Are you still running an old Netezza, Teradata or IBM data warehouse appliance? I\u2019d like to tell you the 3 main benefits of moving off those antiquated platforms and hopefully get you excited to start making the move and take advantage of a new modern platform.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Benefit #1<\/strong> \u2013 Let\u2019s kick that old technology to the curb. Netezza uses things like FPGAs hardware accelerators to make queries run faster\u2014we don\u2019t need that anymore. Hardware has advanced, and we have new platforms and software that make things run much faster. We no longer want to write functions in C++, when we can use SQL and write in languages we\u2019re used to writing from our modern applications in the cloud.<\/p>\n Benefit #2<\/strong> \u2013 We get scalability and expansion. Whether you move to the cloud or implement an on-prem or hybrid solution, get rid of the \u2018boxes\u2019 for your appliances. If your data warehouse looks like a row of refrigerators storing your data (with about as much speed), it\u2019s time to change. In a modern data platform, you can take advantage of expansion, scalability, pay as you go and all the automation that exists in a cloud platform.<\/p>\n Benefit #3<\/strong> \u2013 Migrating is easier than ever. We\u2019ve helped so many of our customers migrate, and we\u2019re seeing migration timelines come down and ROI numbers come up. There are incredible automation capabilities to make migrations faster and easier. Whether you choose to go to Azure data warehouse or Enterprise SQL Server, we have accelerated technology, such as custom column store, in-memory or Polybase, so we can bring more data in and out with lots of flexibility with types of data and formats.<\/p>\n