We have finished our third and final podcast, focused on changing business requirements and how they are driving the demand for appliances. It was such a pleasure to record these and have the opportunity to gain insight from an industry expert like Mike Ferguson, who is focused specifically on business intelligence and business integration.

During this final session we had the opportunity to explore some of Mike’s perspectives on the future of appliances and analytics. How are increasing demands for information along with ever-growing data volumes going to impact the evolution of appliances? Will this become a simple process of purchasing a complete solution from one vendor that can be simply configured by the business user? Will all the physical components be integrated into a single data center rack with preinstalled software? Mike discusses his perspective on these questions and others in the podcast.

This road has been paved by Netezza who has taken the complexity out of physical database design and the infrastructure and people required to support it. One can only imagine the possibilities that lie ahead. Thanks again to Mike for his participation in this series and for discussing in details this changing and very exciting market of appliances and analytics.

- First Liberated