Data architecture modernization and the world of tomorrow

Data Warehouse Environments (DWEs) must undergo constant change to keep up with new business requirements and technologies.

From server upgrades to adding new platforms cobbled into existing environments, a clear trend toward continuous modernization is evident.

473 data management professionals were asked to share their thoughts on the state of data modernization—their feedback is outlined in this SlideShare.

Described their data warehouse environment as “evolving.”

76%

Of IT managers who update (or plan to update) their data warehousing platform within the year.

49%

Of the data management professionals consulted recognized modernization as being moderately to extremely important.

90%

Cited the main benefit of data architecture modernization as access to integrated analytics and elements of visualization and exploration.

53%

Identified the main “barriers” to modernization: poor stewardship or governance of data and inadequate staffing for data warehousing and related disciplines.

40%

Of data pros identify that the main driver in realigning existing data warehouse structures is a need to support overall business goals—as the data could be used to inform decision making.39%

Saw system modernizations (upgrades and patches for hardware and software servers or tools) implemented into their own architectures within the past three years.

53%

The percentage of DWEs expected to become complex, where the central data warehouse is wed to many additional data platforms.

1/3

Your architecture is already there. Modernize it today.

Source/Credits: IBM referenced several statistics taken from research conducted by the TDWI (The Data Warehouse Institute). The full report on data modernization is available here.

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