Open Data Center Alliance Creates Data Services Workgroup
Recognizing the challenge faced by IT in managing a forecasted 6.7 times growth of data within the enterprise over the next five years, the Open Data Center Alliance (ODCA) today announced the formation of a Data Services Workgroup chartered to document the most urgent requirements facing IT in their management of data towards competitive opportunity. The Data Services Workgroup will focus initially on big data by documenting usage model requirements towards increasing enterprises’ ability to securely collect, manage and analyze this data. Accelerating enterprise IT’s ability to use cutting edge database solutions for near real time insight into business decisions, and driving interoperability among big data frameworks and traditional business intelligence (BI) solutions will be the primary objectives of the workgroup. As part of the new charter, the Alliance will collaborate with big data industry leaders Cloudera, Hortonworks, and MapR Technologies, which have announced membership in the organization today, as well as leading data management solutions provider members, including Teradata andSAS, in matching industry delivery of open solutions with prioritized IT requirements.
"We are excited to be part of Open Data Center Alliance because we know it's critical to work with end users to help them benefit from business intelligence transformation" said Alan Saldich, vice president of marketing at Cloudera. "Knowing industry best practices, when and how to implement big data solutions, and what skill sets will be needed is critical."