Teradata Embraces Open Table Formats, Iceberg and Delta Lake, to Deliver the Most Open and Connected Ecosystem for Trusted AI

Teradata (NYSE: TDC) today announced a uniquely open and connected approach to supporting open table formats (OTFs) Apache Iceberg and Linux Foundation Delta Lake, embracing the industry pivot toward open-source technologies and offering unparalleled customer choice in data management. This move adds a forward-looking dimension to Teradata VantageCloud Lake, Teradata’s next-generation, cloud-native analytics and data platform for AI, as well as Teradata AI Unlimited, an on-demand and cloud-native AI/ML engine – which will move to public preview on both AWS and Azure Marketplaces beginning in Q2 2024. Teradata’s fully open and connected approach is designed to be future-ready and allow enterprises to employ a modern data strategy with unmatched agility and flexibility for executing Trusted AI at scale.

OTFs represent a significant change from proprietary data storage to more flexible storage that can be used across platforms. The vision is greater interoperability, cost efficiency, and choice. While some companies claim to offer the openness afforded by OTFs, they lock users into preferred formats that stifle the creativity and innovation early adopters want and future users will expect. Teradata’s agnostic OTF support and open catalog integration is designed to enable the platform to read various catalogs with predictable execution. And with its unique implementation and approach to parallel processing, workload management, and query optimization of shared data, the platform is designed to deliver the best performance in the market. Across its cloud-native, multi-cloud, and on-demand offerings, Teradata provides broad choice for data management, without sacrificing the powerful and scalable engine that differentiates Teradata in its ability to optimize value and business outcomes.

“In today’s data landscape, we’re seeing wide adoption of open table formats with 51% of organizations actively adopting Delta tables and 27% adopting Apache Iceberg. This trend reflects the industry's focus on a single source of data and the ability to leverage multiple engines against that data," said David Menninger, Executive Director at Ventana Research, part of ISG. “Teradata's commitment to open table formats, alongside the introduction of VantageCloud Lake and AI Unlimited engines working with these formats, empowers customers to combine low-cost storage with enterprise performance and capabilities."