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The new data storehouse
DataQuest
|June 2021
A cloud data warehouse offers several benefits – the most important among them being a strong backup plan to meet any eventuality
If there’s one lesson to be learned from the pandemic, it is that organizations should always be prepared for the worst. They should also have a strong backup plan that is agile and can be deployed in any scenario with minimal disruption. One way of doing this is through a cloud data warehouse which enables organizations to adapt and accommodate rapid and ad-hoc changes in workloads. It does so by enhancing the provisioning of resources or by scaling down the same as per the data volumes and its usage across users.
The data volume as well as the number of users who may access it at any point in time is not predictable. The flexibility that a cloud data warehouse brings along enables faster processing of data. It helps organizations be nimbler in managing data and workloads and arrive at insights faster.
By ensuring that cutting-edge insights are delivered to the business users through efficient self-service interfaces, businesses can accelerate the pace of informed decision making and this can augment sales. It can also help to engage and retain customers, enhance loyalty, and create a customized and contextual customer experience.
The process of building or implementing a cloud data warehouse can empower an organisation with value.
This story is from the June 2021 edition of DataQuest.
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