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February - 2009 - issue > Technology
Analytics Are the Next Frontier of the Enterprise
Avi Basu
The reality of IT today is that most software applications have their own localized view of any relevant data. If you’re not going to leverage data intelligently, what’s the point of gathering and storing it? Unfortunately, the existing IT infrastructure in most enterprises is under tremendous strain as it is – and will be tested further by this increasing demand for enterprise analytics. This can be attributed to:
More data: Data managed by enterprises is growing as business operations expand. Increased regulation expected in several industries will mean that more data will have to be made available for longer periods of time.
More end-users: As analytics-driven decisions become more prevalent and analytic tools are becoming more powerful and easy-to-use, more and more business users are demanding access to these capabilities, even bypassing the IT organization, in some cases !
More complex queries: Tighter regulatory oversight, more users with a greater “need-to-know” and increasingly volatile business climate will result in very complex, sophisticated decision planning scenarios and reports – that will only burden the enterprise IT infrastructure further.
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