IBM Cognos Analytics on Cloud
The technological world around us is evolving rapidly. Gone are the days of monolithic software applications, where setting up servers to host dedicated applications used to take weeks or even months. This is the world of hybrid multi-cloud, of container-based architectures where provisioning application-ready dedicated instances requires only a couple of clicks and a few minutes of time. In this world security and compliance are built into the environments and changing capacity up or down, based on need, can be accomplished with no downtime.
Cognos Analytics on Cloud (CAoC) is one such technology that leverages the power of cloud computing with the resilience of a Kubernetes implementation. It provides rapid delivery of an environment built using best practices, resulting in end-to-end deployment in minutes instead of days. Automatic upgrades deliver the latest innovations as soon as they are released. Since IBM reduces infrastructure worries by supplying the hardware, software and support coupled with guaranteed uptimes and automatic backups, the overall cost and effort is greatly reduced. This in turn allows capital expenses to be shifted to operating expenses.
CAoC is available in two flavors (On-demand and Hosted) to cater to the requirements of new and existing users as well as enabling small, medium-sized and large implementations.
On-Demand
Whether you are a single user looking to harness the power of an enterprise grade analytics platform or a small group of developers and analysts catering to the analytical needs of a bunch of consumers, CAoC On-Demand fits the bill.
· It’s a multi-tenant cloud environment with a complete SaaS experience.
· It provides you the flexibility to start out small and gradually expand your footprint.
· It provides you with a completely digital experience, where access to the environment is secured using IBM ID authentication.
· With easy access to cloud-based data sources by default, you can also access on-premises data sources using a secure gateway.
Hosted
If, however, you have an existing Cognos Analytics implementation on-premises and are looking to harness the power of cloud by utilizing a lift and shift approach for your existing content, or you are a large analytics shop looking for a customizable, cloud enabled SaaS solution, CAoC Hosted is the way to go.
· It’s a single tenant cloud environment which provides options for integrating your existing security implementations such as LDAP.
· Administered by dedicated IBM Cloud Ops, CAoC Hosted gives you the ability to have multiple environments (dev, test, prod).
· Secured data that is behind your firewall on-premises can be accessed using dedicated VPN tunnels that are completely free of charge.
· With state-of-the-art disaster recovery built-in enabled by encrypted daily and weekly backups replicated to other data centers that enable point-in-time restores upon request, you can be assured of continued productivity.
Cognos Analytics on Cloud is truly the best of breed as it marries Cognos Analytics capabilities such as: Data Governance, Content Administration, Security, Managed Reporting and AI-infused capabilities (data insights, smarts and Natural Language Processing) with Kubernetes based cloud capabilities to provide a world class SaaS analytics experience.
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