Part 5 of 9, Data Warehouse Platforms: Removing Silos & Operationalizing Your Data

Summary

Strategy & Business Considerations

Data warehouse technology was perhaps the first that provided a unified repository for data emancipated from siloed systems, allowing then-bleeding edge enterprise organizations to query their data comprehensively and do so without taxing operational systems.

These pioneering systems have never really lost their appeal in the enterprise and they work well in nearly every analytic use case. Leveraging them today provides continuity and draws on longstanding work habits, skill sets, and technology ecosystem compatibility.