Data growth continues to outpace business growth at many organizations. Moreover, the growth in data generation is outstripping the ability of conventional tools, techniques, and processes to make effective use of that data.
Application Development, Business Intelligence, and Compliance Reporting are three key IT functions impacted by the growth and availability of data. Together, these "ABCs" of data can enable lower costs and greater revenue, but each relies on better access to more data in order to be effective. In each area, Data as a Service can provide faster, cheaper, and easier access to critical data that is today locked away in production databases.