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How much of your business data do you use?<\/span><\/h2>\n

Big data statistics around the globe reveal that businesses across all industries generate about <\/span>2,000,000,000,000,000,000 bytes<\/span><\/a> of data per day.<\/span><\/p>\n

That might sound absurd number. But even more absurd is that only 26% of companies use that data.<\/span><\/p>\n

The data businesses generate is an integral part of every decision they make and the most valuable asset they have.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

After all, based on this data, you make executive decisions, route targeted marketing campaigns, and generate new ideas that fuel your business growth.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Analyzing and deriving insights from data can create opportunities for any business across industries, including yours.<\/span><\/p>\n

However, many businesses consider the concept of data as something they can choose to ignore. That’s why less than <\/span>0.5%<\/span><\/a> of data is ever analyzed and used properly. The poor data quality costs the US economy a loss of <\/span>$3.1<\/span><\/a> trillion annually.<\/span><\/p>\n

As an impact, this economic recession is pushing businesses in a more data-driven direction to implement systems that can manage and improve data quality.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

One way to improve data quality is by implementing a data management system<\/a> such as Azure Data Warehouse.<\/span><\/p>\n

If your company wants to save on upfront deployment, cloud-based Azure Data Warehouse is the perfect solution for you.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Why Azure?<\/span><\/h2>\n

Azure provides you with a globally available, high-performance, secure data warehouse. It facilitates your business with a single data repository to analyze data over time and generate\u00a0<\/span>actionable business intelligence.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Data warehousing in Azure helps profile data, conduct a series of tests, and improve data quality, leading to better decision-making across your enterprise.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>With this overview in mind, let’s take you through Azure Data Warehouse costs, the benefits it offers, and how it is different from other data systems.<\/span><\/p>\n

However, before we dive into those details, let’s first have an idea of its basics.<\/span><\/p>\n

What is Azure Data Warehouse?<\/span><\/h2>\n

Azure Data Warehouse is a cloud-based centralized repository of data that captures data from a wide array of sources. It enables storing, creating, and delivering data and supports processing large volumes of data.<\/span><\/p>\n

Azure uses SQL (Structured Query Language), the standard programming language designed for storing, manipulating, and retrieving data.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

For businesses, this warehouse is an adaptable warehouse because its level of computing power is flexible. You can scale up, down, pause, or reserve (and pay for) the data resources in order to get the computing power necessary to support your workload.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Data warehousing in Azure is one of the best solutions that cater to the demands of businesses of all sizes. The warehouse enables your company to access and analyze all your important data to derive the most valuable insights and forecasting models.<\/span><\/p>\n

Unlike pricey on-premise systems, Microsoft offers Azure Data Warehouse for on-cloud deployment. It delivers computing services over the Internet. This way, it helps save costs.<\/span><\/p>\n

What is Azure Data Warehouse Pricing?<\/span><\/h2>\n

Azure data warehouse is more cost-effective than implementing an in-house enterprise-level data warehouse. That’s because Azure offers data storage on top of cloud computing power and cloud-based deployment costs less than hardware installment.<\/span><\/p>\n

The pricing model of the Azure data warehouse consists of computing and storage. The computing charge is based on data warehouse units (DWU) rather than hardware configuration.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Within the Azure system, you can scale up or down DWU via the sidebar in a few minutes, and it has no downtime. You pay for computing based on the time it is up and running, and when you pause it, you do not have to pay.<\/span><\/p>\n

Here are some examples of computing pricing based on the East US region.<\/span><\/p>\n

SQL Data Warehouse costs:<\/span><\/p>\n