What is Data Warehouse as a Service (DWaaS)? Definition, key functions and solution providers

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Contents What is Data Warehouse as a Service (DWaaS)? Key functions of a DWAaS offer Design and development of a data warehouse Integration with sources Data cleaning and migration Support Continuous evolution Top Data Warehouse-as-a-Service Solution Providers in 2022 snowflake data cloud Amazon's Redshift Google BigQuery IBM Db2 Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics What is Data Warehouse as a Service (DWaaS)?

With the volume of enterprise data growing at a breathtaking rate (for example, IDC predicts a CAGR of 23% to 175 zettabytes by 2025), the adoption of a modern data infrastructure has become inevitable . Businesses of all sizes and in all industries are inevitably adopting more efficient data solutions.

These organizations need to consolidate business data from multiple source systems for historical and trend analysis. This is where data warehouses come in, allowing companies to keep organized and clean business data in an aggregated summary form (primarily "structured data" that fits in rows and columns).

When the requirement is to manage structured data for a pre-defined business purpose, a data warehouse is considered the go-to choice. However, building and maintaining a data warehouse is quite a task. With the ever-increasing volume of data, organizations need to evolve...