A lot of objections to cloud applications are out of date

Users demand modern app experiences that must be always-on, accessible from any device, consistently scaled, with the same low-latency responsiveness wherever they are, while meeting the new data sovereignty requirements

Internal data centers are not going away any time soon

Development cycles are shorter and more automated - apart from the database administrators’ work. That’s a recipe for frustration

Structured data remains focal point despite rapidly changing information management landscape