From data warehouses to data lakes, there is a growing array of choices when it comes to cloud platforms, deployment models, and features. At the same time, challenges remain, including data integration and governance, performance, and management and monitoring.

Nearly 80% of DBTA subscribers currently have digital transformation initiatives underway and the large majority of these projects are focused on two key areas: cloud solutions and analytics.

DBTA held a roundtable webinar featuring Anand Rao, director, product marketing, Qlik; Lewis Carr, senior director, product marketing, Actian; and Thomas Hazel, founder, CTO, and chief scientist, ChaosSearch, who discussed key solutions and best practices for succeeding with modern analytics today.

Rao explained that there are three ongoing trends in the data architecture modernization and automation space. This includes cloud application development, data warehouse modernization, and a next generation cloud data lake.