Why virtualization is making enterprise data warehouses obsolete [Q&A]

For many years the database has been at the heart of enterprise IT. But the shift to the cloud has led to massive challenges with migrations proving both slow and expensive. A different way to approach this is to use virtualization, allowing existing applications to run on any modern cloud platform without being rewritten or replaced. We spoke to Mike Waas founder and CEO of Datometry, a SaaS database virtualization platform, to find out more. BN: How does vendor lock-in of databases hurt the industry? MW: Databases are a critical component of the modern IT stack. Because they have very… [Continue Reading]