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////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// FEATURE: ENTERPRISE DATA CLOUD pressing data and analytic challenges in a streamlined fashion. 3: Secured and governed: With data coming from various sources, comes great responsibility. Businesses want to run multiple analytic functions on the same data set with a common security and governance framework – enabling a holistic approach to data privacy and regulatory compliance across all their environments. It must therefore maintain strict enterprise data privacy, governance, data migration and metadata management regardless of its location. 4. Open: Lastly, an enterprise data cloud must be open. Of course, this means open source software, but it also means open compute architectures and open data stores like Amazon S3 and Azure Data Lake Storage. Ultimately, enterprises want to avoid vendor lock-in (to not become dependent on a single provider) and favour open platforms, open integrations and open partner ecosystems. In the event of technical challenges, not only one company, the original supplier, who delivers support, but the entire open source community can help. This also ensures fast innovation cycles and a competitive advantage. To achieve their goals of Digital Transformation and becoming data-driven, businesses need more than just a better data warehouse, data science or BI tool. As new data types emerge, and new use cases come to the fore, they will need to rely on a range of analytical capabilities – from data engineering to data warehousing to operational databases and data science – available across a comprehensive cloud infrastructure. Throughout their journey, they need to be able to fluidly move between these different analytics, exchanging data and gaining insights as they go. Being able to rely on an enterprise data cloud will future-proof their commitment to technology innovation and ensure business objectives are met across any division. • TO GIVE ENTERPRISES FLEXIBILITY, AN ENTERPRISE DATA CLOUD CAN EMPOWER BUSINESSES TO GET CLEAR AND ACTIONABLE INSIGHTS FROM COMPLEX DATA ANYWHERE. www.intelligentcio.com INTELLIGENTCIO 53