Internet Evolution – Sean Gallagher – Data Warehousing as a Service an Option for Midsized Firms
There are some kinds of software for which the usual model of “software as a service” won’t apply.That model certainly doesn’t apply to data warehousing and business intelligence.
Typically, SaaS offerings that work for both the provider and the customer take advantage of the inherent sameness of a certain business process across companies to package the app for mass consumption — such apps as sales force automation, customer relationship management, billing, and accounting.
In contrast, data warehouses and the business intelligence applications built atop them are typically carefully crafted and highly customized, even though the underlying software may be fundamentally similar across enterprises. Companies that manage to create a working data warehouse frequently hold their business analytics close to the vest.
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