As companies embrace advanced analytics and AI, they should be adopting a Data Lakehouse or another type of platform for unifying data, such as cloud data warehouses. Unified data platforms are needed to handle the huge data volumes and diverse types of information required to fuel AI.
At TSL Tech Research, we wanted to find out which stage of Data Lakehouse and unified data platform adoption companies have reached. When we surveyed almost 140 IT leaders at firms with between 1k and 5k employees, we found that most businesses are still in the early stages of Lakehouse adoption.
When we asked IT professionals where their organizations were on the journey toward adopting a Lakehouse or unified data platform, the results were as follows:
Key Takeaways:
Almost half of the companies surveyed have no plans to adopt a Lakehouse while nearly 20% are evaluating Lakehouse solutions. Although this finding is troubling from the standpoint of digital transformation, it presents opportunities for IT service firms to promote their offerings related to Data Lakehouse architecture and migration.
Many of the companies surveyed are in the early stages of adopting a Data Lakehouse. Companies that are in the evaluation stage are a target audience for managed service providers (MSPs) that implement Data Lakehouse architecture.
Only 7% of companies are currently migrating to Lakehouse, while the same percentage have completed implementation. These findings mean that the market for these services is relatively wide open for MSPs that can persuade organizations to progress in their Lakehouse adoption journey.
While data lakes allow companies to store vast amounts of raw data, they lack the structure and governance needed for machine learning (ML) and AI. IT service providers should remind organizations in their target market of these pain points and why a unified data platform is the answer.
While 8% of the companies surveyed are sticking with separate data lakes and warehouses, 12% have adopted the cloud as a means of unifying the data they need to feed AI. Cloud service providers (CSPs) can promote their migration services to organizations that are considering a move to the cloud for use as a unified data platform.
Cloud data warehouses provide a fully managed database service for storing and analyzing large volumes of data. By hosting a data warehouse in the cloud, companies gain a scalable, flexible, and affordable infrastructure to support AI analytics.
Companies need help with progressing their journey toward implementing the Data Lakehouse architecture needed to support today’s AI workloads. That’s where IT service firms can step in. By promoting their migration services, MSPs can reach organizations that need to increase their AI maturity by moving to a unified data platform.
TSL Tech Research conducts original online research into technology trends, such as the adoption of AI and supporting infrastructure so that IT service providers can better understand their client base. We also use our insights to match companies with technology partners that meet their needs.
Is your company looking for ways to advance your Lakehouse journey? Reach out to TSL Tech Research to find the right IT service provider to partner with.