Teradata University Network - A teaching support portal for business intelligence, data warehousing and database

Business intelligence and information logistics have become a part of teaching curricula in recent years due to their importance for companies and the request for adequately trained graduates. Since these fields are characterized by a high amount of software and methodology innovations, teaching materials and teaching aids require constant attention. Teradato, a division of NCR Corp., has teamed up with lecturers and researchers to build and run a portal to support teaching business intelligence and information logistics. This article describes how faculty can use the Terodata University Network to prepare and run courses by reusing teaching materials and running state-of-the-art, commercial software provided in an ASP model.