I previously wrote about how document-database providers have added support for ACID transactions and the SQL query language, making their products increasingly suitable for use as replacements for applications that previously depended on relational databases. Adoption of non-relational NoSQL databases is by no means reliant on displacing incumbent relational databases, and initial adoption is often driven by differentiating capabilities, such as developer agility and application flexibility....
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Data,
data platforms,
operational data platforms
When joining Ventana Research, I noted that the need to be more data-driven has become a mantra among large and small organizations alike. Data-driven organizations stand to gain competitive advantage, responding faster to worker and customer demands for more innovative, data-rich applications and personalized experiences. Being data-driven is clearly something to aspire to. However, it is also a somewhat vague concept without clear definition. We know data-driven organizations when we see them...
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embedded analytics,
Analytics,
Business Intelligence,
Data Governance,
Data Integration,
Data,
Digital Technology,
natural language processing,
data lakes,
data operations,
Digital Business,
Streaming Analytics,
data platforms,
Analytics & Data,
Streaming Data & Events,
AI and Machine Learning
I recently wrote about the growing range of use cases for which NoSQL databases can be considered, given increased breadth and depth of functionality available from providers of the various non-relational data platforms. As I noted, one category of NoSQL databases — graph databases — are inherently suitable for use cases that rely on relationships, such as social media, fraud detection and recommendation engines, since the graph data model represents the entities and values and also the...
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business intelligence,
Analytics,
Cloud Computing,
Data,
Digital Technology,
data platforms,
Analytics & Data,
AI and Machine Learning
I previously described the concept of hydroanalytic data platforms, which combine the structured data processing and analytics acceleration capabilities associated with data warehousing with the low-cost and multi-structured data storage advantages of the data lake. One of the key enablers of this approach is interactive SQL query engine functionality, which facilitates the use of existing business intelligence (BI) and data science tools to analyze data in data lakes. Interactive SQL query...
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Analytics,
Business Intelligence,
Cloud Computing,
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Digital Technology,
data lakes,
data operations,
data platforms,
Analytics & Data,
AI and Machine Learning
I previously explained how the data lakehouse is one of two primary approaches being adopted to deliver what I have called a hydroanalytic data platform. Hydroanalytics involves the combination of data warehouse and data lake functionality to enable and accelerate analysis of data in cloud storage services. The term data lakehouse has been rapidly adopted by several vendors in recent years to describe an environment in which data warehousing functionality is integrated into the data lake...
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business intelligence,
Analytics,
Data,
data lakes,
data platforms
As I recently described, it is anticipated that the majority of database workloads will continue to be served by specialist data platforms targeting operational and analytic workloads, albeit with growing demand for hybrid data processing use-cases and functionality. Specialist operational and analytic data platforms have historically been the since preferred option, but there have always been general-purpose databases that could be used for both analytic and operational workloads, with tuning...
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Analytics,
Business Intelligence,
Cloud Computing,
Data,
Digital Technology,
data platforms,
Analytics & Data
I recently wrote about the potential benefits of data mesh. As I noted, data mesh is not a product that can be acquired, or even a technical architecture that can be built. It’s an organizational and cultural approach to data ownership, access and governance. While the concept of data mesh is agnostic to the technology used to implement it, technology is clearly an enabler for data mesh. For many organizations, new technological investment and evolution will be required to facilitate adoption...
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Analytics,
Business Intelligence,
Data Governance,
Data Integration,
Data,
data operations,
data platforms,
Streaming Data & Events,
AI and Machine Learning
I recently described the use cases driving interest in hybrid data processing capabilities that enable analysis of data in an operational data platform without impacting operational application performance or requiring data to be extracted to an external analytic data platform. Hybrid data processing functionality is becoming increasingly attractive to aid the development of intelligent applications infused with personalization and artificial intelligence-driven recommendations. These...
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Analytics,
Business Intelligence,
Cloud Computing,
Data,
Digital Technology,
data platforms,
Analytics & Data,
AI and Machine Learning
The server is a key component of enterprise computing, providing the functional compute resources required to support software applications. Historically, the server was so fundamentally important that it – along with the processor, or processor core – was also a definitional unit by which software was measured, priced and sold. That changed with the advent of cloud-based service delivery and consumption models.
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Business Continuity,
Cloud Computing,
Data,
Digital Technology,
Digital Business,
data platforms,
Analytics & Data
Over a decade ago, I coined the term NewSQL to describe the new breed of horizontally scalable, relational database products. The term was adopted by a variety of vendors that sought to combine the transactional consistency of the relational database model with elastic, cloud-native scalability. Many of the early NewSQL vendors struggled to gain traction, however, and were either acquired or ceased operations before they could make an impact in the crowded operational data platforms market....
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Business Continuity,
Cloud Computing,
Data,
Digital Technology,
Digital Business,
data platforms,
Analytics & Data