Objective
The main objective of this study :
- Identify Pre-Packaged Business Solutions: Search for solutions that offer pre-configured business functionalities, likely to accelerate project implementation.
- Define Technical Architecture Scenarios: Propose four technical architecture scenarios based on different integrated or Best Of Breed technical solutions.
Platform
The platform considered for this study is composed of the following technologies:
- Azure: Microsoft’s cloud computing platform, offering a complete range of services for data processing and analysis.
- Databricks: A data analysis platform based on Apache Spark, providing a collaborative environment for the development and deployment of analysis workflows.
- Snowflake: A cloud-based data warehousing platform designed to provide high-performance management and analysis of large-scale data.
- Palantir : An analytics and artificial intelligence platform that enables organisations to visualise, analyse and make data-driven decisions efficiently.
Services
The main services considered in this study are as follows:
- Azure Synapse: An integrated data analysis service for extracting, transforming and loading large-scale data.
- Azure Analytic Services: A set of data analysis and visualisation services for creating interactive dashboards and customised reports.
- Azure Data Lake Storage: A scalable and secure data storage service designed to store large volumes of unstructured data.
- PowerBI: A data visualisation tool for creating interactive reports and dynamic dashboards.