What Are You Going to Do With Your Data?
One of the artifacts of the massive growth of Big Data over the last decade is the need for the infrastructure to manage and securely store this data. This also includes being able to easily transfer information into an analytics application or to a client’s own data repository. Many software development firms don’t want the extra hassle of managing their own data center added to their other responsibilities.
For many technology organizations a simple question remains: What are you going to do with your data? Let’s take a closer look at a few potential solutions to see what makes sense for your business.
Finding the Right Data Management Solution
A wide variety of companies offer turnkey solutions for data management, including some of the top names in the IT industry. Depending on your specific needs, you’ll have to consider other features, like distributed data access, security, built-in analytics tools and more. Also examine scalability issues, especially if your organization is constantly adding new data to its repository.
Perhaps a Master Data Management system makes sense for your business scenario? These typically include customer and contact data, as well as any proprietary information requiring secure storage. Finding a solution (or possibly even more than one) that makes sense for your company’s size and growth potential needs to be the goal.
Which Makes More Sense: On-Premise or Cloud-Based?
For many smaller organizations, including those in the software development world, spending on the necessary infrastructure to build an on-premise data management system isn’t cost-effective. Businesses of all sizes are increasingly leveraging the Cloud for their data management needs. As such, there are a copious number of Cloud-based Data-as-a-Service (DaaS) providers worth considering as a solution partner.
SMBs especially benefit from not having to make large capital expenditures on data center equipment. They are also able to focus on their core competencies – like software engineering – instead of dealing with the operation of a secure on-premise data management system. Flexible scalability with Cloud providers is another point worth considering. On the other hand, some high-security data requirements may warrant foregoing a Cloud-based solution in favor of something in-house.
Ultimately, be sure your organization performs the right amount of due diligence before spending on either an on-premise or Cloud-based data management solution. Finding a safe, secure and scalable system is a worthy outcome.
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If you are looking for insightful advice on the technology industry, talk to the experts at SDE USA. As one of the leading software development firms in the industry, we are able to bring your application idea to fruition. Schedule some time with us soon!