The emergence of analytic and business intelligence applications has introduced new data access and usage patterns which are straining traditional relational database management systems (RDBMS). Companies need data storage options designed specifically to deliver the reporting, modeling and simulation requirements of modern business and analytic intelligence applications. This white paper provides an overview of the Intelligent Storage component of the SAS Intelligence Value Chain, an integrated framework or delivering high-value enterprise intelligence. The paper outlines the primary challenges to establishing a storage platform that can adequately support business and analytic intelligence applications and then discusses the technologies SAS offers to overcome these challenges.
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