Overview of DigitalOcean Compared to AWS

DigitalOcean and AWS are both cloud computing providers that offer services such as virtual machines, storage, and databases. DigitalOcean focuses primarily on virtual private servers (VPS) for hosting web applications and is best known for its simple web interface. AWS’ comprehensive and feature-rich platform offers a wider range of services including computing, machine learning, and analytics, and has an ecosystem of partners spanning their global infrastructure.

SMBs are increasingly leveraging data lakes for advanced and real-time analytics

A data lake is a centralized repository that allows businesses to store structured and unstructured data at any scale. It provides a single source of data that can be analyzed and used to support a variety of business needs, such as reporting, analytics, machine learning, and more.

As we approach 2020, Data is becoming larger than ever. According to Sagiss, the world’s data will grow by 50X in the next decade. In essence, this means there will be an ever-growing cost for data. What does this means for technology and business leaders? It's increasingly important to manage and control the size, storage, cost, and recovery systems of data in order to run a business with optimized control and minimized costs.