Founded in 2000 and based in Surrey, UK, Ward Analytics mission is simple; to deliver best-in-class Teradata Performance Analysis and Management by application of advanced technologies and techniques combined with a deep and sophisticated understanding of Teradata and its server platforms. The result is Visual Edge™ - the industry leading suite of tools for analysing, optimising and managing Teradata performance.

By the application of powerful Data Visualisation technology and techniques, Ward Analytics have given users, for the first time, the potential to leverage the value of the performance data available from within and around Teradata itself.

There is no greater testament to the success of this mission than the fact that Teradata's own Global Teradata Customer Support Centre use Visual Edge™ to support their own world-wide Teradata customer base.

The human brains' ability to best assimilate data visually, essentially in parallel, has long been recognised as one of its unique attributes. Large arrays of numeric and textual data, and complex contextual considerations present users with difficult interpretation challenges, hence the proliferation of simple graphical tools such as pie charts and line graphs. The limitation on implementations of true Data Visualisation solutions until relatively recently has been the power and thus cost of the desktop computing platform.

Moore's Law has had a seismic effect on the ability of technology providers to exploit the potential of desktop computers, and in the last 2-3 years the computing power required to enable the potential of Data Visualisation techniques and technologies to be unlocked in a mass-market cost-effective manner has finally arrived.

Ward Analytics' interactive Visual Edge™ software goes far beyond traditional data representations by dramatically enhancing query and analysis techniques, and allowing users to quickly and accurately analyse, understand and interact with even the most complex data-sets. The net result of this step-change in data analysis capability is ultimately huge productivity gains for those charged with running and supporting data warehouses - tasks that have previously been beyond the time available are now brought within reach. At last, truly significant Returns on Investment can be achieved.

"Turns a Weeks Work into Minutes" - Teradata Global Support Centre Analyst

Visual Edge™ allows users to make more accurate and informed decisions faster and cost effectively. Visual Edge™ software means Teradata customers can be certain every last drop of performance is extracted from the database and server.

As soon as a performance degradation or an unexpected performance issue impact Service Levels, Visual Edge™ will ensure that support staff get to the root cause of the problem in the quickest possible time.