Is the Data Warehouse Dead?

Big data has generated much interest and attention in the media of late. Indeed, several authors have recently raised the question of whether Big Data approaches, such as Hadoop, will pronounce the death sentence on the conventional data warehouse.

This survey investigates the current state of the data warehouse and examines its recent challenger in the form of Big Data solutions as an alternative. Is the new technology really complementary or is the reign of the data warehouse nearing an end?

Included in this report:

• The current state of data warehousing in organizations
• The adoption of big data solutions by organizations
• Feedback regarding whether Big Data solutions will replace the data warehouse