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Data Warehouse Appliances

By Anupama Nithyanand & Sundara Rajan PA

Data warehouse appliances have existed as long as database systems. But they were restricted to rather a niche application of very large business’ analytics rather than common main stream enterprises. With the proliferation of automated business systems and increased computational and storage power for the operations, the consequent rise in data volumes have warranted these once niche players into a main stream trend. The current approach is to usher in these appliances as edge components in the enterprise data architecture. This paper provides an overview of the technologies and a guideline to achieving maturity in appliance adoption.

Introduction

The value of data in decision ...

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