Teradata (TDC)

Risks

• Our failure to successfully execute our cloud-first strategy and achieve the anticipated benefits of our business transformation, which includes successfully developing and launching cloud-based products and product enhancements and/or enabling our data platform to operate effectively in cloud environments, could have a material adverse effect on our competitive position, business, brand and reputation, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.
• As we develop new offerings with enhanced capacity, delivery and performance capabilities, the increased difficulty and complexity associated with producing these offerings may increase the likelihood of reliability, quality, operability, and/or security issues.
• If our existing customers fail to renew, or cancel, their subscription license arrangements or support agreements, or if customers do not renew on terms favorable to us, our business could be adversely affected.
• Unanticipated delays or accelerations in our sales cycles makes accurate estimation of our revenues difficult and could result in significant fluctuations in our quarterly operating results.
• Demand for the offerings and services we sell could decline if we fail to maintain positive brand perception and recognition.
• Our future results depend in part on our relationships with key suppliers, strategic partners and other third parties.
• A breach of security, disruption, or failure of our information systems or those of our third-party providers could adversely impact our business and financial results.
• Our business is affected by the global economies in which we operate and the economic climate of the industries we serve.
• Generating substantial revenues from our international operations poses several risks.
• Our business and operations could be disrupted by weather conditions, including conditions exacerbated by global climate change.
• The IT industry is intensely competitive and evolving, and competitive pressures could adversely affect our pricing practices or demand for our offerings and services.
• We depend on key employees and face competition in hiring and retaining qualified employees.
• We face uncertainties regarding legal proceedings, complex and changing laws and regulations, and other related matters.
• Inadequate protection of Teradata’s intellectual property or infringement of intellectual property that is owned by others could impact our business and financial condition.
• A change in our effective tax rate can have a significant adverse impact on our business.