Summary
This report presents Teradata VantageCloud Lake, a cloud analytics and data platform designed for enterprise analytics. It outlines the platform's capabilities, which include advanced analytics, machine learning functions, and a self-service web-based console. VantageCloud Lake enables users to run analytics on data in object stores and other systems, leveraging Teradata's data fabric to move queries to the data instead of moving the data itself. The report details the consumption-based pricing model, which offers optimized pricing based on actual data accessed or stored, and highlights features such as automatic elasticity, usage reporting, and built-in resiliency. The platform supports multi-cluster compute and is currently available on AWS and Azure, with plans for Google Cloud integration in 2024. The report concludes by emphasizing the benefits of VantageCloud Lake for ad hoc and exploratory querying, providing a compelling complement to traditional enterprise analytics solutions.
