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INDUSTRY EXPERT businesses need to recover quickly following an unforeseen disaster . Cloud backup helps businesses recover their data quickly so they can continue their operations without any downtime .
COST- EFFECTIVENESS IS ONE OF THE MAJOR REASONS BUSINESSES ACROSS THE GLOBE ARE CHOOSING THE CLOUD OVER TRADITIONAL SYSTEMS . www . intelligentdatacentres . com
INDUSTRY EXPERT businesses need to recover quickly following an unforeseen disaster . Cloud backup helps businesses recover their data quickly so they can continue their operations without any downtime .
Why are organisations today increasingly looking at public clouds as a key enabler for executing on their enterprise data warehouse ( EDW ) modernisation strategy ?
In today ’ s world , enterprise data warehouses are a critical component of any organisation ’ s technology ecosystem . They provide the backbone for a range of use cases such as Business Intelligence ( BI ) reporting , dashboarding and Machine Learning ( ML ) -based predictive analytics , that enable faster decision-making and insights .
The rise of cloud has allowed data warehouses to provide new capabilities such as cost-effective data storage at petabyte scale , highly scalable compute and storage , pay-as-you-go pricing and fully managed service delivery . Companies are shifting their investments to cloud software and reducing their spend on legacy infrastructure .
How can enterprises accelerate time-to-value through end-to-end management of transactional , operational and analytical data across any cloud ?
Cloud-based data warehouse solutions can offer faster , easier scalability than onpremises environments . You can start with a short-term proof of concept and then scale up to match the requirements of the project when it goes live .
What are the current pain points of organisations efficiently storing and operationalising their data ?
Integration
Consolidating data from disparate sources into a single system is one of the greatest challenges all organisations grapple with .
Getting real-time insights
Another pain point is getting real-time insights . When we move from analysing static data to handling inputs in real-time , a great deal of complexity is added . While innovations such as fully automated Extract , Transform and Load ( ETL ) engines make life easier , there is still a long way to go for organisations looking to use realtime insights .
Siloed analytics and competing results
If one department in an organisation has access to certain types of information and other departments don ’ t , then this could provide skewed results across the organisation .
Lack of skills to interpret and apply analytics in business context
Even if an organisation has the required technical staff , the lack of skills to interpret and use analytics among business staff can be another significant barrier to effectively using data and making datadriven decisions .
Data governance and security
Companies source data for decisionmaking from many internal and external data sources . However , the governance of this data is very much an issue . Another data challenge for organisations is ensuring their security and integrity . Due to the criticality of the data , even a minor incident can result in enormous losses for the organisation .
What is the next generation of IBM Netezza Performance Server and what is it doing to make it accessible to everyone across cloud , hybrid and onpremises deployments ?
IBM Netezza Performance Server is the advanced cloud-native data warehouse designed for unified , scalable analytics and insights available anywhere . Built with data lake integration , Netezza Performance Server empowers you to run highly complex queries and Machine Learning to support critical business decisions across your organisation . It provides a secure and scalable source for your analytics that is simple to use and flexible enough to run demanding analytical workloads across fully managed cloud , hybrid and onpremises environments .

COST- EFFECTIVENESS IS ONE OF THE MAJOR REASONS BUSINESSES ACROSS THE GLOBE ARE CHOOSING THE CLOUD OVER TRADITIONAL SYSTEMS . www . intelligentdatacentres . com

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