Kristin Diodonet

3 Reasons Why You Probably Can’t Afford to Rewrite Your Way Out of Teradata

When the economy slows, enterprises re-evaluate their most costly IT investments. Usually, enterprise data warehouses top the list.  How can one defend the investment in a legacy system when there are so many cost-effective alternatives? Outdated data warehouse systems are the first to get the axe. But paradoxically, IT organizations may be unable to afford […]

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Datometry Partners With Databricks to Accelerate Migrations from Legacy Data Warehouses to the Lakehouse

SAN FRANCISCO – (May 30, 2023) – Datometry, the pioneer in database virtualization, announced today their partnership with Databricks, the data and AI company, to accelerate the worldwide transition of enterprises from classic data warehouse technology to the lakehouse. The partnership will empower enterprise customers to overcome the lock-in of legacy vendors. Enterprises struggle to

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A TCO Calculator to Help You Understand the Real Cost of Your Database Migration

Database migrations are rife with horror stories of cost overruns. Cost overruns of 300%–500% are more common than you might think. (That most migrations fail to accomplish their objective is a different subject, and we need to talk about that as well another time).  The real shocker, however, is that the actual cost could have

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ABN AMRO Modernizes Data Infrastructure with Datometry and Azure Synapse

Leading Dutch bank future-proofs database infrastructure with database virtualization SAN FRANCISCO – (April 27, 2023) – Datometry, the database virtualization company, announced today that the third-largest Dutch bank, ABN AMRO, has completed the transition of their central data warehouse to Azure Synapse using the Datometry platform. ABN AMRO was looking to replatform their business-critical workloads from

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Datometry Hyper-Q for Azure Databricks is Now Generally Available

By Ehab Abdelhamid, Christian Bedford, Michael Duller, Gourab Mitra, Jozsef Patvarczki, Niko Tsikoudis  “That’s too good to be true!” is the standard reaction when a prospect understands what Datometry Hyper-Q can do for them. With the latest release, we bring our technology now also to Databricks customers. Today we announced the general availability of Datometry

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Datometry Announces Hyper-Q for Azure Databricks

Enterprises adopt Databricks at a fraction of cost, time and risk of conventional migrations  SAN FRANCISCO – (April 11, 2023) – Datometry, the pioneer in database virtualization, announced today the general availability of Hyper-Q for Azure Databricks. Hyper-Q makes enterprise customers move from legacy database systems like Teradata and Oracle to Azure Databricks without the

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How to Modernize a Data Warehouse in Months, Not Years — DevOps

This article appeared on DevOps Modernizing a data warehouse ranks among the worst imaginable tasks for IT. The end result is immensely desirable. The benefits of moving from an on-premises to a cloud data warehouse are well-documented. But database migrations require huge efforts and the stakes are high. What makes it so difficult? All applications, including ETL, BI,

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Companies Forge Partnership to Meet Increasing Demand for Database Virtualization

Companies forge partnership to meet increasing demand for database virtualization  SAN FRANCISCO & LONDON, ENGLAND – (January 26, 2023) – Datometry, the pioneer in database virtualization, announced today its partnership with UK-based data consultancy Arreoblue. The two companies will partner closely to empower enterprises to adopt cloud data warehouses rapidly.  Database virtualization has emerged as

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Three Data Infrastructure Trends to Watch in 2023 – TDWI

This article appeared on TDWI Databases are at the same time one of the most critical and one of the most innovative disciplines in all of IT. At the heart of every technology stack, databases drive the enterprise’s productivity and ultimately its top-line. Let’s take a look at the most important trends for 2023 that

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The Role Of Database Virtualization In Helping To Prepare Organizations For Economic Downturns — Forbes

This article appeared on Forbes Mike Waas is the founder and CEO of Datometry, a pioneer in database system virtualization. In a recent survey by The Conference Board, the majority of CEOs globally stated they are expecting a recession. The shape and depth of that downturn may still be subject to discussion, but many large enterprises have already

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