Analytics presents tremendous opportunities for businesses across industries. It provides insights that support better business outcomes. Whether as a driver for growth, a means to attract and retain customers, or a way to drive innovation and reduce costs, the business value of analytics and business intelligence has never been higher. Forrester estimates that insight-driven businesses will grow eight times faster than global GDP and will earn $1.8 trillion in revenue by 2021. Some of that revenue will be taken from competitors.1
For some organizations, analytics represents the most sensitive asset of all: information that provides a significant competitive differentiator. Without the right security in place, this information could easily be compromised. This whitepaper provides information about how data virtualization can be used as a security layer for analytics.
