Construction Magazine August 2019 | Page 86

INTEL CORPORATION
86 to the commonplace at head-spinning speeds , it is a common mistake for companies to latch onto every new development , implement it quickly , and then try to figure out the business case later . “ Don ’ t digitally transform for the sake of technology ,” warns Davis . “ I digitally transform businesses to help them compete and remain marketable . When we talk about transformation , it ’ s about a connection to your corporate strategy . It ’ s also about a data strategy because ultimately I want to modernise and help transform so I can leverage the data within my company to drive insights for the business .”
One new Intel technology that ’ s playing a key role in harnessing increased amounts of data for more rapid insights is Intel Optane DC Persistent Memory . In development for the past 10 years , Intel Optane DC Persistent Memory represents a re-architecting of the memory storage hierarchy . “ We ’ ve created a new memory pool that is non-volatile , unlike RAM , and delivers more capacity and better TCO ,” explains Davis . “ A great use case for Optane is in in-memory databases like SAP Hana . SAP has been a key innovative partner in
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