White Paper

Rise of the Data Access Layer for Analytics & AI

Simplifying and Accelerating Modern Workloads

Kevin Petrie
VP of Research


Explores the transformative capabilities of the Data Access Layer and how it can simplify and accelerate your analytics and AI workloads.
Kevin Petrie, VP of Research at Eckerson Group, shares the following insights in this new research paper:

  • The elusive goal of analytics and AI performance
  • The architecture of a Data Access Layer in the modern data stack
  • The six use cases of the Data Access Layer, including analytics and AI in hybrid environments, workload bursts, cost optimization, migrations and more
  • Guiding principles for making your data and AI projects successful