Cloud analytics apps need solid data architecture

August 6, 2014 Off By David

Grazed from TechTarget. Author: Hannah Pullen-Blasnik.

In a presentation at the 2014 TDWI Executive Summit in Boston, consultant and author David Linthicum discussed the impact of cloud computing on business intelligence and data analytics — and the opportunities it presents to organizations. Describing big data analytics in particular as "the killer app for cloud computing," Linthicum offered tips and advice on designing tiered data architecture for cloud analytics uses.

According to Linthicum, who is a senior vice president at Boston-based consultancy Cloud Technology Partners Inc., a solid architecture is the key to unlocking the potential benefits of cloud platforms. Linthicum said many cloud-based BI and analytics systems lack a well-grounded architecture, which he argued isn’t the fault of IT architects, but rather a result of the corporate focus on short-term — and often shortsighted — plans…

"Most [businesses] are on a quarter-based system, where the ability to meet the numbers becomes paramount," Linthicum said. Instead of thinking tactically, he encouraged companies to work to establish cloud data architectures holistically by applying the same infrastructural underpinnings enterprise-wide and on the same timeline, rather than focusing efforts where it’s most immediately convenient without considering the long term…

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