WALTER HECK , CTO , HELECLOUD , NETHERLANDS “ The more data businesses gather , the more information they have at their disposal . In a digital world , this is a great asset . But , with more data comes more responsibility . Businesses process and store thousands , millions , sometimes even billions of transactions each day , all of which need to be managed securely and effectively . The ability to store large quantities of data is being made increasingly possible by creating data warehouses ,” says Heck , who took on his current role at the Dutch cloud and Amazon Web Services ( AWS ) company in August .
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WALTER HECK , CTO , HELECLOUD , NETHERLANDS “ The more data businesses gather , the more information they have at their disposal . In a digital world , this is a great asset . But , with more data comes more responsibility . Businesses process and store thousands , millions , sometimes even billions of transactions each day , all of which need to be managed securely and effectively . The ability to store large quantities of data is being made increasingly possible by creating data warehouses ,” says Heck , who took on his current role at the Dutch cloud and Amazon Web Services ( AWS ) company in August .
Heck has seen data warehouses grow dramatically in both size and complexity over the past year . He
notes that the trend is spurring a large number of enterprises to closely investigate the possibilities of new generations of cloud and data management infrastructure , particularly those that are backed by machine learning and AI which allow companies to more accurately manipulate and understand their data . The change , Heck believes , could not have come at a better time .
“ Despite widespread talk of digital transformation , many companies across the globe still do not optimally use the data available to them . This is because data tends to sit undiscovered in silos across these businesses ,” he explains . “ That said , businesses are starting to wake up to this reality . As such , we are likely to see organisations start redefining their approach to managing data . This is a good thing . With the introduction
“ WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF 5G AND THE EVOLUTION OF EDGE COMPUTING , DATA VOLUMES ARE LIKELY TO EXPLODE TO UNPRECEDENTED LEVELS THE NEXT FEW YEARS ”
— Walter Heck , HeleCloud
DECEMBER 2019