1. Summary
The fundamental underpinnings of most organizations are their transactions. These must be done well, with integrity, and with good performance. Not only has transaction volume soared of late, but the level of granularity in the transaction details has also reached new heights. Fast transactions greatly improve the efficiency of a high-volume business. Performance is incredibly important.
Recent trends in information management indicate organizations are shifting their focus to cloud-based solutions. In the past, the only clear choice for most organizations was an on-premises database using on-premises hardware. However, costs of scale are chipping away the notion that this is still the best approach for all of a company’s transactional needs. The factors driving operational and analytical data projects to the cloud are many, and the advantages–like data protection, high availability, and scale–are realized with infrastructure as a service (IaaS) deployment. In many cases, a hybrid approach serves as an interim step for organizations migrating to a modern, capable cloud architecture.