| |December 201819ANALYTICS TOOLS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO TRANSFORM THE WAY BUSINESSES HAVE TRADITIONALLY ANALYZED DATA TO DRAW LEVERAGEABLE INFERENCES. BESIDES AIDING IN IMPROVING ORGANIZATIONAL EFFICIENCY, ANALYTICS TOOLS ARE ALSO CAPABLE OF VISUALIZATION OF HISTORICAL DATAally, with the volume of data that organizations generate and work with, security has emerged as a critical concern which cloud stor-age has been able to address effec-tively. With a conducive IT infra-structure in place, companies also now have the requisite time to dedicate to innovation that forms a larger part of the organization's future growth prospects.· Keeping tabs on cloud de-ployment costs, and their capacity to expand rapid-ly, will lead IT leaders to rely on powerful analytics solutions that are on-hand all the time. What is your perspective on the adop-tion of analytics tools with this regard?With organizations steadily adopting innovative methods to enhance their output in a bid to stay ahead of their competitors, data analytics has increasing-ly witnessed positive reception. Analytical tools have the inher-ent ability to improve efficiency while also actively predicting business opportunities. This has catalyzed businesses to use these tools in order to better equip themselves to meet their objec-tives faster and expand into un-tapped territories. Having said that, it's important for business-es to be aware of their require-ments and accordingly align their analytics' investment to reap optimal benefits. · The big cloud club has slightly eased its "if you're not all cloud you're doing wrong" messaging and started to openly build practices around support-ing hybrid deployments. How successful has the hy-brid deployments been in the year 2017?Since the introduction of Digital India program, new and innova-tive technologies like e-wallets, enterprise mobility, data analyt-ics, machine leaning and AI have become the new tools to strength-en enterprise IT infrastructure. Considering the tremendous adoption rate witnessed, the past year in particular has been a good one for cloud, particularly for hy-brid deployments. According to Gartner, by 2020, 90% of organiza-tions will adopt hybrid infrastruc-ture solutions. This is a reaffir-mation of the fact that businesses are currently and will continue to be more open to accepting hybrid solutions. An important deciding factor with regard to hybrid de-ployments is substantial cost sav-ing coupled with flexibility and an added layer of control. · What's the next big thing in Cloud?Most businesses are well aware of the benefits of transitioning to cloud and have readily adopted it to better achieve their business goals. A trend that slowly but sure-ly is gaining popularity within the gamut of cloud is analytics. These analytics tools have the potential to transform the way businesses have traditionally analyzed data to draw leverageable inferences. Besides aiding in improving orga-nizational efficiency, analytics tools are also capable of visualiza-tion of historical data. Businesses also have a tangible benefit avail-able in the form of predictions sur-rounding prospective opportuni-ties. Additionally, with the volume of data in use, smart analytics cou-pled with machine learning algo-rithms are positioned to effective-ly organize and secure data. With the multifarious possibilities waiting to be unleashed, analytics tools on cloud are definitely the next big thing to watch out for. C I
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