What is an analytic platform?
An analytic platform is a massively-parallel database with an integrated analytics engine. It not only stores large volumes of data but also processes data and applications, enabling advanced analytics for deeper business insight. Like a traditional database it provides high-performance, scalable data management. As an analytic platform, it provides a rich environment for in-database processing of analytic applications so that applications can be co-located with data, eliminating data movement and improving performance and scalability. Both data management and analytics processing are treated as first-class citizens within the database.
