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Data warehouse appliances are packaged (component, rack-mount or blade) combinations of hardware and software optimized for a particular purpose involving very high throughput of data and analytic functions. Arriving only recently (around 2002), DW appliances have quickly become a large and important segment of the data warehousing market due to cost and data processing efficiencies, which continue to scale against slower and costlier traditional methods. Appliances optimize different areas of data processing, but are not yet meant to supplant traditional business intelligence (BI) functions including warehousing, extract, transform, load (ETL), analysis and reporting. Led by startups, the data appliance market has increasingly attracted large traditional competitors that are expected to deliver most or all data warehousing in a high-performance form factor in the near to intermediate future.

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  The data warehouse appliance marketplace has moved beyond early adoption and into the mainstream. As the buzz surrounding data warehouse appliances increases, companies are struggling for a clear understanding about data warehouse appliances. In particular, they are searching for the appropriate use of a data warehouse appliance and the compelling justification to the business for using a data warehouse appliance. This research report clarifies the marketing claims and the expected business value.

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