10 Reasons Big Data Is Important Today

whitePaper | September 21, 2022

Global macroeconomic conditions indicate the rising probability of a recession. Despite the resulting cost pressures, enterprise demand for D&A services is rising as enterprises realize that datadriven solutions focused on cost optimization and building competitive advantage are critical to tackle and survive the slowdown. In this regard, service providers can help enterprises in their digital transformation journey by formulating a vision for D&A, modernizing the D&A landscape, and providing the right talent and niche skill sets to achieve direct business outcomes.

whitePaper | August 25, 2022

Most organizations realize data governance is necessary - if not indispensable - for mitigating data risk while sustaining its longterm value. However, there’s still a fair amount of ambiguity around what exactly data governance is and how to best implement it. By definition, data governance is an enterprise-wide initiative for formalizing the processes, people, and protocols for using data. It reduces risk while increasing data’s ultimate value: consistent reusability for achieving mission critical objectives. Data governance is a strategic approach for creating unassailable trust in data throughout the enterprise.

whitePaper | March 29, 2023

On the 8th of March 2023 SAP announced the evolution of SAP Data Warehouse Cloud (DWC) into SAP Datasphere during its ‘Data Unleashed’-digital event. Although this whitepaper has been updated to reflect all the changes and new developments, some of the images may still carry SAP Datasphere’s old name (Data Warehouse Cloud), in cases where no similar visualizations with the new namesake were available. If you have read this whitepaper before, you might just be interested in the topics that SAP highlighted in the days preceding and during the March event. In the section below you will find the most important takeaways in a nutshell, but we encourage you to read on if you want to know more!

whitePaper | November 15, 2019

Fault-tolerance is the ability for a system to remain in operation even if some of the components used to build the system fail. Even with very conservative assumptions, a busy e-commerce site may lose thousands of dollars for every minute it is unavailable. This is just one reason why businesses and organizations strive to develop software systems that can survive faults. Amazon Web Services (AWS) provides a platform that is ideally suited for building fault-tolerant software systems. The AWS platform enables you to build fault-tolerant systems that operate with a minimal amount of human interaction and up-front financial investment.

whitePaper | January 18, 2023

Ventana Research performed this research and analysis independently. Our goals were to determine the Value Index for Data Platforms and to evaluate vendors and products in accordance with the Ventana Research methodology and blueprint. We charged no fees for this research and invited to participate all vendors that are delivering relevant data platform products and services. This report includes products generally available as of September 30, 2022.

whitePaper | July 25, 2022

Experts estimate that the average person generates more than 1.7 MB of digital data per second, amounting to over 2.5 quintillion bytes per day. However, as the world becomes increasingly digitized and networked, experts predict that, on average, people will produce 463 exabytes of data per day by 2025.