Virtualization and Cloud executives share their predictions for 2016. Read them in this 8th Annual VMblog.com series exclusive.
Contributed by Mike Azevedo, CEO, Clustrix
2016: Scaling to Accommodate Growing Data Volumes and Speeds
In the ‘old days', running a successful database
operation was all about being up, and being fast. Today, it's not only about
speed--more importantly, it's about accommodating fluctuating volumes of
traffic, especially on mobile devices. In 2016, we will continue to see the
move of infrastructure to the cloud and the rise in use of mobile devices--and
the effects that come along with these trends. We'll see an increase in the
already huge data volumes as well an emphasis on data security. The always-on
user will grow into a larger demographic and require more attention to high
availability and fault redundancy components in the database.
Data volumes and speeds are growing
exponentially, with global mobile data traffic projected to increase 53% in
2016. A wider range of data is also expected to be more readily available for
businesses, thus the reliance on the insights that can be derived from data
will become more deeply integrated into every aspect of how today's leading
online companies execute business processes. As a result, the ability of solutions
to scale to accommodate dynamic demands will become greater than ever.
In keeping with a global, 24/7 business cycle,
having high availability with no single point of failure will become an
increasingly crucial component of offering companies the ability to perform
analysis without disrupting business functions. If companies are serving time
sensitive customers, they need their website to always be operating at peak
performance and cannot afford even small degrees of latency while loading data
as well as maintenance tasks such as running back ups or indexes.
Finally, as we head into 2016 we're seeing
migration to the cloud happening at a blistering pace. This will be the year
when cloud database adoption begins to become required for companies. Because
of this they will demand a database that truly uses the cloud like a utility,
meaning resources are always available on demand so that you can have what you
want, when you want it--especially when it comes to performance, responsiveness
and scale.
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About the Author
Mike
Azevedo, President & Chief Executive Officer
Mike has more than 25 years of sales and executive
leadership experience in scale-out analytic applications, grid computing,
storage infrastructure, security, and retail.
Prior to Clustrix, Mike ran the top sales division of
large-scale cloud computing company Platform Computing, later acquired by IBM.
He also led global sales of ParAccel, and helped with a successful turnaround
of PostX Corporation, prior to its acquisition by Cisco. Azevedo held several
leadership positions at VERITAS Software, where he was involved in strategic
M&A and business process re-engineering, eventually becoming head of the
F100 sales team.
Mike holds a bachelor of science degree in business administration/
management from Chico State University
