

Teradata Express 15 for VMware Player Available Now
Teradata Express 15.0 is now available so that you can evaluate the new features of Teradata. Teradata Database 15.0 is the newest release of Teradata’s industry-leading RDBMS. This release extends Teradata’s leadership in several key areas, and continues to position Teradata Database as the database of choice for Integrated Warehousing, Business Analytics, and participation in the Unified Data Architecture.
The Teradata Express program offers customers a free evaluation version of the Teradata database as a download from Teradata.com. While the Express edition is not licensed for production usage and is not officially supported, this is a fully functional Teradata database that is a great tool for developers and testers working on their Teradata projects or other who want hands-on learning with Teradata. You can download Teradata Express and many other Teradata products for free here: http://downloads.teradata.com/download
What's New:
The key categories and features of Teradata 15.0 include:
• Big data & Analytics
• JSON Integration
• SQL-H Enhancements* (not available in 15.00.00 base)
• 3D Geospatial Data Type
• Geospatial Performance Enhancements
• Table Operator Enhancements
• Scripting and Language Support
• Performance Optimization
• Light Weight Redistribution
• Software Efficiency Improvements
• Ecosystem
• TASM - Virtual Partitions Enhancement (SLES11 only)
• TASM/TIWM – New Classification (by Datablock Selectivity)
• TIWM - Operating Periods
• Other Workload Management Enhancements
• Priority Scheduler Enhancements (SLES11 Only)
• Unity Callback Support
• Utility Statistics Logging
• SQL Interface For ShowBlocks
• Industry Compatiblity
• ANSI Temporal Syntax Support
• Sequenced Aggregation Enhancements
• Aggregate JI for Temporal
• Teradata Directory Services Enhancements
• 1MB Phase 2
• Quality & supportablity
• Faster time to support
• HSN Health
• Onsite System & Dump Analysis
• Intelligent Parser Retries
• Unresponsive Node Isolation
• New PI On Access Rights Table
• Roles Access Rights Improvements
• Space COD w/o Restart
• Debugging & Diagnosis
• DBQL – Show Parameters
More Information
We have additional articles on Developer Exchange for the new Teradata Express family:
- Introduction to Teradata Express for VMware Player
- Configure Teradata Express for Amazon EC2
- Basic Teradata Administration Guide
- Teradata Express Network Configuration Guide
Please note that while the Teradata Express family of products is not officially supported, you can talk to other users and get help in the Cloud Computing forum.