontinuestoflowintoTeradata).6Somepeoplecallthisa“datalake”.AnotheroptionifyouwantthepowerandsimplicityofTeradataistousethenewhigh-capacityTeradataIntegratedBigDataPlatform(IBDP).

TheTeradataUnifiedDataArchitecture™alsoprovidesthreeoptionsforwheretododiscovery.Again,doingtheanalysisdependsontheeconomicsofcomputation,staffskillsets,andbigdatadiscoveryandvisualizationtools,aswellasaccesstoinformationthatmayhavebeenstoredinothersystems(orinanexternalsource).NeweconomicsanddiscoveryprocesschangesdriveustoadvocatetheTeradataAsterDiscoveryPlatformasthebigdatadiscov-eryplatform.

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Figure 4. Teradata Unified Data Architecture™—physical view.

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Onceinsightsarecreated,theyneedtobeusedtohavevalue.Again,therearenumerouschoicesofhowtocon-nectthedataandinsightgenerationenginesshownheretoaction-takingsystems,likeaCRMsystem,acontactcenter,awebsiterenderingengineinreal-time,depen-dentdatamartsdrivingotherapps,orevenanexecutivedashboardingsystem.TheadvocatedsolutionhereistheTeradataIntegratedDataWarehouse,wellknownforitsabilitytoscaletothousandsofBIanalysts(andmil-lionsofconsumers),runningavarietyofapplicationsaswellasBItoolsfortheendconsumersofbigdata(andtraditionaldata).Withthisunderstandingoftheadvo-catedpiecesofTeradataUnifiedDataArchitecture™let’sdrillaleveldeeperintothecomponents.

Teradata Aster

In2011,TeradataacquiredAsterDatawithitspatentedSQL-MapReduce®-baseddiscoveryplatform,useful

todatascientistsandbusinessanalystswhowanttogetfasterinsightsoncombinationsoftraditional(i.e.,relational)andnon-traditionaldata(essentiallyanytypeofdata),alsoknownas“multi-structureddata.”AtypicaluseoftheTeradataAsterDiscoveryPlatformistopullinformationfromavarietyofsources(e.g.,rawweblogsfromwebpagerenderingsystems,machinedatafromfactoryfloorsystems,andtraditionaldatafromTeradata)todoinvestigativeanalytics,tofindnewpatternsofcustomerbehavior,ornewaberra-tionsinmanufacturingdatathatmightindicatequalitycontrolissues.

TeradataAsterisbasedonapatentedSQL-MapReduce®implementationwhichmakesiteasyforBIanalystswhoknowSQLtowriteextensionsthatusefourclassesofbuilt-inanalyticalfunctions(seeFigure5)toveryquicklycapture,prepare,analyze,andvisualizebigdatasets.

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Hadoop

In2013,TeradataannouncedtheTeradataPortfolioforHadoop,providinganotherdatacapture/storage/refiningplatform(leveragingourpartnersHortonworksandCloudera).Theinitialfocusisonwide,cheapcaptureof“dataexhaust”forpossiblestand-aloneuse,butmorelikelyasasourceorETLsystemtotheTeradataAsterDiscoveryPlatformorTeradataIntegratedDataWarehouse,augmentingthevolumeandtypesofdatathatcanbeincludedinanalysis.

Hardware Platforms

Fromahardwareperspective,addingTeradataAsterandHadoopaugmentedthenumberofoptionsfromwhichtochoose,asshowninFigure6.Customerscanevenbuyworkload-specificappliancesthatareconfiguredwithcombinationsofTeradataAsterandHadoopnodes.

Teradataalsoaddedafabric-basedhighthroughputcomputinginterconnectcalledTeradataBYNET™V5onInfiniBand,forveryhigh-speeddatamovementandfaulttoleranceamongthevariousplatforms.Thisenablesfastinterchangeofdatatothemostoptimizedplatformforspecificstorage,processing,oranalysisrequirements.

Data Connectors

ConnectingthesethreesystemsrequiredthatTeradatabuildbulkdataconnectorsaswellasspecializedconnec-torsforon-the-flydataaccess,e.g.,TeradataSQL-H™andTeradataAsterSQL-H™foraccessingdatainHadoop,andanAster-TeradataConnector.

Pre-built Analytic Models

Ourgoalistomakeinsightgenerationfast,despitetheincreasingamountsandtypesofdata.Todothat,we

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haverapidlygrownthenumberofTeradataAsterpre-builtfunctionstomorethan80(seeFigure7;formoredetailsoneachfunction,seetheTeradataAsterDiscoveryPortfoliowhitepapers7listedintheSuggestedRead-ingsection).Thesecanbeusedinisolation,orinvariouscombinations,toenable“multi-genreanalytics”andlookatdatathroughdifferentperspectivestoimproveaccu-racyofmodelsandalgorithmsforchurn,fraud,customersegmentation,andmore.

Inaddition,wehaveworkedwithpartnerslikeSAS®,IBMSPSS®, RevolutionAnalytics,Zementis,and FuzzyLogix™,8 leadingtextvendorslikeAttensity,andgeo-spatialvendorslikeESRI,toincreasethenumberofTeradata-basedanalyticmodulesthatoftenusein-memory(orin-database)capabilitiestospeedinsightdevelopmentonTeradata.ThetraditionalBIapproachofusingaTeradataDataLabonstructureddatahasbeenextendedtoworkinconjunctionwiththeTeradataAsterDiscoveryPlatformtoprovidearichcollectionofoppor-tunitiesforinsightgenerationandintegration.

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Management

Asyouaddmorecomponentstotheenterprisedataarchitecture—andinparticular,asyoumovefromdiscov-erytooperationalization—adangeristhatmanymorepeoplemightberequiredtomonitorandmanagethesystem.InourtraditionalTeradatasystems,wedrivelowertotalcostofownership(TCO)byautomating,andinmanycaseseliminating,manysystemsmanage-mentfunctions,buildinginself-monitoringandtuningcapabilities,andmakingDBAfunctionseasierthanthecompetition’s.WeholdtruetothatcorporategoalwiththeTeradataUnifiedDataArchitecture,™bringingmanyoftherichTeradatamanagementtoolsandworld-classsupportinfrastructuretotheTeradataAsterDiscoveryPlatformandtheTeradataPortfolioforHadoop.

KeytechnologiesincludeTeradataViewpoint,TeradataVitalInfrastructure,andTeradataStudio™tonameafew.TheTeradataUnityportfolioformanagingmultipleTeradatasystemsisbeingenhancedtosupportTeradataAsterandHadoopenvironmentswherethetechnologiesfit,cost-effectivelytakingmanagementoftheTeradataUnifiedDataArchitecture™tothenextlevel.Teradataalsohascomprehensivedatagovernanceoffers,extendingmetadataandmasterdataservicestoleveragethevalueandreliabilityoftraditionaldatamanagementacrossallthreeplatforms.Thisgivesorganizationsatrustedfoun-dationforadata-drivenculture.Bottomline:TeradatarecognizesthathandlingbigdatarequiresmanyofthesameproductionqualitytoolsthattraditionalTeradatahasprovidedforyears,andthisisabigpartofourTCOvaluetoourcustomers.

Training and Services

OurfinalpieceoftheTeradataUnifiedDataArchitecture™isourtrainingcurriculumalongwithProfessionalandCustomerServices.WehavehiredexpertswithnewskillsetsinHadoop,aswellastrainingaconsiderablenumberofourProfessionalServicespeopletobedatascientists.Inengagements,theysitside-by-sidewithourcustomers,trainingthemontheTeradataUnifiedDataArchitecture™technologiesandprovidingleave-behindtemplatesforprojectsanddatadiscoveryinsightmethodsthatcanbeeasilyreplicated.OurIndustryConsultantscollectthelatestandgreatestcustomercasestudiesandcanhelpevaluateprojectplansforbigdataeffortsusingourIndustryFrameworks.And“takingaction”onnewinsights—whichiswherethevaluelies—oftendependson

discussionsanddatasharingwithothergroups,orintegrationprojects.Forexample,Teradatacustomersareleveragingbigdatainsightsbyconnectingtoanyofahostofautomatedfront-endsystemsliketheContactCenter,thewebgroup,thefactoryfloor,ormobiledashboards.Planning,designing,deploying,andmaintainingtheenvironment—alltheseactivitieshavecorrespondingProfessionalServiceoffersthathavebeenextendedtocoverbigdataneeds.ThiscomprehensiveviewofbigdataandhowitisoperationalizedinyourbusinesssetsTeradataapartfromothertechnologyvendors—andgivesyou“onethroattochoke”ifyouhaveproblemsand“onehandtoshake”withsuccess.

HOW DOES TERADATA UNIFIED DATA ARCHITECTURE™ WORK?

TheprimaryvalueofTeradataUnifiedDataArchitecture™

istoconvertdata—bigandsmall,andallcombinations—intouseful,actionableinsights.Thisinvolvesanalyticalapproachesdesignedtouncoverpreviouslyunknownpatterns,ortheidentificationofkeyeventsthattriggercustomerbehaviorslikedecisionstobuyproductsorcancelcontracts.Inthissection,we’llbringtheTeradataUnifiedDataArchitecture™tolifebyshowing“ADayintheLife”oftwocustomerprojectsfromvariousindustries,highlightingvariousimplementationdetails.

SCENARIO 1: RETAILMULTI-CHANNELINSIGHTSDRIVEBETTERMARKETINGANDCATEGORYMANAGEMENT

SeverallargeretailersuseTeradata’sUnifiedDataArchitecture™tohelptheirmarketingandcategorymanagersbetterunderstandconsumerbehaviorontheirwebsites,onmobiledevices,andinthestores.Inthiscompositecaseillustratingseveralcustomers’bestuses,theseretailersalreadyhadTeradatasystemsthatcontaineddetailsaboutmillionsofcustomers,sales,andproducts.Theirbigdatainterestwasinaddingwebandmobiledata,specificallytryingtounderstandtheimpactofmarketingcampaigns,andcouponingeffortstodrivelargermarketbasketsorimproveoverallmargins.

Data

Oneretailerbegantheirproofofconcept(POC)byloadingverydetailedwebserverlogrecordsintoaHortonworksHadoopcluster.Thisrawdatatransferwasfast;theyfoundtheycouldloadtwomonthsofweblog

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inonehour(about60timesfasterthantheirtraditionalapproach).Oneday’sworthofdataincludedabout30millionwebclickentries,eachinvolvinguptohundredsofattributesthatneededtobeparsed.

Sessionization

Hadoopwasfurtherusedtosessionizethedatafrommultiplelogsourcestocreateintegratedcustomervisits.Sincematerializingeachpagehitmightcausemul-tiplelogrecordstobewrittentoseveralservers,thereareoftenfrom5to30recordsthatneedtobesplicedtogethertoshowwhat’shappenedonanyparticularpage.Oncethisisdone,thenthetemporalsequenceofpagescanbereconstructedforanyparticularcus-tomer.Splicingthistogetherwithcustomerstoredataonmarketbasketsprovidedamoreusefuldatasetofeachcustomer’sbehavior.

Analytics

ThesesequenceswerethenaccessedusingHCatalogbyAsterforfurtheranalysisbasedonpathmatching(usingthepre-builtTeradataAsternPath™function).TheirengineersbuiltatoolsouserscouldeasilywriteSQL-MapReducequeriestodopathmatchingatahighersemanticlevel.Forexample:“findallcustomerswholookedatproductsinthecategory‘LawnFurniture’andclickedthreetimesinthatcategorybutneverpurchasedanything,”thendrilldownintowhatthosecustomerswerelookingat,specifically,togetdeeperinsightsaboutproductinterest.Theycouldalsocross-correlatepur-chasersversusnon-purchasersfromreferralsites(websiteswithadsdrivingcustomerstothewebsite),sothey

couldseewhichadplacementsdrovethemoreprofitablecustomerstotheirwebsite.Theycouldalsocomparethewebpagesthatpurchasersandnon-purchaserswerebrowsing,toseeagainthedifferences—allprovidinglevelsofinsightthecategorymanagerscouldnevergetbefore.Finally,byaccessingtheTeradatadatawarehouse,theycouldtiethiscustomeranalysistogetherwithpreviousstorevisits,purchases,lifetimevalue,responsetopromotionsofvarioustypes,andothercustomerscoresalreadyintheirexistingdatabasetobettercalibratefuturemarketingcampaigns.

AnotherTeradatacustomerfocusedonomni-channelbehaviors,specificallyemailcampaignsthatdrove(ordidnotdrive)conversionsusingcouponsinthestores.Theydrilledintofindingwhichpeoplebought/searched/clippedcouponsforitemA,andthenranAster’saffinityandclusteringanalyticstorevealdeeperinsightsaboutwhatcombinationsofitemsareattractingorrepellingcoupon-orientedshoppers.Clusteringcustomergroupsbybehaviorthenprovidedthecluestheyneeded,foraparticularshopper,tomatch“herhistoricalbaskets”and“othercouponshopperslikeher”tocomeupwithbetterpersonalizedrecommendationsandcouponsforfutureemails(seeFigure8).

YetanothercompanyalsousedtheTeradataUnifiedDataArchitecturetoanalyzewhichemailsdrovepeopleto“un-subscribe”altogetherfromemails.Forexample,arethereparticularwordsorphrasesthatseemtocausethis(discoveredusingtextanalytics),oraretime-of-day,day-of-week(temporal),ornumberofrecentemailsdrivingun-subscriptionevents?

Product A: BOUGHT

Product B: LOOKED

Product C: BOUGHT

Product B

COUPON for Product E

A Customer’s“Historical Basket” + =Shopping Patterns

of Similar ShoppersPersonalized

Recommendations

Figure 8. Matching Customer Behavior with Clusters to Drive Recommendations.

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Value to Users?

Forthefirsttime,categorymanagerscouldeasily“see”exactlyhowcustomerswerebehavingonthewebsite,andwhatwerethe“hot”and“cold”partsofthewebsite.Notjustthe“score”ofacustomersegment,buttheactualbrowsingbehaviorofdiscreteindividualsandmicro-segments.Theycouldseedwelltimesonvariouspages,andunderstandbetterwhichpagescontributedtothepathwaytopurchases,asopposedtopathwaysthatendedindropouts(non-purchases),whichhelpeddriverethinkingofunproductivewebpages.Theycouldseewhichcouponoffersworkedanddidn’t.

Action

Thefasterinsightsusingdetailedwebbehaviorswereusedbythisretailertochangewebdesignlayoutsandcontent.Theyalsohelpproductcategorymanag-ersderivebetterinsightsaboutcustomersandbetterpersonalizedoffers.Theycouldalsorecalibratetheirspendingonsearchenginekeywordsonothersites,andfocusonunproductiveemailtextandbademailtiming.

The Business Value?

Theseareexpectedtoincreasemarketbasketsizeandimproveconversionratesofexistingcustomersbyfivetotenpercentanddriveanothereighttotenpercentmorebrowsersintothesalesfunnelthroughbettertargeting.Thebottomlineimpactistensofmillionsofdollars.

Project Time

Theseprojectswerecompletedtypicallyinthreetosixweekswithonetotwofull-timeanalysts,usuallyoneTeradatadatascientistandoneTeradataclientBIexpert,plusthesponsorandalittlehelpfromanETLengineer.

SCENARIO 2: BANKINGIMPROVINGTHECUSTOMERSUPPORTEXPERIENCE

Alllargebanksandcreditcardcompaniesreceivemil-lionsofcustomersupportrequestsperyear.Likemostconsumercompanies,theyhavetriedtoshuntinquiriestoself-servicemodeontheirwebsitetoreducethevolumeofphonecallscomingintothecustomercontactcenter.Thegoalofthesebigdataprojectswastoseeiftheycouldfigureoutwhypeoplewerecalling,especiallywhentheyhadbeenonthewebsitejustpriortocall-ing.Theyhadneverhadtheabilityto“see”thecustomer

datathiswaybecauseitwasonvarioussystems—webdataandanalyticsononesystem(withoutsourcingofsomeanalytics),contactcenterdataonanother,interac-tivevoiceresponse(IVR)dataonyetanother,callcenteragentnotesinyetanotherplace,andcustomertransac-tioninformationononemoresystem.

Data*

Fourtosixmonthsofdatawereloadedfromfivetosevensourcesystems.500Mto1.5Buncompressedweblogrecordsfrom10-30Mcustomersessionsonthewebtook40-70minutestoloadintoTeradataAsterDatabase.800Mto1.3billionIVRandcallrecordsfrom5-15Mcontactcenterinteractionstookanother40-60minutes,and50-75millioncallcentertextnotesandcomplaintdatabaserecordstooktypicallylessthan30minutes.

Sessionization

Usingtimestamps,asshowninFigure9,theIVRandcallrecordsandmemoshadtobematcheduptocreateacompleterecordforeachcall,thenmergedwithwebses-sionsandsorted.Theythenlookedforwebsessionsthatwereimmediatelyfollowedbycallstocustomersupport.

Page-Hit Aster nPath™: Find customers of interest

E.g., Three pages on the Web,THEN

A call to Customer Care

Call/Memo

Page-Hit

Page-Hit

Page-Hit

Call/Memo

Customer B

Customer T

Figure 9. Creating an integrated view of web activities followed by care center activities.

Analytics

UsingTeradataAster,theyfoundthatabout2percentofthemillionsofwebsessionsdrovesubsequentcallstocustomercare,providingabaseofseveralhundredthousandcasesthattheycouldthenfurtherinvestigate.

*Teradatahasdonemultiplebigdataprojectsforthisusecase;numbersbelowareacompositeorrangeoffiguresrepresentativeof“typicalimplementations.”

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Figure 10. Backmapping from high-incidence calls to the care center to pages on the Web site.

TheycreatedTeradataAsternPath™visualslikeFigure10toshowthetopwebpagespeoplehadclickedonrightbeforecalling,andmappedthosetotheCSR’s“reasonforcall”codes.

Value to Users

Thecustomersawnewinsightsaboutpaths,specificallywhichwebsitepagesandIVRsequencesseemtocauseconfusionanddropoutsresultinginexcessivecallstocustomercare.

Action

ThefindingsledtotheredesignofseveralwebsitepagesandIVRbuttonpushsequencessoconsumerscanresolveissuesontheirowninself-servicemode.

Business Value?

Transfersbetweenchannelscostfromfivetofifteenmilliondollarsannually,andrepeatcallsforunresolvedissuescostalmostthesameamount.Thebigdataprojectprovidedincreasedlevelsofself-servicewhiledecreas-ingcostofoperations,bettercustomerexperienceandsatisfaction,andprovidedearlyidentificationofvaluablecustomerswithcareissueswhomightdefect.Aroughprojectionofsavingsiscosttakeoutof10percentorroughly$1.5M-$3Mfromthisbigdataproject.

Project Time

Theseprojectswerecompletedtypicallyinfivetoeightweekswiththreetofivefulltimeanalystsandahandfulofpart-timeemployeestohelpwithdatasourcing.

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HOW CAN MY COMPANY GET STARTED?

Thisisanevolutionnotarevolution,sothesamebestpracticesapplytotheprojectmanagementofbigdataprojects.It’saboutROI,appropriateleadershipandmen-toring,staffingandtraining,aswellaslinkagesbetweenbusinessandITtofocusonkeyaspectsoftheproject.

Thekeyareatofocusonistheeconomicsofopportunitygainedorlost.Thinklikeaneconomist.Whatbusinessproblemscouldberesolvedwithmore/new/differentdata?Whatistheeconomicvalueofincrementaldata?Whatisthecost?Ormoreimportantly,whatistheeco-nomicvalueofnewinsights?Askyourbusinesspeoplequestionslike“whatwouldyoudoifyouknew,”“whatimmediateactionscouldwetakeifweknew,”and“howmuchvaluewouldthatprovide?”Ifyouaremanagingacallcenter,whatcouldyoudobetterifyougotanauto-matichourlylistofthepeoplewhoaresoangryincallsthatthiscouldbeTHEkeyfactorinradicallyimprovingcustomerretention?ROIisaboutvalueversuscosts.Thecostsareusuallyeasytoobtain—costsofstorage,soft-ware,tools,consultingservices,andongoinglicenses.It’sthevaluethat’sdifficulttocompute—andsomethingthathastocomefromthebusinessgroups,notIT.

SurveyingTeradatacustomers,it’sinterestingtoseewholaunchedthebigdataprojectorganizationally.Thecham-pionatourfirstbigdatacustomercamefromthebusinessstrategygroup,notthelineofbusiness,andnottheITgroup.That’srare.Often,initiativescomefromITpeoplesupportingmarketinggroups—whichisunderstandablesincemanyTeradataimplementationsaremarketing-sup-portsystems.Inallthesuccessfulcasesthough,theyhadabusinesssponsor,pickedaproblemthatwasbigenoughtomaketheresultsinteresting/useful/immediatelyofvalue,butnotsolargeastooverwhelmthegroupdoingthework.Byandlarge,we’vebeendelightedwithhowquicklythePOCshavegone(oftenonlyfourtosixweeks)andit’sanopportunityforourpeopletohelptrainyours.Thepoweroftechnologyiseasilyproven—itmaywellbethatthebottleneckforbigdataprojectsusingTeradataUnifiedDataArchitecture™willbethelimitsofyouranalysts’imagi-nations,notthetechnology.

A quick set of questions to get started:

1. Whatisyourcurrentpainpointoropportunitythatwillgiveyouacompetitiveedgeusingbigdata?

2. Whounderstandsandhasthepowertodriveaproject?

3. Whatisthelikelybenefitinquantifiabletermsforyou?ROI?DoyouneedhelpwithaBusinessValueDiscovery?

4. DoesTeradataUnifiedDataArchitecture™fittheproblem?

5. DoesitmakesensetoproceedtoaPOConasampledataset,withTeradata’shelp,soyoucangetyourfeetwet,getsomeearlyexperiencewiththetools,andseewhatthetechnologycandoforyou?

6. IfyoualreadyhaveTeradata,canyouplananArchitectureAssessmentsoyourITgroupislinkedinandyouachievebuy-inforoperationalization?

7. Isthetimingright?Isyourcultureready?

Three things to watch for, and avoid, based on our experience:

First,the“shinynewtoy”phenomenon.Whileit’slaud-ableforpeopletowanttolearnnewtechnologies,it’simportanttomakesuretheyaredoingsoinabusinesscontext.Therearealwaysshinynewthingscompetingforyourattention.Eightypercentofthem(and90percentoftheassociatedvendors)flameout,somakesurethatyouplaceyourbetscarefully.Foranentertainingper-spectiveonthisbyDanGraham,oneofTeradata’smostinsightfulcurmudgeons,see‘ThrowingYourHatintheRing’or‘BigElephantEatsDataWarehouse’blogposts.9

Second,the“scienceprojectinthebasement”phenom-enon.Incaseswherebigdataprojectshaverunintoproblems,theyusuallyoccurneartheend,whentheystruggletotaketheresultsintoproductizationwithouttheappropriateplanningandconsiderationofmanyoftheoperationalizationaspectsofrealprojects.It’softenimportanttoinsulatetherisktakersinyourcompanywhowanttobechangeagentssotheycanworkquicklyinahigh-energyenvironment.However,it’sequallyimportanttomakesurethatyouhaveagoodgame-planforfoldingtheirinsightsbackintotheotherinsightsyou’vecreatedwithTeradata,andthatyoucantakeaction.Wecallthisthe“InsightIntegration”stepandthe“TakingAction”step.Usually,the“TakingAction”aspectsofdataandinsightsdependonTeradataanditscon-nectionstofront-linesystemslikewebsites,dashboards,andmobileapps.Thisisimportant,becauseit’sveryunlikelythatHadoop(givenitsbatchorientation)oreven

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TeradataAsterisgoingtobeabletohandlethevolumeofrequestsfromoperational(asopposedtostrategic)BIworkloads,anareathatTeradatacalls“ActiveDataWarehousing™.”(YoucanfindmuchmoreinformationonTeradata.comaboutTeradata’sprowessinmixedwork-loadsaswellascasestudiesofcustomersconnectinghundredsofthousands,evenmillionsofcustomersonwebormobiledevicesdirectlytothesamesystemthathandlestheirtraditionalBIworkloads.)

Finally,monitorforthe“cultureclash.”There’softenacultureclashbetweenthepeoplewhodidthe“newproject”andthosewhohavetorunthebusiness—andthat’stheareawhereyouneedtospendsomeextraenergy.Itreallyisaboutpeople,process,andtechnology.Whilethebigdatatechnologyisprovenandthearchi-tectureisrobust,peopleandprocessissuesareoftenthestumblingblockstoputtingTeradataUnifiedDataArchitecture™intoaction.

SUMMARY

Bigdataisanevolution,notarevolution—oftechnology,analyticalcapabilities,andskillsforpeopleresponsibleforusingdatatocreateinsightsanddiscoveriesthatleadtoacompetitiveedge.OurexpertisewithTeradataUnifiedDataArchitecture™helpscompaniesnavigatetheoptions,understandtheeconomics,andlearnfrombestpracticestoputbigdataprogramsinplace.FormoreinformationvisitusatTeradata.com.

Suggested Readings

1. LisaArthur,Big Data Marketing: Engage Your Customers More Effectively and Drive Value,Wiley,2013.

2. LisaKart,NickHeudecker,FrankBuytendijk.“SurveyAnalysis:BigDataAdoptionin2013ShowsSubstanceBehindtheHype,”GartnerReportGG0255160,September12,2013.

3. ThomasH.DavenportandJeanneG.Harris,Competing on Analytics, The New Science of Winning,HarvardBusinessSchoolPublishing,2007.

4.ErikBrynjolfsson,LorinM.Hitt,HeekyungHellenKim—MITSloan,“StrengthinNumbers:HowDoesData-DrivenDecisionmakingAffectFirmPerformance?”,SocialScienceResearchNetwork,April2011.http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1819486

5. Intel,“UsingaMultipleDataWarehouseStrategytoImproveBIAnalytics”,IT@IntelWhitePaper,March2013.http://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/public/us/en/documents/white-papers/using-a-multiple-data-warehouse-strategy-to-improve-bi-analytics.pdf

6. RichardWinter.“BigData—WhatDoesItReallyCost,”June2013.http://www.asterdata.com/big-data-cost

7. TodrillintomoreinformationabouttheTeradataAsterDiscoveryPlatform,read:

~ http://www.asterdata.com/resources/whitepapers.php

~ http://www.asterdata.com/resources/analyst.php

8.TeradataWebsite.“TeradataandFuzzyLogixDeliverGame-ChangingIn-DatabaseAnalytics,”TeradataBrochure,July2013,AvailableonTeradata.com.

9. DanGrahamBlogPost,http://blogs.teradata.com/data-points/throwing-your-hat-in-the-ring

10.TeradataWebsite.“TeradataUnifiedDataArchitecture™”,TDWIE-Book,May2013.Providesan11pagecompilationofinterviewsofnotedanalystsMarkMadsenandDavidLoshin,aswellasinterviewswithTeradata’sImadBiroutyandSteveWooledge.AvailableonTeradata.com.

11.TeradataWebsite.“TeradataUnifiedDataArchitecture™:AVisionaryFramework”,EB6705,April2013.Providesa6pagequickoverviewoftheTeradataUnifiedDataArchitecture™andthreecustomerusecases—twointelecommandoneinbanking.AvailableonTeradata.com.

12.TeradataWebsite.“TurningDataintoProfitwithTeradataUnifiedDataArchitecture.™”Isa2pagesummaryfromQ1-2013.http://www.teradata.com/white-papers/Turning-data-into-profit-with-Teradata-Unified-Data-Architecture

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®indicatesUSAregistration.SPSSisaregisteredtrademarkofIBMSPSS.AttensityisatrademarkofAttensityCorporation.FuzzyLogixisatrademarkofFuzzyLogix,LLC.Teradatacontinuallyimprovesproductsasnewtechnologiesandcomponentsbecomeavailable.Teradata,therefore,reservestherighttochangespecificationswithoutpriornotice.Allfeatures,functions,andoperationsdescribedhereinmaynotbemarketedinallpartsoftheworld.ConsultyourTeradatarepresentativeorTeradata.comformoreinformation.

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