Cloud is becoming an increasing popular option for organisations to store data to power data analytics and business intelligence functions: data that is growing rapidly in volume and variety. However migrating data to the cloud and managing it in the cloud creates multiple challenges. This has given rise to a new discipline in enterprise IT:…
Data has always been fundamental to business, but as organisations continue to move to Cloud based environments coupled with advances in technology like streaming and real-time analytics, building a data driven business is one of the keys to success. There are many attributes a data-driven organisation possesses. Deloitte lists these as: Creating and shaping a common data…
To support real-time decision-making organisations need real-time data, in huge volumes. This data comes in many formats from multiple sources and multiple devices and may be stored in multiple silos. Individual business units might leverage the power of shadow IT: storing, analysing and gaining insights from their data, beyond visibility of and management by IT…