The explosion of data, its users, and its analytics demands have put significant stress on business intelligence (BI), data warehousing (DW), data integration, and analytics systems. Users must find high –performance tools, platforms, and features to handle this vast amount of information while increasing performance.

This paper presents the results of a TDWI survey, which indicates that two-thirds of users interviewed believe high-performance DW presents an important opportunity for businesses. This report explains new business and technology requirements for high-performance DW, as well as the vendor-built or user-built options available.