Almost two-thirds of respondents to a 2021 survey reported that they store data for business intelligence (BI), analytics, and data science either primarily or entirely on the cloud. Only 9 percent of respondents rely solely on on-site storage solutions.
How would you describe how and where you process and store data for BI, analytics and data science?
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This question was phrased by the source as follows: "How would you describe how and where you process and store data today for BI, analytics and data science?"
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Over half of respondents were Data Engineers or Data Architects.
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