Calling all Data Liberators!

When you are making your demands for fairness and full disclosure in testing and structuring your test environments for successful evaluations, here are some important considerations to take into account:

1. Decide on a timeline and constrain that to two to three weeks from the time the appliance arrives

2. Pay very close attention to what it takes to install from delivery to being load-ready

3. Require that all testing be done on-site with no external access allowed

4. Define the frequency of loads and data volumes not just for today but for future analytics needs:
- Is more data important to decision making?
- Has the volume been constrained by performance and cost?

5. Choose the queries from hell and pull out the ones you are afraid to run

6. Decide on which tools you need to have tested with the appliance and put them through their paces

7. Test your backup and recovery process

8. Monitor and participate in all activity to ensure fairness

9. Demand that testing be performed exactly as you plan to structure your own production environment

10. Require that all costs be completely exposed and that there is no hidden sales agenda

11. Do not confuse sales with delivery - after all you live with the decision and the vendor feels no pain

12. Ensure that the vendor make your organization’s challenge their own and work with you as a partner

This checklist should help all those looking for data liberation in testing environments make the best decision possible for their businesses.

Stay tuned Data Liberators - updates from our recent pamphlet distribution and details of the movement’s next steps will be coming soon!

- First Liberated