STEP 01
Your current platform
Choose the platform that holds most of your analytical data today.
STEP 02
How it serves you today
0 of 12 reviewed1 = works well today. 5 = a serious, ongoing problem. Initial estimates use 3 for every answer; confirm each rating, including those you leave at 3.
01
Cost
1 · Predictable and acceptable5 · Rising fast; hard to justify
Noticeable annual increases
02
Scale
1 · Plenty of headroom5 · Constantly buying or purging capacity
Capacity planned every year
03
Performance
1 · Fast, even at peak5 · Reports time out or queue
Users wait minutes at peak
04
Performance
1 · No contention5 · Workloads fight for resources
Workload rules needed to cope
05
Operations
1 · Minimal DBA effort5 · A team just keeps it running
One or two full-time DBAs
06
Agility
1 · Minutes5 · Weeks to months
Days
07
Freshness
1 · Near real time5 · Days old
Overnight batch
08
Modern data
1 · Native and easy5 · Not practical today
Needs a separate platform
09
Sharing
1 · Secure and immediate5 · File extracts and FTP
Regular file extracts
10
Governance
1 · One trusted version5 · Many versions of the truth
Regular reconciliation needed
11
Governance
1 · Built in and audited5 · Manual and risky
Partly manual controls
12
AI readiness
1 · Already doing it5 · Not feasible on this platform
Data must be copied out first
STEP 03
Send your results to Snowbridge
Share your assessment so we can review your workloads and discuss the assumptions with you.