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\u201cTechnical debtor\u2019s prison\u201d is a term I recently came across in a Forrester Research report, “CIOs’ Top Five Career-Ending Digital Transformation Challenges<\/a>” by Bobby Cameron with Peter Burris, Rachael Klehm, and Rachel Birrell. The idea is that CIOs sometimes feel indebted to the specific technology that has a history of serving the organization well over time. They stick with that legacy technology because it\u2019s the easiest course of action, works for what they\u2019ve always done, they\u2019re locked into a particular vendor, or because they don\u2019t want to invest in upgrading to a different platform. But by failing to examine what other options and advances are available, those CIOs may be limiting opportunities to advance their business and their career. They\u2019re locking themselves into technical debtor\u2019s prison.<\/p>\n

To move your business forward, you need to make sure you\u2019re aware of and taking advantage of the best technology available today. This is particularly true in light of all the recent advances in data technology. The example of a global top-five energy company illustrates how understanding and testing data platform advances cannot only save you from technical debtor\u2019s prison, but can also benefit your staff, customers, and ultimately your business.<\/p>\n

Get out of jail<\/h1>\n

This particular global top-five energy company makes a point of knowing and testing its options when it comes to its crucial data platform. Recently, the company was concerned about supporting its growing customer base. They needed to increase data throughput to keep information flowing to their operations in countries across the world.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe always have to think about increasing the productivity of our database infrastructure,\u201d said the company\u2019s team lead for database engineering design.<\/p>\n

With increased productivity in mind, the company decided to test SQL Server 2014 Online Transaction Processing (OLTP) with built-in In-Memory processing capabilities. The result of the tests determined that SQL Server 2014 increased the throughput of the energy company\u2019s database repository application by up to 17 times. In addition, with this test implementation, the company achieved improved reliability, allowing database administrators to decrease the amount of time they spent on troubleshooting and reactive maintenance. In fact, SQL Server has enabled the company to double the productivity of its database administrators.<\/p>\n

This energy company avoided technical debtor\u2019s prison by learning about new technology advances and testing them. In this way, the company demonstrated for itself that Microsoft is demonstrating a leadership position in enterprise data solutions, providing built-in In-Memory OLTP. In addition, SQL Server includes business critical advances<\/a> in increasing application performance, continues to underscore its commitment to security, and builds on proven scalability and availability. As the energy company\u2019s supervisor for database operations, puts it, \u201cEach version of SQL Server includes new features that make it more reliable, more productive, and more cost-effective to use. That\u2019s why it\u2019s our preferred choice.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pay attention<\/h1>\n

In a recent conversation, Douglas McDowell, North America\u00a0chief executive officer\u00a0of respected consulting firm, Solid Q, talked about his experience with clients who are exploring data platforms. McDowell underscored the importance of staying abreast of technology to make sure your organization is benefitting from the best technology available today: \u201cMicrosoft is innovating at a heart-pounding speed that has moved them into leadership positions in most every category. So if Microsoft is the cost leader and innovation leader, anyone who isn\u2019t looking at the Microsoft data platform is probably not paying much attention.\u201d<\/p>\n

To make sure you\u2019re paying attention and avoiding technical debtor\u2019s prison with your mission critical applications, read this white paper<\/a> or visit our new data management and analytics site<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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